AM Amplitude Modulation
ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit
BPF Band Pass Filter
BUC Block Up Converter
CATV Community Antenna Television
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CQS Customer Qualification Samples
DAB Digital Audio Broadcasting
DECT Digital Enhanced Cordless
Telecommunications
DSB Digital Signal Processor
DVB Digital Video Broadcasting
EDGE Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution
ESD Electro Static Device FET Field Effect Transistor FM Frequency Modulation GaAs Gallium Arsenide
GaN Gallium Nitride
Gen Generation
GPS Global Positioning System
GSM Global System for Mobile communications
HBT Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor
HDTV High Definition Television HF High Frequency (3-30 MHz) HFC Hybrid Fiber Coax
HFET Heterostructure Field Effect Transistor
HPA High Power Amplifier
HVQFN Plastic thermally enHanced Very thin Quad
Flat pack No leads
IF Intermediate Frequency
ISM Industrial, Scientific, Medical - reserved frequency bands
LDMOS Laterally Diffused Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor
LNA Low Noise Amplifier
LNB Low Noise Block LO Local Oscillator LPF Low Pass Filter
MESFET Metal Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
MMIC Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit
MOSFET Metal–Oxide–Semiconductor Field Effect
Transistor
MPA Medium Power Amplifier
NF Noise Figure
PA Power Amplifier
PAR Peak to Average Ratio
PEP Peak Envelope Power
pHEMT pseudomorphic High Electron Mobility
Transistor
PLL Phase Locked Loop
QUBiC Quality BiCMOS RF Radio Frequency
RFS Release for Supply
RoHS Restriction of Hazardous Substances
RX Receive
SARFT State Administration for Radio, Film and
Television
SER Serializer
SiGe:C Sillicon Germanium Carbon SMD Surface Mounted Device SPDT Single Pole, Double Throw
TD-SCDMA TimeDivision-Synchronous Code Division
MultipleAccess
TCAS Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems
TMA Tower Mounted Amplifier
TX Transmit
UHF Ultra High Frequency (470-860MHz)
UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
VCO Voltage Controlled Oscillator
VGA Variable Gain Amplifier
VHF Very High Frequency (30-300MHz) VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol
VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminal
WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
WiMAX WorldwideInteroperability for Microwave
Access
WLAN Wireless Local Area Network