RF transceiver enables wideband SDR systems
Sequans’ Iris SQN9506 wideband RF transceiver covers 220 MHz to 7.125 GHz with up to 200 MHz of instantaneous bandwidth. Designed for software-defined radio (SDR) in defense, aerospace, drones, V2X, routers, and other 5G systems, it provides 20 receive and 4 transmit paths, supporting up to 4×4 MIMO in both Tx and Rx modes.
The SQN9506’s integrated RF architecture includes 10 RF synthesizers for concurrent scanning and observation. Unlimited frequency hopping with fast switching enables robust anti-jamming performance, allowing real-time hopping across channels during transmission and reception. The transceiver also supports digital interfaces such as DigRFv4 and JESD204C for both data and control.
Easily integrated with any FPGA processor, the single-die device offers low power consumption—drawing just 0.2 mA in sleep mode, 3 mA in standby, and 8 mA when idle. It is housed in a 178-pin BGA package with dimensions of 8.4×4.8×1 mm.
A timeline for availability of the Iris SQN9506 RF transceiver was not provided at the time of this announcement.
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