Mitsubishi has launched a 16W GaN power amplifier module for 5G massive MIMO base stations.
Takeaway Points
- Mitsubishi has launched a 16W GaN power amplifier module.
- The PAM uses Mitsubishi Electric’s proprietary GaN high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) and circuit design technology.
- On Feb 27, 2025, Mitsubishi partnered with six organizations.
- The aim is to advance scalable quantum computing.
- The Six organizations include Quantinuum K.K., Keio University, SoftBank Corp., Mitsui & Co., Ltd., YOKOHAMA National University, and LQUOM, Inc.
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) is a recognized world leader in the manufacture, marketing, and sales of electrical and electronic equipment used in information processing and communications.
- The company recorded a revenue of 5,257.9 billion yen (U.S. $34.8 billion*) in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024.
Mitsubishi 16W GaN power amplifier module.
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced on Tuesday that it will begin shipping samples of a new 16W-average-power gallium nitride (GaN) power amplifier module (PAM) for 5G massive MIMO1 (mMIMO) base stations on March 25. The PAM product, which operates in the 3.6-4.0 GHz band, can be widely deployed in North America and East and Southeast Asia.
According to the report, the company’s 16W GaN PAM is especially well suited for 32T32R mMIMO base stations because it lessens both production costs and power consumption,
The 8W and 16W GaN PAMs
The PAM uses Mitsubishi Electric’s proprietary GaN high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) and circuit design technology to achieve low distortion characteristics and high power-added efficiency of 41 percent in a wide frequency range of 3.6-4.0 GHz (400 MHz band) to reduce power consumption in 5G mMIMO base stations, the report stated.
Mitsubishi Electric Partners with Six Organizations to Advance Scalable Quantum Computing
On Feb 27, 2025, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced that it has signed a joint research agreement with Quantinuum K.K., Keio University, SoftBank Corp., Mitsui & Co., Ltd., YOKOHAMA National University, and LQUOM, Inc.
The partnership aims to enable deployable and scalable quantum information processing by achieving and demonstrating the connection of many quantum devices in a practical environment, Mitsubishi said.
The Partnership Objective
As part of their joint research, the organizations will develop quantum memory to preserve quantum states for a specified duration, quantum repeating devices to facilitate the exchange of quantum entanglement necessary for long-distance communication, high-efficiency converters to transform quantum states within quantum computers into photons for communication, sub-systems to stabilize transmission paths and restore disturbed quantum states, and control systems to accurately coordinate these quantum information processing devices, the report stated.
The joint research will help to improve the industry-academia-government ecosystem, the company said in a statement.
About Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) is a recognized world leader in the manufacture, marketing, and sales of electrical and electronic equipment used in information processing and communications, space development and satellite communications, consumer electronics, industrial technology, energy, transportation, and building equipment, with more than 100 years of experience in providing reliable, high-quality products.
Mitsubishi Electric enriches society with technology in the spirit of its “Changes for the Better.” The company recorded a revenue of 5,257.9 billion yen (U.S. $34.8 billion*) in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024. For more information, please visit www.MitsubishiElectric.com.
