SAN JOSE, Calif., February 12, 2008 -- WJ Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:WJCI), a leading designer and supplier of radio frequency (RF) products and solutions for the wireless infrastructure and radio frequency identification (RFID) reader markets, today announced the availability and production release of the WJA1001 – the latest addition of its +5V Active Bias General Purpose Gain Block amplifier series. The WJA1001 of the WJA family is a high-performance broadband amplifier offering high linearity, and housed in a low-cost surface-mount package.

The WJA1001 is a low-cost, cascadable, gain-block amplifier utilizing the high-reliability InGaP/GaAs HBT process technology, and is suitable for current and next generation wireless applications such as GSM, PCS, CDMA, W-CDMA, WiBro and WiMAX, Repeaters, BTS Transceivers, and RFID. The amplifier has been optimized to offer industry-leading linearity performance for the 1GHz cellular band frequency. The WJA1001 offers an excellent mix of power gain, linearity, and supply current performance, enabling designers to integrate with their designs. In addition, 50 ohm internal matching minimizes the use of external components thus simplifying system integration.

"Over the past year, the WJA series has given our customers a wide variety of high-performance and low-cost RF and IF amplifiers empowering engineers to meet and exceed product specifications as never before. The WJA1001 is another step in this direction," said Rufino Olay, Director of Worldwide Marketing at WJ Communications. "The WJA1001 is ideal for high volume, cost sensitive wireless applications".

Product Overview

The WJA1001 is a broadband amplifier utilizes advanced InGaP/GaAs HBT technology and has been optimized internally to offer very high linearity performance at 1 GHz, while drawing very low current. The MMIC amplifier is internally matched to 50 ohm and only requires DC-blocking capacitors and a bias inductor for operation. The amplifier features high-cascadable gain with 19 dB gain at 900 MHz, a +20 dBm 1-dB compression point and +45 dBm OIP3 at 900MHz while drawing only 100mA of current with operation directly from a +5V supply voltage. The device is ideal for wireless applications and is available in a low-cost, surface-mount lead-free / green / RoHS-compliant SOT-89 package. The WJA1001 is designed as a Darlington-pair amplifier configuration and is ideal for general-purpose pre-driver applications within the 50 to 3000 MHz frequency range.

Value Proposition

Responding to market needs for gain block amplifiers with high linearity and low current, the WJA1001 reflects these inputs by concurrently lowering the overall total cost of ownership and maintaining industry-leading linearity performance for a gain block amplifier. The following are key features of the WJA1001:

• High Dynamic Range
  • Diverse applications from 50 to 3000 MHz frequency
• High Linearity
  • Provides excellent linearity, 45 dBm OIP3 performance
• Low Current
  • Low current consumption: 100mA
• SMT Package
  • Lead-free / green / ROHS compliant SOT-89 package

Positive Market Feedback

The WJA1001 is presently sampling with key strategic customers; the customers' feedback has been very positive with special emphasis on WJA's high performance and cost-saving benefits.

Target Applications

The WJA1001 is targeted in various usages of current and next generation wireless technologies such as GSM, CDMA, W-CDMA, WiBro, and WiMAX.

Availability & Pricing

Please contact your local sales at 408-577-6200 or e-mail sales@wj.com for more information on pricing and availability.

About WJ Communications

WJ Communications, Inc. is a leading provider of radio frequency (RF) solutions serving multiple markets targeting wireless communications, RF identification (RFID), WiMAX, and RF power solutions. WJ addresses the RF challenges in these multiple markets with its highly reliable amplifiers, mixers, RF integrated circuits (RFICs), RFID reader modules, chipsets, and multi-chip (MCM) modules. For more information visit www.wj.com or call 408-577-6200.

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Contacts:

WJ Communications, Inc.

Tuan Nguyen
Product Marketing
Tel: 408-577-6318
tuan.nguyen@wj.com

Claudia Lin
Corporate Communications
Tel: 408-577-6341
claudia.lin@wj.com

SOURCE: WJ Communications, Inc.