Unlocking RF Signal Chain Solutions for Satellite Communications, Aerospace and Defense

11 AM EDT (8 AM PDT / 5:00 PM CEST)

Modern satellite, aerospace, defense, and 5G systems demand RF signal chains that deliver high power, exceptional linearity, and minimal SWaP-C. This webinar explores beamforming architectures, GaN-on-SiC power amplifiers, and advanced RF components that enable next-generation phased-array, mmWave and RF systems. Learn how innovative RF solutions are transforming performance across mission-critical applications.

Overview

Satellite communications, aerospace and defense radar, and 5G infrastructure are rapidly evolving toward higher frequencies, wider bandwidths, and more complex beamforming architectures. These trends place unprecedented demands on RF signal chains — requiring higher linear output power, improved efficiency, and reduced size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C). This webinar examines the RF technologies enabling this transformation. The session covers key beamforming architectures — including analog, digital, and metamaterial approaches — and explains their system-level tradeoffs.

Microchip’s RF Signal Chain Solution is changing what’s possible across SatCom, 5G, aerospace, and defense. Attendees will gain insight into why GaN-on-SiC has become the technology of choice for high-power, high-linearity RF power amplifiers used in satellite, aerospace, defense, and 5G mmWave systems driving advanced radar, linear-power SatCom links, and wideband 5G applications. The webinar also explores critical RF figures of merit, front-end requirements across frequency bands, and innovative solutions such as ultra-low phase noise VCSOs, miniaturized SAW filters, switched SAW filter banks, and MMSM RF diodes. Whether you are designing phased arrays, radar systems, or next-generation wireless infrastructure, this session provides practical guidance for building robust, high-performance RF signal chains.

Key Takeaways

• Understand beamforming architectures and tradeoffs, comparing analog, digital, and metamaterial beamforming for satellite, radar, and 5G applications.
• Discover how GaN-on-SiC enables higher power density, efficiency, bandwidth, and linearity while meeting SWaP-C constraints and why GaN-on-SiC is critical for modern RF systems.
• Explore RF front-end requirements across applications and frequency bands. See how LNA noise figure, PA linearity, efficiency, and switching performance vary for satellite, aerospace, defense, and 5G systems.
• Leverage advanced RF components for system optimization. Understand the role of VCSOs, SAW filters, switched filter banks, and MMSM diodes in modern RF signal chains.
• Address New Space and mission-critical design challenges. Evaluate COTS, radiation-tolerant, and radiation-hardened RF solutions for LEO, MEO, and GEO missions.

Speaker

Baljit Chandhoke, Product Manager, RF Products, Microchip

Baljit Chandhoke is driving RF innovation in 5G, satellite communications, and aerospace and defense applications. Passionate about next-gen connectivity, he leads teams developing high-performance RF solutions collaborating with customers globally, shaping competitive strategies, driving design wins, and influencing go-to-market approaches. With the rapid evolution of AI-driven RF optimization, beamforming, and software-defined architectures presenting limitless opportunities, Baljit believes in RF semiconductor solutions being essential to critical applications is both a privilege and a motivation to push the boundaries of what’s possible.

He has authored multiple articles in leading industry publications, presented in several conferences, consortiums, YouTube videos, and webinars on RF technologies and trends. Prior to joining Microchip, Baljit worked in leadership positions at GlobalFoundries, Renesas (IDT), ON Semiconductor, Cypress Semiconductor. He has a M.B.A from Arizona State University, M.S. in Telecommunications from University of Colorado Boulder and Bachelors in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from University of Mumbai, India.