In 2006 through the acquisition of Cirronet, RFM added RF Modules and Boxed Radio products to the company’s product portfolio. Since then, RFM has introduced three new product families to its line of RF Module products, making RFM’s RF Modules portfolio one of the most extensive in the market.

RF Modules enable original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to quickly embed wireless communications into their products. They are attractive to OEMs that desire to save time, effort and costs associated with designing, testing, certifying, and manufacturing a radio circuit for an end-product.

RF Modules are highly cost-effective for a wide range of production levels.

RFM has been offering Short-Range Radios since the early 1990s when the company first introduced its patented Amplifier-Sequenced Hybrid (ASH) radio architecture. ASH technology integrates SAW filtering and frequency control components into a single hybrid radio which greatly simplifies and speeds up the RF design task.

In 2005 RFM introduced a line of RFICs featuring an integrated PLL, IF and Baseband circuitry which significantly minimizes external component count and greatly simplifies and speeds up design-in.

RFM Short-Range Radios are attractive to OEMs that design their own RF circuit. OEMs choose RFM Short-Range Radios for their superior performance and cost-effectiveness. They are highly cost-effective in high volume applications.

In 1979 RFM was founded as a manufacturer of SAW- and Crystal- Based RF Components used in low-power unlicensed communications equipment.

Over 30 years later, RFM continues to introduce innovative RF Component products to meet the rapidly changing needs of customers. OEMs choose RFM RF Components for their superior performance and reliability.

RFM also provides custom-designed filter components for high volume applications.

Industrial. For years RFM has been a leading provider of low-power, energy-efficient Short-Range Radios for the automated meter reading (AMR) market. The industrial market includes applications such as automated meter reading (AMR), monitoring such as for oil and gas applications.

Medical. RFM short-range radio products are well suited for medical device implanted applications requiring low power consumption and high reliability, such as insulin pumps, pacemakers and defibrillators. RFM RF modules are used in medical telemetry applications, including real-time wireless EKG monitors where high transmission reliability and data rate are essential. RFM products are only used in data acquisition mode and not in a life-critical function of the device.

Automotive. RFM SAW-based components are used in automotive transmitter and receiver designs for remote keyless entry, tire pressure monitoring and satellite radio applications. With an on-going drive toward smaller size and low power, RFM short-range radios and RF modules are used in a variety of automotive electronic applications such as vehicle theft detection and tracking.

Consumer. RFM products are embedded in a wide range of consumer products such as electronic gaming, electronic toys, home security, internet appliances, sports and fitness, garage doors, and cable TV.

Telecommunications.
Digital Cellular Telephone. RFM SAW-based RF components provide intermediate filters for the base station infrastructures of the growing digital cellular telephone market which is being driven by the deployment of digital phone standards such as GSM, CDMA, EDGE, WCDMA, and TD-SCDMA.

Wireless Internet Access. Wireless Internet access (such as Wi-Fi) and emerging broadband multimedia (for example, WiMax) also use RFM SAW-based filter and frequency control products in order to maximize bandwidth in order for content to flow efficiently. These products meet requirements to minimize systems noise present in broadband wireless communications and provide clean timing to maximize throughput around the system’s backbone.

More Applications. Analog communications, Internet infrastructure, high-end computer work station and military applications also depend on RFM SAW-based frequency control products to ensure timing integrity while eliminating system noise in circuits.

RFM products are manufactured in facilities that are ISO 9001 : 2008 certified. The facilities manufacturing RFM RF Components are also ISO 9001 / TS 16949 certified.