HMC553ALC3B Data Sheet
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SPURIOUS AND HARMONICS PERFORMANCE
LO Harmonics
LO = 13 dBm, all values in dBc below input LO level and
measured at RF port. N/A means not applicable.
Table 5. LO Harmonics at RF
N × LO Spur at RF Port (dBc)
LO Frequency (GHz) 1 2 3 4
6 37 21 51 53
8 38 41 43 64
9 38 46 49 70
10 37 45 58 82
12 37 50 45 82
14 39 50 71 N/A
LO = 13 dBm, all values in dBc below input LO level and
measured at IF port. N/A means not applicable.
Table 6. LO Harmonics at IF
N × LO Spur at IF Port (dBc)
LO Frequency (GHz) 1 2 3 4
6 43 38 60 74
8 28 50 88 104
9 29 66 102 109
10 29 76 103 108
12 31 84 88 10
14 43 93 107 N/A
M × N Spurious Outputs
Downconversion, Upper Sideband
Spur values are (M × RF) − (N × LO). RF = 10.1 GHz, LO =
10 GHz, RF power = −10 dBm, and LO power = 13 dBm. Mixer
spurious products are measured in dBc from the IF output power
level. N/A means not applicable.
N × LO
0 1 2 3 4
M × RF
0
0 0.6 26 25 729
1
22 0 44 70 68
2
71 67 58 70 78
3
84 92 93 71 91
4
0 82 93 98 101
Downconversion, Lower Sideband
Spur values are (M × RF) − (N × LO). RF = 14 GHz, LO =
14.1 GHz, RF power = −10 dBm, and LO power = 13 dBm.
Mixer spurious products are measured in dBc from the IF
output power level. N/A means not applicable.
N × LO
0 1 2 3 4
M × RF
0
0 3 26 0 0
1
18 0 40 65 0
2
55 72 70 77 56
3
0 57 93 74 89
4
0 0 58 95 101
Upconversion, Upper Sideband
Spur values are (M × IF
IN
) + (N × LO). IF
IN
= 0.1 GHz, LO =
10 GHz, RF power = −10 dBm, and LO power = 13 dBm. Mixer
spurious products are measured in dBc from the RF output power
level. N/A means not applicable.
N × LO
0 1 2 3 4
M × IF
IN
−5
102 99 96 64 61
−4
103 86 94 62 61
−3
97 81 83 75 61
−2
81 51 59 72 59
−1
36 0 35 22 43
0
N/A 6 10 27 19
+1
36 0 36 20 45
+2
81 50 58 68 56
+3
95 63 84 76 66
+4
101 85 92 84 62
+5
102 100 94 84 65
Upconversion, Lower Sideband
Spur values are (M × IF
IN
) + (N × LO).
IF
IN
= 0.1 GHz, LO = 14.1 GHz, RF power = −10 dBm, and
LO power = 13 dBm. Mixer spurious products are measured in
dBc from the RF output power level. N/A means not applicable.
N × LO
0 1 2 3 4
M × IF
IN
−5
100 96 82 N/A N/A
−4
98 85 84 N/A N/A
−3
95 71 77 N/A N/A
−2
78 52 60 N/A N/A
−1
35 0 28 N/A N/A
0
N/A 8 20 N/A N/A
+1
34 0 28 N/A N/A
+2
79 50 61 N/A N/A
+3
96 63 61 N/A N/A
+4
100 86 84 N/A N/A
+5
100 95 62 N/A N/A
