DRIVER & GAIN BLOCK AMPLIFIERS - CHIP
2
2 - 8
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HMC396
InGaP HBT GAIN BLOCK
MMIC AMPLIFIER, DC - 8 GHz
v02.0109
General Description
Features
Functional Diagram
The HMC396 die is a GaAs InGaP Heterojunction
Bipolar Transistor (HBT) Gain Block MMIC DC to
8 GHz ampli er. This ampli er can be used as either
a cascadable 50 Ohm gain stage or to drive the LO
of HMC mixers with up to +16 dBm output power. The
HMC396 offers 12 dB of gain and an output IP3 of
+30 dBm while requiring only 56 mA from a +5V supply.
The Darlington feedback pair used results in reduced
sensitivity to normal process variations and yields
excellent gain stability over temperature while requir-
ing a minimal number of external bias components.
The HMC396 can easily be integrated into Multi-Chip-
Modules (MCMs) due to its small (0.22mm
2
) size. All
data is with the chip in a 50 Ohm test xture connected
via 0.025mm (1 mil) diameter wire bonds of minimal
length 0.5mm (20 mils).
Gain: 12 dB
P1dB Output Power: +14 dBm
Stable Gain Over Temperature
50 Ohm I/O’s
Small Size: 0.38 x 0.58 x 0.1 mm
Typical Applications
An excellent cascadable 50 Ohm
Gain Block or LO Driver for:
• Microwave & VSAT Radios
• Test Equipment
• Military EW, ECM, C
3
I
• Space Telecom
Electrical Speci cations, Vs= +5.0V, Rbias= 22 Ohm, T
A
= +25° C
Parameter Min. Typ. Max. Units
Gain
DC - 4.0 GHz
4.0 - 8.0 GHz
12
11
dB
dB
Gain Variation Over Temperature
DC - 4.0 GHz
4.0 - 8.0 GHz
0.004
0.015
dB/ °C
dB/ °C
Input Return Loss
DC - 4.0 GHz
4.0 - 8.0 GHz
15
12
dB
dB
Output Return Loss
DC - 4.0 GHz
4.0 - 8.0 GHz
19
17
dB
dB
Reverse Isolation DC - 8.0 GHz 16 dB
Output Power for 1 dB Compression (P1dB)
DC - 4.0 GHz
4.0 - 8.0 GHz
14
13
dBm
dBm
Output Third Order Intercept (IP3)
DC - 4.0 GHz
4.0 - 8.0 GHz
30
24
dBm
dBm
Noise Figure DC - 8.0 GHz 6 dB
Supply Current (Icq) 56 mA
Note: Data taken with broadband bias tee on device output.
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