MSA-0520
Cascadable Silicon Bipolar MMIC Amplifier
Data Sheet
Description
The MSA-0520 is a high performance silicon bipolar
Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) housed
in a hermetic, BeO disk package for good thermal
characteristics. This MMIC is designed for use as a general
purpose 50Ω gain block. Typical applications include
narrow and broad band IF and RF amplifiers in industrial
and military applications.
Features
•
Cascadable 50 Ω Gain Block
•
High Output Power:
+23 dBm Typical P
1 dB
at 1.0 GHz
•
Low Distortion:
33 dBm Typical IP
3
at 1.0 GHz
•
8.5 dB Typical Gain at 1.0 GHz
The MSA-series is fabricated using Avago’s 10 GHz
•
Hermetic Metal/Beryllia Microstrip Package
f
T
, 25 GHz f
MAX
, silicon bipolar MMIC process which
uses nitride self-alignment, ion implantation, and
gold metallization to achieve excellent performance,
u
niformity and reliability. The use of an external bias
resistor for temperature and current stability also allows
bias flexibility.
200 mil BeO Package
Typical Biasing Configuration
R
bias
V
CC
> 15 V
RFC (Optional)
C
block
IN
1
4
3
MSA
C
block
OUT
V
d
= 12 V
2
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