HMC396
v02.0109
InGaP HBT GAIN BLOCK
MMIC AMPLIFIER, DC - 8 GHz
Typical Applications
Features
Gain: 12 dB
P1dB Output Power: +14 dBm
Stable Gain Over Temperature
50 Ohm I/O’s
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DRIVER & GAIN BLOCK AMPLIFIERS - CHIP
An excellent cascadable 50 Ohm
Gain Block or LO Driver for:
• Microwave & VSAT Radios
• Test Equipment
• Military EW, ECM, C I
• Space Telecom
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Small Size: 0.38 x 0.58 x 0.1 mm
Functional Diagram
General Description
The HMC396 die is a GaAs InGaP Heterojunction
Bipolar Transistor (HBT) Gain Block MMIC DC to
8 GHz amplifier. This amplifier 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
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) size. All
data is with the chip in a 50 Ohm test fixture connected
via 0.025mm (1 mil) diameter wire bonds of minimal
length 0.5mm (20 mils).
Electrical Specifi cations,
Vs= +5.0V, Rbias= 22 Ohm, T
A
= +25° C
Parameter
Gain
Gain Variation Over Temperature
Input Return Loss
Output Return Loss
Reverse Isolation
Output Power for 1 dB Compression (P1dB)
Output Third Order Intercept (IP3)
Noise Figure
Supply Current (Icq)
DC - 4.0 GHz
4.0 - 8.0 GHz
DC - 4.0 GHz
4.0 - 8.0 GHz
DC - 4.0 GHz
4.0 - 8.0 GHz
DC - 4.0 GHz
4.0 - 8.0 GHz
DC - 8.0 GHz
DC - 4.0 GHz
4.0 - 8.0 GHz
DC - 4.0 GHz
4.0 - 8.0 GHz
DC - 8.0 GHz
Min.
Typ.
12
11
0.004
0.015
15
12
19
17
16
14
13
30
24
6
56
Max.
Units
dB
dB
dB/ °C
dB/ °C
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dBm
dBm
dBm
dBm
dB
mA
Note: Data taken with broadband bias tee on device output.
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For price, delivery, and to place orders, please contact Hittite Microwave Corporation:
20 Alpha Road, Chelmsford, MA 01824 Phone: 978-250-3343 Fax: 978-250-3373
Order On-line at www.hittite.com
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