RF Applications Engineering
Technical Note
μPC8236T6N
Three Circuit Configurations For GPS Application
o Introduction o Circuit Description o Performance Data
Introduction
NEC’s uPC8236T6N is a silicon germanium carbon (SiGe:C) MMIC designed as low noise amplifier for GPS applications.
It features low supply voltage, low noise figure and high gain.
It also includes an integrated output matching circuit, a robust bandgap
regulator, and ESD protection circuits.
More detailed technical specifications can be found in uPG8236T6N’s datasheet, available on CEL’s website: www.
cel.
com.
In the early days of GPS applications, most GPS receivers were stand-alone devices.
In that case, the in-band R...