HMC787A

Data Sheet GaAs, MMIC, Fundamental Mixer, 3 GHz to 10 GHz HMC787A FEATURES Conversion loss: 9 dB typical at 3 GHz to 9 GHz Local oscillator (LO) to radio frequency (IF) isolation: 43 dB typical at 3 GHz to 9 GHz RF to intermediate frequency (IF) isolation: 26 dB typical at 3 GHz to 9 GHz Input third-order intercept (IP3): 24 dBm typical at 3 GHz to 9 GHz Input 1 dB compression point (P1dB): 17 dBm typical at 3 GHz to 9 GHz Input second-order intercept (IP2): 67 dBm typical at 3 GHz to 9 GHz Passive double-balanced topology Wide IF frequency range: dc to 4 GHz 12-terminal, ceramic, leadless chip carrier (LCC) package APPLICATIONS Microwave radio Industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band and ultrawide band (UWB) radio Test equipment and sensors Military end use GENERAL DESCRIPTION The HMC787A is a general-purpose, double balanced mixer in a 12-terminal, RoHS compliant, ceramic leadless chip carrier (LCC) package that can be used as an upconverter or downconverter from 3 GHz to 10 GHz. This mixer is fabricated in a gallium arsenide (GaAs), metal semiconductor field effect transistor (MESFET) process and requires no external components or matching circuitry. FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM GND NIC IF NIC GND NIC 13608-001 12 11 10 GND 1 LO 2 GND 3 HMC787A 9 GND 8 RF 7 GND 456 PACKAGE BASE Figure 1. The HMC787A provides excellent local oscillator (LO) to radio frequency (RF) and LO to intermediate frequency (IF) isolation due to optimized balun structures and operates wi...