Cascadable Silicon Bipolar
MMIC Amplifier
Technical Data
MSA-0870
purpose 50 Ω gain block above
Features
70 mil Package
0.5 GHz and can be used as a high
gain transistor below this fre-
quency. Typical applications
include narrow and moderate band
IF and RF amplifiers in industrial
and military applications.
• Usable Gain to 6.0 GHz
• High Gain:
32.5dBTypicalat0.1 GHz
23.5dBTypicalat1.0 GHz
• Low Noise Figure:
3.0 dBTypicalat1.0 GHz
The MSA-series is fabricated using
• Hermetic Gold-ceramic
Microstrip Package
HP’s10GHzf ,25 GHzf
,
T
MAX
silicon bipolar MMIC process
which uses nitride self-alignment,
ion implantation, and gold metalli-
zation to achieve excellent
performance, uniformity and
reliability. The use of an external
bias resistor for temperature and
current stability also allows bias
flexibility.
Description
The MSA-0870 is a high perfor-
mance silicon bipolar Monolithic
Microwave Integrated Circuit
(MMIC) housed in a hermetic, high
reliability package. This MMIC is
designed for use as a general
Typical Biasing Configuration
R
bias
VCC
> 10 V
RFC (Optional)
4
C
C
block
block
3
IN
MSA
OUT
1
V
= 7.8 V
d
2
5965-9544E
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