MSA-0436
Cascadable Silicon Bipolar MMIC Amplifiers
Data Sheet
Description
Features
The MSA-0436 is a high performance silicon bipolar
MonolithicMicrowaveIntegratedCircuit(MMIC)housed
in a cost effective, microstrip package. 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.
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Cascadable 50Ω Gain Block
3 dB Bandwidth: DC to 3.8 GHz
12.5 dBm Typical P1 dB at 1.0 GHz
8.5 dB Typical Gain at 1.0 GHz
Unconditionally Stable (k>1)
Cost Effective Ceramic Microstrip Package
The MSA-series is fabricated using Avago’s 10 GHz f ,
T
25 GHz f
, silicon bipolar MMIC process which uses
MAX
nitride self-alignment, ion implantation, and gold met-
allization to achieve excellent performance, unifor-
mity and reliability. The use of an external bias resistor
for temperature and current stability also allows bias
flexibility.
36 micro-X Package
Typical Biasing Configuration
R
bias
VCC > 7 V
RFC (Optional)
4
C
C
block
block
3
IN
MSA
OUT
1
V
= 5.25 V
d
2