HMC170C8 Datasheet, PDF (1/4 Pages) Hittite Microwave Corporation – GaAs MMIC SMT DOUBLEBALANCED MIXER, 2.5 - 4 GHz

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Typical Applications
The HMC170C8 is ideal for:
• Microwave Point to Point
• RADAR
• VSAT
Functional Diagram
12
HMC170C8
GaAs MMIC SMT DOUBLE-
BALANCED MIXER, 2.5 - 4 GHz
Features
Conversion Loss: 9.0 dB
LO to RF Isolation: 45 dB
Surface Mount
Small Size, No DC Bias Required
General Description
The HMC170C8 is a miniature double-balanced
mixer in a non-hermetic ceramic surface mount
package that can be used as an upconverter,
downconverter or biphase modulator. The device
is a passive diode/balun type mixer with high
dynamic range. Noise figure is essentially equal
to the conversion loss. The mixer can handle
larger signal levels than most active mixers due
to the high third order intercept. MMIC implemen-
tation provides exceptional balance in the circuit
resulting in high LO/RF and LO/IF isolations and
unit-to-unit consistency. This mixer has applica-
tions where small size and surface mount com-
patibility are important.
Electrical Specifications, T_A = +25° C, LO Drive = +13 dBm
Parameter
Frequency Range, RF & LO
Frequency Range, IF
Conversion Loss
Noise Figure (SSB)
LO to RF Isolation
LO to IF Isolation
IP3 (Input)
IP2 (Input)
1 dB Gain Compression (Input)
Min.
Typ.
2.5 - 4.0
DC - 2
9
9
40
45
32
36
13
18
35
40
7
10
Max.
10
10
Units
GHz
GHz
dB
dB
dB
dB
dBm
dBm
dBm
12 - 22
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