MSA-0186 Datasheet, PDF (1/4 Pages) Agilent(Hewlett-Packard) – Cascadable Silicon Bipolar MMIC Amplifier

Cascadable Silicon Bipolar
MMIC␣ Amplifier
Technical Data
MSA-0186
Features
Description
• Cascadable 50 Ω Gain Block The MSA-0186 is a high perfor-
• 3 dB Bandwidth:
DC to 0.9 GHz
• High Gain:
17.5 dB Typical at 0.5 GHz
mance silicon bipolar Monolithic
Microwave Integrated Circuit
(MMIC) housed in a low cost,
surface mount plastic package.
This MMIC is designed for use as a
• Unconditionally Stable
(k>1)
general purpose 50 Ω gain block.
Typical applications include
• Surface Mount Plastic
Package
• Tape-and-Reel Packaging
narrow and broad band IF and RF
amplifiers in commercial and
industrial applications.
Option Available^[1]
The MSA-series is fabricated using
HP’s 10 GHz fT, 25␣ GHz f MAX,
Note:
silicon bipolar MMIC process
1.
Refer to PACKAGING section “Tape-
and-Reel Packaging for Semiconductor
which uses nitride self-alignment,
Devices”.
86 Plastic Package
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.
Typical Biasing Configuration
R _bias
V_CC > 7 V
C _block
IN
4
3
1 ^MSA
2
RFC (Optional)
C _block
V_d = 5 V
OUT
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