General Description

The HMC344LH5 is a broadband non-refl ective GaAs MESFET SP4T switch in a hermetic SMT leadless package. Covering DC to 12 GHz, this switch offers high isolation and low insertion loss. This switch also includes an on board binary decoder circuit which reduces the required logic control lines to two. The switch operates using a negative control voltage of 0/-5V, and requires a fi xed bias of -5V. Simple external level shifting circuitry allows this switch to be controlled with most TTL/CMOS positive logic families. The HMC344LH5 allows the use of surface mount manufacturing techniques and is suitable for high reliability military, industrial and space applications.

Features

Broadband Performance: DC - 12 GHz

High Isolation: 42 dB@ 6 GHz

Low Insertion Loss: 1.8 dB@ 6 GHz

Integrated 2:4 TTL Decoder

Hermetic SMT Package, 25 mm2

Screening to MIL-PRF-38535 (Class B or S) Available

Typical Applications

This switch is suitable for DC - 12.0 GHz 50-Ohm Systems

• Telecom Infrastructure

• Military Radio, Radar & ECM

• Space Systems

• Test Instrumentation