General Description

The HMC558LC3B is a general purpose double balanced mixer in a leadless RoHS compliant SMT package that can be used as an upconverter or downconverter between 5.5 and 14 GHz. This mixer is fabricated in a GaAs MESFET process, and requires no external components or matching circuitry. The HMC558LC3B provides excellent LO to RF and LO to IF isolation due to optimized balun structures and operates with LO drive levels as low as +9 dBm. The RoHS compliant HMC558LC3B eliminates the need for wire bonding, and is compatible with high volume surface mount manufacturing techniques.

Features

Passive Double Balanced Topology

High LO/RF Isolation: 45 dB

Low Conversion Loss: 7 dB

Wide IF Bandwidth: DC - 6 GHz

12 Lead Ceramic 3x3mm SMT Package: 9mm2

Typical Applications

The HMC558LC3B is ideal for:

• Point-to-Point Radios

• Point-to-Mulit-Point Radios

• Test Equipment & Sensors

• Military End-Use