General Description

The HMC560 chip is a miniature passive double balanced mixer which is fabricated in a GaAs MESFET process, and can be used as an upconverter or downconverter from 24-40 GHz in a small chip area. The wide bandwidth allows this device to be used across multiple radio bands with a common platform. Excellent isolations are provided by on-chip baluns, and the chip requires no external components and no DC bias. Measurements were made with the chip mounted and ribbon bonded into in a 50-ohm microstrip test f xture. Measured data includes the parasitic effects of the assembly. RF connections to the chip were made with 0.076mm (3-mil) ribbon bond with minimal length

Features

Wide IF Bandwidth: DC - 18 GHz

Input IP3: +21 dBm

High LO/RF Isolation: 35 dB

Passive Double Balanced Topology

Compact Size: 1.15 x 0.78 x 0.1 mm

Typical Applications

The HMC560 is ideal for:

• Test Equipment & Sensors

• Microwave Point-to-Point Radios

• Point-to-Multi-Point Radios

• Military & Space