Description

The MSA-0486 is a high performance silicon bipolar Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) housed in a low cost, surface mount plastic package. This MMIC is designed for use as a general purpose 50 Ω gain block. Typical applications include narrow and broad band IF and RF amplifiers in commercial and industrial applications.

Features

• Cascadable 50 Ω Gain Block

• 3 dB Bandwidth: DC to 3.2 GHz

• 8 dB Typical Gain at 1.0␣ GHz

• 12.5 dBm Typical P1 dB at 1.0␣ GHz

• Unconditionally Stable (k>1)

• Surface Mount Plastic Package

• Tape-and-Reel Packaging Option Available[1]