Description

The MSA-0505 is a high performance medium power silicon bipolar Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) housed in a low cost, surface mount 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 systems.

The MSA-series is fabricated using HP’s 10 GHz fT, 25␣ GHz f MAX, silicon bipolar MMIC process which uses nitride self-alignment, ion implantation, and gold metallization to achieve excellent performance, uniformity and reliability. The use of an external bias resistor for temperature and current stability also allows bias flexibility.

Features

• Cascadable 50 Ω Gain Block

• High Output Power:

18.0 dBm Typical P1 dB at

1.0 GHz

• Low Distortion:

29.0 dBm Typical IP3 at 1.0 GHz

• 7.0 dB Typical Gain at

1.0 GHz

• Surface Mount Plastic

Package

• Tape-and-Reel Packaging

Option Available[1]

Note:

1. Refer to PACKAGING section

“Tape-and-Reel Packaging for

Semiconductor Devices.”