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 fxture. 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