Features

• Low thermal resistance: 96 °C/W

• Typical threshold level: +9 dBm

• Low capacitance: 0.33 pF

• Low-profile, ultra-miniature QFN (3-pin, 2 x 2 mm) package

(MSL1, 260 °C per JEDEC J-STD-020)

Description

The CLA4603-085LF is a surface-mountable, low-capacitance

silicon PIN limiter diode designed as a shunt connected PIN diode

for high-power limiter applications from 10 MHz to over 10 GHz.

Maximum resistance at 10 mA is 2 Ω and maximum capacitance

at 6 V is 0.4 pF. The combination of low junction capacitance, low

parasitic inductance, low thermal resistance, and nominal 1.5 um

I-region width, makes the CLA4603-085LF useful in large signal

limiter applications. The threshold level is +9 dBm, nominal.

A block diagram of the CLA4603-085LF is shown in Figure 1. The

absolute maximum ratings of the CLA4603-085LF are provided in

Table 1. Electrical specifications are provided in Table 2.

Typical performance characteristics of the CLA4603-085LF are

provided in Table 3 and illustrated in Figures 4, 5, 6, and 7.