Cascadable Silicon Bipolar
MMIC Amplifier
Technical Data
MSA-0386
Features
Description
• Cascadable 50 Ω Gain Block
The MSA-0386 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.
• 3 dB Bandwidth:
DC to 2.4 GHz
• 12.0 dB Typical Gain at
1.0 GHz
• 10.0 dBm Typical P1 dB at
1.0 GHz
• Unconditionally Stable
(k>1)
• Surface Mount Plastic
Package
• Tape-and-Reel Packaging
Option Available[1]
Note:
1. Refer to PACKAGING section “Tapeand-Reel Packaging for Surface
Mount Semiconductors”.
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.
Typical Biasing Configuration
R bias
VCC > 7 V
RFC (Optional)
4
C block
C block
3
IN
1
2
5965-9571E
OUT
MSA
Vd = 5 V
6-314
86 Plastic Package
