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20 September 2013
Custom MMIC launches DC-20GHz distributed amplifier offers low noise figure of 2dB at 10GHz
Custom MMIC of Westford, MA, USA has added the CMD173P4 to its growing monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) library of standard products.
The CMD173P4 is a gallium arsenide (GaAs) MMIC distributed amplifier operating from DC to 20GHz that delivers more than 15dB of gain with a corresponding output 1dB compression point (P1dB) of +18dBm and a noise figure of 2dB at 10GHz.
Housed in a leadless 4mm x 4mm plastic surface-mount package, the CMD173P4 also utilizes an on-chip pinch-off tracking circuit to ensure consistent performance over temperature and process variation. The device is a 50 Ohm matched design that requires some off-chip components to complete the bias network (as is typical of this amplifier topology).
Suitable applications include microwave radio systems, telecom infrastructure, test instrumentation, and military EW (electronic warfare) subsystems.
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