Cascadable Silicon Bipolar
MMIC Amplifiers
Technical Data
MSA-0370
Features
• Cascadable 50
Ω
Gain Block
• 3 dB Bandwidth:
DC to 2.8 GHz
• 12.0 dB Typical Gain at
1.0 GHz
• 10.0 dBm Typical P
1 dB
at
1.0 GHz
• Unconditionally Stable
(k>1)
• Hermetic Gold-ceramic
Microstrip Package
Description
The MSA-0370 is a high perfor-
mance silicon bipolar Monolithic
Microwave Integrated Circuit
(MMIC) housed in a hermetic, high
reliability 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
industrial and military applications.
The MSA-series is fabricated using
HP’s 10 GHz f
T
, 25 GHz f
MAX
, silicon
bipolar MMIC process which uses
nitride self-alignment, ion implanta-
tion, and gold metallization to
70 mil Package
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
V
CC
> 7 V
RFC (Optional)
4
C
block
3
IN
1
MSA
C
block
OUT
V
d
= 5 V
2
5965-9569E
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