Preliminary
Preliminary
Product Description
CGA-6618
Stanford Microdevices CGA-6618 is a high performance
GaAs HBT MMIC Amplifier! Designed with the InGaP
process technology for excellent reliability! A Darlington
configuration is utilized for broadband performance! The
heterojunction increases breakdown voltage and minimizes
leakage current between junctions! The amplifier contains
two amplifiers for use in wideband Push-Pull CATV amplifiers
requiring excellent second order performance! The second
and third order non-linearities are greatly improved in the
push pull configuration!
Dual CATV Broadband High
Linearity GaAs HBT Amplifier
Product Features
Excellent CSO/CTB/XMOD Performance at
+34 dBmV Output Power per Tone
Amplifier Configuration
Dual Devices in each SOIC-8 Package simplify
Push-Pull configuration PC board layout
Operates from a single supply
Dropping Resistor provides
Temperature Compensation
1
2
3
4
8
7
6
5
Applications
CATV Head End Driver and Predriver Amplifier
CATV Line Driver Amplifier
Key 75 Ohm Parameters at Room Temperature 50-860MHz CATV Band Data
Test Conditions: VS = 8ꢀ0 V
lD= 160mA
RBIAS=39 Ohms
TL = 25ºC
Freqꢀ
Units
Minꢀ
Typꢀ
Maxꢀ
ZS = ZL = 75 Ohms
50 MHz
500 MHz
860 MHz
14ꢀ0
14ꢀ1
14ꢀ0
Gain
dB
50 MHz
500 MHz
860 MHz
72
82
74
Tone spacing = 1 MHz
Pout/Tone = +6 dBm
Output IP2
dBm
dBm
dBm
dB
50 MHz
500 MHz
860 MHz
38
40
40
Tone spacing = 1 MHz
Pout/Tone = +6 dBm
Output IP3
50 MHz
500 MHz
860 MHz
21ꢀ5
21ꢀ5
21ꢀ0
Output P1dB
Input Return Loss
Output Return Loss
Noise Figure
50 MHz
500 MHz
860 MHz
12ꢀ5
17ꢀ0
13ꢀ5
50 MHz
500 MHz
860 MHz
10ꢀ0
19ꢀ0
13ꢀ5
dB
50 MHz
500 MHz
860 MHz
3ꢀ9
4ꢀ1
4ꢀ4
Average of 3 devices
Balun Insertion Loss Included
dB
CSO
CTB
Worst Case Over Band
Worst Case Over Band
Worst Case Over Band
79 Chꢀ, Flat, +34dBmV
79 Chꢀ, Flat, +34dBmV
79 Chꢀ, Flat, +34dBmV
dBc
dBc
dBc
V
81
70
XMOD
Vd
65
4ꢀ7
Note: Measured in Push-Pull Application test board
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