HMC170C8
v02.1105
GaAs MMIC SMT DOUBLE-
BALANCED MIXER, 2.5 - 4 GHz
Typical Applications
Features
The HMC170C8 is ideal for:
• Microwave Point-to-Point
• RADAR
Conversion Loss: 9. dB
LO to RF Isolation: 45 dB
Surface Mount
• VSAT
Small Size, No DC Bias Required
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Functional Diagram
General Description
The HMC170C8 is a miniature double-balanced mixer
in a non-hermetic ceramic surface mount package
that can be used as an upconverter, downconverter
or biphase modulator. The device is a passive diode/
balun type mixer with high dynamic range. Noise
figure is essentially equal to the conversion loss. The
mixer can handle larger signal levels than most active
mixers due to the high third order intercept. MMIC
implementation provides exceptional balance in the
circuit resulting in high LO/RF and LO/IF isolations
and unit-to-unit consistency. This mixer has applica-
tions where small size and surface mount compatibil-
ity are important.
Electrical Specifications, TA = +25° C, LO Drive = +13 dBm
Parameter
Min.
Typ.
Max.
Units
GHz
GHz
dB
Frequency Range, RF & LO
Frequency Range, IF
Conversion Loss
Noise Figure (SSB)
LO to RF Isolation
LO to IF Isolation
IP3 (Input)
2.5 - 4.0
DC - 2
9
10
10
9
dB
40
32
13
35
7
45
36
18
dB
dB
dBm
dBm
dBm
IP2 (Input)
40
10
1 dB Gain Compression (Input)
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