HMC424ACHIPS
Data Sheet
TYPICAL PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS
INSERTION LOSS, RETURN LOSS, STATE ERROR, STEP ERROR, AND RELATIVE PHASE
0
0
T
T
T
= +85°C
= +25°C
= –40°C
A
A
A
–5
–1
–10
–2
–3
–15
–20
–4
–5
–6
0.5dB
4.0dB
31.5dB
1.0dB
8.0dB
2.0dB
16.0dB
–25
–30
–35
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 11 12 13 14 15
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 11 12 13 14 15
FREQUENCY (GHz)
FREQUENCY (GHz)
Figure 7. Insertion Loss vs. Frequency over Temperature
Figure 10. Normalized Attenuation vs. Frequency over Major Attenuation
States
0
–5
0
–10
–20
0dB
0.5dB
2.0dB
8.0dB
31.5dB
1.0dB
4.0dB
16.0dB
–10
–15
–20
–25
–30
–40
–30
–35
–40
–45
–50
–50
0dB
0.5dB
2.0dB
8.0dB
31.5dB
1.0dB
4.0dB
16.0dB
–60
–70
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 11 12 13 14 15
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 11 12 13 14 15
FREQUENCY (GHz)
FREQUENCY (GHz)
Figure 8. Input Return Loss vs. Frequency over Major Attenuation States
Figure 11. Output Return Loss vs. Frequency over Major Attenuation States
2.0
2.0
0.1MHz
4.0GHz
8.0GHz
1.5
1.0
0.5
13.0GHz
1.5
1.0
0.5
0
0
–0.5
–1.0
0.5dB
2.0dB
8.0dB
31.5dB
1.0dB
4.0dB
16.0dB
–1.5
–2.0
–0.5
0
2
4
6
8
10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32
ATTENUATION STATE (dB)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 11 12 13 14 15
FREQUENCY (GHz)
Figure 9. State Error vs. Attenuation State over Frequency
Figure 12. State Error vs. Frequency over Major Attenuation States
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