6 GHz to 10 GHz,
GaAs, MMIC, I/Q Mixer
Data Sheet
HMC520A
FEATURES
FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM
Radio frequency (RF) range: 6 GHz to 10 GHz
Local oscillator (LO) input frequency range: 6 GHz to 10 GHz
Conversion loss: 8 dB typical at 6 GHz to 10 GHz
Image rejection: 23 dBc typical at 6 GHz to 10 GHz
LO to RF isolation: 43 dB typical
LO to intermediate frequency (IF) isolation: 25 dB typical
Input third-order intercept (IP3): 19 dBm typical
Input power for 1 dB compression (P1dB): 10 dBm typical at
7.1 GHz to 8.5 GHz
HMC520A
NIC 1
NIC 2
18 NIC
17 NIC
90° HYBRID
GND 3
GND
LO
16
15
4
RF
GND 5
14 GND
13 NIC
6
NIC
PACKAGE
BASE
Wide IF frequency range: DC to 3.5 GHz
GND
24-terminal, 4 mm × 4 mm, ceramic leadless chip carrier
Figure 1.
APPLICATIONS
Point to point microwave radios
Point to multipoint radios
Video satellites (VSATs)
Digital radios
Instrumentation
Automatic test equipment (ATE)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The HMC520A is a compact gallium arsenide (GaAs),
monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC), in-phase
quadrature (I/Q) mixer in a 24-terminal, RoHS compliant,
ceramic leadless chip carrier (LCC) package. The device can
be used as either an image reject mixer or a single sideband
upconverter. The mixer uses two standard double balanced
mixer cells and a 90° hybrid fabricated in a GaAs, metal
semiconductor field effect transistor (MESFET) process. The
HMC520A is a much smaller alternative to a hybrid style image
reject mixer and a single sideband upconverter assembly. The
HMC520A eliminates the need for wire bonding, allowing the
use of surface-mount manufacturing techniques.
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