6 GHz to 14 GHz, GaAs, MMIC,
Double-Balanced Mixer
HMC553ALC3B
Data Sheet
FEATURES
FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM
HMC553ALC3B
Passive: no dc bias required
Conversion loss: 7 dB typical at 6 GHz to 11 GHz
Input IP3: 18 dBm typical at 6 GHz to 11 GHz
LO to RF isolation: 36 dB typical
Wide IF bandwidth: dc to 5 GHz
RoHS compliant, 12-terminal, 2.90 mm × 2.90 mm LCC package
12 11 10
1
2
3
9
8
7
GND
RF
GND
LO
GND
GND
APPLICATIONS
4
5
6
PACKAGE
BASE
Microwave and very small aperture terminal (VSAT) radios
Test equipment
GND
Figure 1.
Point to point radios
Military electronic warfare (EW); electronic countermeasure
(ECM); and command, control, communications and
intelligence (C3I)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The HMC553ALC3B is a general-purpose, double-balanced,
gallium arsenide (GaAs), monolithic microwave integrated
circuit (MMIC) mixer housed in a leadless Pb-free, RoHS
compliant LCC package. The HMC553ALC3B can be used as an
upconverter or downconverter between 6 GHz and 14 GHz.
This mixer requires no external components or matching
circuitry.
The HMC553ALC3B provides local oscillator (LO) to radio
frequency (RF) and LO to intermediate frequency (IF) suppression
due to optimized balun structures. The mixer operates with LO
drive levels from 9 dBm to 15 dBm. The HMC553ALC3B
eliminates the need for wire bonding, allowing use of surface-
mount manufacturing techniques.
Rev. B
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