UTCL8400
LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
FET BIAS CONTROLLER
DESCRIPTION
The UTC L8400 is designed to meet the bias requirements
of GaAs and HEMT FETs commonly used in satellite receiver
LNBs, PMR, cellular telephones etc. with a minimum of
external components.
With the addition of two capacitors and resistors the
devices provide drain voltage and current control for a
number of external grounded source FETs, generating the
regulated negative rail required for FET gate biasing whilst
operating from a single supply. This negative bias, at –3
volts, can also be used to supply other external circuits.
The UTC L8400 contains four bias stages respectively. In
setting drain current the L8400 two resistors allows individual
FET pair control to different levels. This allows the operating
current of input FETs to be adjusted to minimize noise, whilst
the following FET stages can separately be adjusted for
maximum gain. The UTC L8400 gives 2.2 volts drain whilst .
These devices are unconditionally stable over the full
working temperature with the FETs in place, subject to the
inclusion of the recommended gate and drain capacitors.
These ensure RF stability and minimal injected noise.
It is possible to use less than the devices full complement
of FET bias controls, unused drain and gate connections can
be left open circuit without affecting operation of the
remaining bias circuits.
SSOP-16(150mil)
FEATURES
* Provides bias for GaAs and HEMT FETs
* Drives up to four or six FETs
* Dynamic FET protection
* Drain current set by external resistor
* Regulated negative rail generator requires only
2 external capacitors
* Choice in drain voltage
* Wide supply voltage range
In order to protect the external FETs the circuits have been
designed to ensure that, under any conditions including
power up/down transients, the gate drive from the bias
circuits cannot exceed the range –3.5V to 0.7V.Furthermore if
the negative rail experiences a fault conditions, such as
overload or short circuit, the drain supply to the FETs will shut
down avoiding excessive current flow.
APPLICATIONS
* Satellite receiver LNBs
* Private mobile radio(PMR)
* Cellular telephones
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