6-310
Cascadable Silicon Bipolar
MMIC␣ Amplifier
Technical Data
Features
• Cascadable 50 Ω Gain Block
• 3 dB Bandwidth:
DC to 2.5 GHz
• 12.0 dB Typical Gain at
1.0␣ GHz
• 10.0 dBm Typical P1 dB at
1.0␣ GHz
• Unconditionally Stable
(k>1)
• Low Cost Plastic Package
MSA-0385
85 Plastic Package
Description
The MSA-0385 is a high perfor-
mance silicon bipolar Monolithic
Microwave Integrated Circuit
(MMIC) housed in a low cost
Typical Biasing Configuration
C
block
C
block
R
bias
V
CC
>
7 V
V
d
= 5 V
RFC (Optional)
IN OUT
MSA
4
12
3
plastic package. This MMIC is
designed for use as a general
purpose 50 Ω gain block. Typical
applications include narrow and
broad band IF and RF amplifiers
in commercial and industrial
applications.
The MSA-series is fabricated using
HP’s 10 GHz fT, 25␣ GHz f MAX,
silicon bipolar MMIC process
which uses nitride self-alignment,
ion implantation, and gold metalli-
zation to achieve excellent
performance, uniformity and
reliability. The use of an external
bias resistor for temperature and
current stability also allows bias
flexibility.
5965-9570E