Order this document by MRF559/D SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNICAL DATA The RF Line . . . designed for UHF linear and large-signal amplifier applications. * Specified 12.5 Volt, 870 MHz Characteristics -- Output Power = 0.5 Watts Minimum Gain = 8.0 dB Efficiency 50% 0.5 W, 870 MHz HIGH-FREQUENCY TRANSISTOR NPN SILICON * S Parameter Data From 250 MHz to 1.5 GHz * 1.0 dB Compression > + 20 dBm Typ * Ideally Suited for Broadband, Class A, Low-Noise Applications * Circuit board photomaster available upon request by contacting RF Tactical Marketing in Phoenix, AZ. MAXIMUM RATINGS Rating Symbol Value Unit Collector-Emitter Voltage VCEO 16 Vdc Collector-Base Voltage VCBO 36 Vdc Emitter-Base Voltage VEBO 3.0 Vdc Collector Current -- Continuous IC 150 mAdc Total Device Dissipation @ TC = 50C Derate above 50C PD 2.0 20 Watts mW/C Storage Temperature Range Tstg - 65 to +150 C CASE 317-01, STYLE 2 ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (TC = 25C unless otherwise noted.) Characteristic Symbol Min Typ Max Unit Collector-Emitter Breakdown Voltage (IC = 5.0 mAdc, IB = 0) V(BR)CEO 16 -- -- Vdc Collector-Base Breakdown Voltage (IC = 100 Adc, IE = 0) V(BR)CBO 36 -- -- Vdc Emitter-Base Breakdown Voltage (IE = 100 Adc, IC = 0) V(BR)EBO 3.0 -- -- Vdc ICES -- -- 1.0 mAdc hFE 30 90 200 -- fT -- 3000 -- MHz Cob -- 2.0 2.5 pF OFF CHARACTERISTICS Collector Cutoff Current (VCE = 15 Vdc, VBE = 0) ON CHARACTERISTICS DC Current Gain (IC = 50 mAdc, VCE = 10 Vdc) DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS Current-Gain -- Bandwidth Product (IC = 100 mAdc, VCE = 10 Vdc, f = 200 MHz) Output Capacitance (VCB = 12.5 Vdc, IE = 0, f = 1.0 MHz) (continued) REV 6 RF DEVICE DATA MOTOROLA Motorola, Inc. 1994 MRF559 1 ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS -- continued (TC = 25C unless otherwise noted.) Characteristic Symbol Min Typ Max Unit FUNCTIONAL TESTS Common-Emitter Amplifier Power Gain (VCC = 12.5 Vdc, Pout = 0.5 W) f = 870 MHz f = 512 MHz GPE 8.0 -- 9.5 13 -- -- dB Collector Efficiency (VCC = 12.5 Vdc, Pout = 0.5 W) f = 870 MHz f = 512 MHz 50 -- 65 60 -- -- % Common-Emitter Amplifier Power Gain (VCC = 7.5 Vdc, Pout = 0.5 W) f = 870 MHz f = 512 MHz GPE -- -- 6.5 10 -- -- dB Collector Efficiency (VCC = 7.5 Vdc, Pout = 0.5 W) f = 870 MHz f = 512 MHz -- -- 70 65 -- -- % TYPICAL PERFORMANCE @ VCC = 7.5 V PDMAX, MAXIMUM POWER DISSIPATION (WATTS) 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 0 50 100 150 TC, CASE TEMPERATURE (C) 200 Figure 1. Power Dissipation + VCC C7 C6 - C5 Z3 C1 Z1 Z5 Z6 Z2 DUT Z4 L1 C2 L3 C4 L4 L2 C1, C2, C4, C5 -- 1.0 - 10 pF Johanson C3, C6 -- 0.001 F Chip Capacitor C7 -- 1.0 F Tantalum L1, L4 -- 4 Turns #26 AWG, 0.3 cm ID, 0.4 cm Long L2, L3 -- Ferrite Bead Microstrip Elements -- r = 2.55 C3 Z1 -- 50 1.5 cm Z2 -- 30 2.5 cm Z3 -- 50 2.0 cm Z4 -- 50 1.2 cm Z5, Z6 -- 50 1.25 cm Figure 2. 870 MHz Test Fixture MRF559 2 MOTOROLA RF DEVICE DATA 800 800 Pout , OUTPUT POWER (mW) Pout , OUTPUT POWER (mW) Pin = 100 mW 600 7.5 V VCC = 12.5 V 400 200 600 50 mW 400 25 mW 200 VCC = 7.5 V f = 512 MHz 0 0 40 60 Pin, INPUT POWER (mW) 20 80 0 400 100 Figure 3. Output Power versus Input Power 425 450 475 f, FREQUENCY (MHz) 500 525 Figure 4. Output Power versus Frequency 800 800 Pin = 75 mW 600 50 mW Pout , OUTPUT POWER (mW) Pout , OUTPUT POWER (mW) Pin = 40 mW 25 mW 400 15 mW 200 600 25 mW 400 15 mW 200 f = 512 MHz 0 5 7.5 10 12.5 VCC, COLLECTOR VOLTAGE (V) 15 VCC = 12.5 V 17.5 0 400 Figure 5. Output Power versus Collector Voltage 425 450 475 f, FREQUENCY (MHz) 500 525 Figure 6. Output Power versus Frequency Zin Ohms ZOL* Ohms f Frequency MHz 15 mW 25 mW 50 mW 0.25 W 0.5 W 0.75 W 0.25 W 0.5 W 0.75 W 400 4.3 - j13.3 4.9 - j11.0 5.7 - j8.7 31 - j49 44 - j34 42 - j4.9 20 - j68 42 - j60 52 - j54 440 3.9 - j8.8 4.5 - j8.7 5.4 - j6.9 27 - j42 39 - j30 40 - j6.9 19 - j62 37 - j54 49 - j50 480 3.5 - j4.4 4.1 - j6.5 5.0 - j4.3 24 - j36 36 - j25 39 - j9.0 18 - j56 33 - j48 47 - j46 520 3.2 - j2.2 3.8 - j4.3 4.7 - j1.7 22 - j30 34 - j20 37 - j12 17 - j52 31 - j44 47 - j42 VCC = 7.5 - 12.5 V VCC = 7.5 V VCC = 12.5 V ZOL* = Conjugate of the optimum load impedance into which the device output operates at a given output power, voltage and frequency. Table 1. Zin and ZOL versus Collector Voltage, Input Power, and Output Power MOTOROLA RF DEVICE DATA MRF559 3 800 Pout , OUTPUT POWER (mW) Pout , OUTPUT POWER (mW) 800 600 VCC = 12.5 V 7.5 V 400 200 600 Pin = 100 mW 400 50 mW 25 mW 200 f = 870 MHz 0 0 60 90 Pin, INPUT POWER (mW) 30 120 VCC = 7.5 V 0 800 150 Figure 7. Output Power versus Input Power 830 860 890 f, FREQUENCY (MHz) 920 950 Figure 8. Output Power versus Frequency 800 800 Pout , OUTPUT POWER (mW) Pout , OUTPUT POWER (mW) Pin = 100 mW 600 50 mW 400 25 mW 200 Pin = 75 mW 600 50 mW 400 25 mW 200 f = 870 MHz 0 5 7.5 10 12.5 VCC, COLLECTOR VOLTAGE (V) 15 VCC = 12.5 V 17.5 0 800 Figure 9. Output Power versus Collector Voltage 830 860 890 f, FREQUENCY (MHz) 920 950 Figure 10. Output Power versus Frequency Zin Ohms ZOL* Ohms f Frequency MHz 25 mW 50 mW 100 mW 0.25 W 0.5 W 0.75 W 0.25 W 0.5 W 0.75 W 800 2.9 + j2.2 3.8 + j4.4 4.7 + j6.5 15.0 - j36.8 22.7 - j30.6 27.1 - j22.6 14.6 - j43.6 17.2 - j39.7 23.4 - j37.7 850 3.2 + j3.5 3.8 + j5.2 4.8 + j7.4 15.7 - j35.3 23.9 - j28.7 27.3 - j21.5 16.3 - j40.8 17.8 - j39.5 23.7 - j36.8 900 3.8 + j5.7 4.4 + j7.0 5.4 + j8.7 16.4 - j33.7 25.1 - j27.0 27.5 - j20.5 17.3 - j38.2 18.3 - j39.3 23.9 - j36.0 950 4.1 + j7.4 4.5 + j8.8 5.5 + j10.1 17.0 - j32.2 26.3 - j25.2 27.6 - j19.4 17.2 - j36.1 20.1 - j38.5 24.5 - j35.6 VCC = 7.5 - 12.5 V VCC = 7.5 V VCC = 12.5 V ZOL* = Conjugate of the optimum load impedance into which the device output operates at a given output power, voltage and frequency. Table 2. Zin and ZOL versus Collector Voltage, Input Power, and Output Power MRF559 4 MOTOROLA RF DEVICE DATA 20 G p, GAIN (dB) 16 12 GU(max) |S21|2 GU(max) = 8 |S21|2 (1 - |S11|2)(1 - |S22|2) 4 0 200 VCE = 10 V IC = 50 - 100 mA 300 500 700 1000 f, FREQUENCY (MHz) 1500 2000 Figure 11. Gain versus Frequency 16 16 GU(max) NF, NOISE FIGURE AND G NF , ASSOCIATED GAIN (dB) G p, GAIN (dB) |S21|2 GU(max) 12 |S21|2 8 f = 500 MHz f = 1 GHz 4 GNF 12 8 f = 500 MHz f = 1 GHz NF 4 VCE = 10 V VCE = 10 V 0 0 0 30 60 90 IC, COLLECTOR CURRENT (mA) 120 150 Figure 12. Gain versus Collector Current 40 60 IC, COLLECTOR CURRENT (mA) 80 100 Figure 13. Noise Figure and Associated Gain versus Collector Current 4 4 OUTPUT CAPACITANCE (pF) f t , CURRENT GAIN BANDWIDTH PRODUCT (GHz) 20 0 3 2 1 3 Cob 2 Ccb 1 VCE = 10 V 0 0 0 30 60 90 IC, COLLECTOR CURRENT (mA) 120 Figure 14. Current Gain Bandwidth Product versus Collector Current MOTOROLA RF DEVICE DATA 150 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 VCB, COLLECTOR BASE VOLTAGE (VOLTS) 18 20 Figure 15. Output Capacitance versus Collector Base Voltage MRF559 5 S11 S21 S12 S22 VCE (Volts) IC (mA) f (MHz) |S11| |S21| |S12| |S22| 5.0 10 250 500 1000 1500 0.72 0.73 0.76 0.82 - 161 179 158 142 6.20 3.16 1.62 1.08 93 76 55 41 0.057 0.069 0.105 0.155 30 43 63 70 0.30 0.27 0.27 0.41 - 91 - 94 - 119 - 137 25 250 500 1000 1500 0.70 0.70 0.74 0.79 - 173 172 152 136 7.17 3.63 1.90 1.32 89 75 54 39 0.045 0.073 0.134 0.196 47 60 67 66 0.26 0.20 0.21 0.32 - 123 - 128 - 157 - 167 50 250 500 1000 1500 0.72 0.72 0.75 0.81 - 178 170 153 137 7.63 3.85 2.01 1.40 89 77 59 46 0.038 0.068 0.129 0.188 56 67 72 70 0.27 0.23 0.23 0.32 - 139 - 141 - 162 - 164 100 250 500 1000 1500 0.73 0.74 0.76 0.81 179 169 153 138 7.34 3.70 1.94 1.36 88 77 59 46 0.036 0.067 0.130 0.191 61 71 74 71 0.26 0.22 0.24 0.32 - 143 - 144 - 166 - 167 150 250 500 1000 1500 0.78 0.78 0.80 0.85 176 167 151 135 5.19 2.76 1.49 1.05 92 78 58 45 0.033 0.065 0.129 0.191 64 74 77 73 0.22 0.21 0.24 0.35 - 131 - 131 - 155 - 161 10 250 500 1000 1500 0.69 0.70 0.74 0.81 - 157 - 178 160 142 7.03 3.59 1.84 1.20 94 77 55 41 0.050 0.060 0.094 0.148 33 46 67 76 0.34 0.32 0.29 0.42 - 67 - 69 - 94 - 121 25 250 500 1000 1500 0.67 0.68 0.72 0.78 - 168 176 158 142 8.30 4.25 2.19 1.47 91 77 57 44 0.039 0.060 0.109 0.165 46 60 71 74 0.24 0.21 0.19 0.31 - 93 - 89 - 114 - 134 50 250 500 1000 1500 0.68 0.68 0.72 0.77 - 174 172 155 139 8.88 4.49 2.31 1.58 90 77 59 46 0.035 0.060 0.113 0.169 55 67 74 74 0.21 0.18 0.17 0.28 - 110 - 104 - 128 - 140 100 250 500 1000 1500 0.68 0.69 0.72 0.78 - 178 170 153 137 8.49 4.32 2.25 1.53 89 76 58 44 0.030 0.060 0.120 0.180 61 71 76 75 0.19 0.17 0.17 0.28 - 104 - 97 - 123 - 137 150 250 500 1000 1500 0.72 0.73 0.76 0.83 178 169 152 137 6.53 3.37 1.79 1.22 91 77 57 43 0.029 0.056 0.112 0.175 64 75 80 79 0.22 0.24 0.22 0.34 - 71 - 75 - 105 - 129 10 Table 3. Common Emitter Scattering Parameters MRF559 6 MOTOROLA RF DEVICE DATA PACKAGE DIMENSIONS L A NOTES: 1. DIMENSION D NOT APPLICABLE IN ZONE N. D 1 4 2 3 K N 4 PL G C DIM A C D F G K L N MILLIMETERS MIN MAX 4.44 5.21 1.90 2.54 0.84 0.99 0.20 0.30 0.76 1.14 7.24 8.13 10.54 11.43 --- 1.65 STYLE 2: PIN 1. 2. 3. 4. F SEATING PLANE INCHES MIN MAX 0.175 0.205 0.075 0.100 0.033 0.039 0.080 0.012 0.030 0.045 0.285 0.320 0.415 0.450 --- 0.065 COLLECTOR EMITTER BASE EMITTER CASE 317-01 ISSUE E MOTOROLA RF DEVICE DATA MRF559 7 Motorola reserves the right to make changes without further notice to any products herein. Motorola makes no warranty, representation or guarantee regarding the suitability of its products for any particular purpose, nor does Motorola assume any liability arising out of the application or use of any product or circuit, and specifically disclaims any and all liability, including without limitation consequential or incidental damages. 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