RFPA1002 RFPA1002 9.8GHz to 13.5GHz High Linearity 9.8GHz TO 13.5GHz HIGH LINEARITY POWER AMPLIFIER Package: Ceramic QFN, 40-pin, 6mm x 6mm x 0.95mm 40 Features Frequency Range: 9.8GHz to 13.5GHz 39 38 37 36 Vd1 35 Vg2 34 33 Vd2a 32 31 1 30 2 GND 29 3 28 RFin 4 GND 27 GND 26 5 Small Signal Gain: 26dB IM3 at +17dBm (SCL): +50dBc 6 IM3 at +22dBm (SCL): +39dBc 7 GND 24 IM3 at +25dBm (SCL): +32dBc 8 23 OIP3 at +17dBm (SCL): +42dBm 9 22 RL (Input): 10 dB 10 21 RL (Output): 16 dB RFout 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 VD: 6.5V ID: 1.07A 6mm x 6mm QFN 20 Vd2b Vg1 19 25 Functional Block Diagram Applications Point-Point Radio Point-Multipoint Radio Product Description RFMD's RFPA1002 is a high linearity power amplifier in a surface mount package designed for use in transmitters that operate at frequencies between 9.8GHz to 13.5GHz. It provides 26dB of small-signal gain. This power amplifier is optimized for linear operation with an output third order intercept point (OIP3) of +42dBm. The RFPA1002 is manufactured with depletion mode GaAs pHEMT process. Ordering Information RFPA1002S2 RFPA1002SB RFPA1002SQ RFPA1002SR RFPA1002TR7 RFPA1002PCBA-410 2-Piece sample bag 5-Piece bag 25-Piece bag 100-Piece reel 750-Piece 7" reel Evaluation Board Optimum Technology Matching(R) Applied GaAs HBT GaAs MESFET InGaP HBT SiGe BiCMOS Si BiCMOS SiGe HBT GaAs pHEMT Si CMOS Si BJT GaN HEMT BiFET HBT RF MICRO DEVICES(R), RFMD(R), Optimum Technology Matching(R), Enabling Wireless ConnectivityTM, PowerStar(R), POLARISTM TOTAL RADIOTM and UltimateBlueTM are trademarks of RFMD, LLC. BLUETOOTH is a trademark owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc., U.S.A. and licensed for use by RFMD. All other trade names, trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. (c)2012, RF Micro Devices, Inc. DS120531 7628 Thorndike Road, Greensboro, NC 27409-9421 * For sales or technical support, contact RFMD at (+1) 336-678-5570 or customerservice@rfmd.com. 1 of 13 RFPA1002 Absolute Maximum Ratings Parameter Rating Unit VD1, VD2, VD3 +8 V VG 0 V Junction Temperature C Continuous PDISS (T = 85C) (derate 37 mW/C above T = 85C) C/W Storage Temperature -65 to +150 C Operating Temperature -40 to +85 C ESD Sensitivity (HBM) 1A HBM Parameter Min. Operational Frequency 9.8 Positive Supply Voltage (VDD) 4.5 Specification Typ. Max. 13.5 Caution! ESD sensitive device. Exceeding any one or a combination of the Absolute Maximum Rating conditions may cause permanent damage to the device. Extended application of Absolute Maximum Rating conditions to the device may reduce device reliability. Specified typical performance or functional operation of the device under Absolute Maximum Rating conditions is not implied. The information in this publication is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, no responsibility is assumed by RF Micro Devices, Inc. ("RFMD") for its use, nor for any infringement of patents, or other rights of third parties, resulting from its use. No license is granted by implication or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of RFMD. RFMD reserves the right to change component circuitry, recommended application circuitry and specifications at any time without prior notice. RFMD Green: RoHS compliant per EU Directive 2002/95/EC, halogen free per IEC 61249-2-21, < 1000ppm each of antimony trioxide in polymeric materials and red phosphorus as a flame retardant, and <2% antimony in solder. Unit Condition GHz 6.5 and 7 V Drain current (ID) 1070 mA Small-signal Gain 26 dB Gain Dynamic Range (using gate bias) 20 dB P1dB +32 dBm IM3 50 dBc at POUT = 17dBm (SCL) in 9.8GHz to 10.7GHz frequency range 39 dBc at POUT = 22dBm (SCL) in 9.8GHz to 10.7GHz frequency range 30 dBc at POUT = 25dBm (SCL) in 9.8GHz to 10.7GHz frequency range 50 dBc at POUT = 17dBm (SCL) in 10.7GHz to 11.7GHz frequency range 38 dBc at POUT = 22dBm (SCL) in 10.7GHz to 11.7GHz frequency range 31 dBc at POUT = 25dBm (SCL) in 10.7GHz to 11.7GHz frequency range 52 dBc at POUT = 17dBm (SCL) in 12.75GHz to 13.25GHz frequency range 39 dBc at POUT = 22dBm (SCL) in 12.75GHz to 13.25GHz frequency range 35 dBc at POUT = 25dBm (SCL) in 12.75GHz to 13.25GHz frequency range 75 dBc at POUT = 17dBm (SCL) in 9.8GHz to 13.5GHz frequency range 60 dBc at POUT = 22dBm (SCL) in 9.8GHz to 13.5GHz frequency range Input Return Loss (RLIN) 10 dB Output Return Loss (RLOUT) 16 dB IM5 Noise Figure ESD sensitivity (HBM) ESD sensitivity (CDM) 2 of 13 dB >400 V V 7628 Thorndike Road, Greensboro, NC 27409-9421 * For sales or technical support, contact RFMD at (+1) 336-678-5570 or customerservice@rfmd.com. DS120531 RFPA1002 Typical Electrical Performance Measurements performed on connectorized Evaluation Board and RF I/O Loss has been de-embedded (see EVB Layout). All measurements were taken at VD1 = VD2 = VD3 = 6.5V, ID1 = 86mA, ID2 = 230mA, ID3 = 740mA unless otherwise noted. GainoverTemperature GainoverTemperature 32 40 31 30 20 29 28 Gain(dB) Gain(dB) 0 20 27 26 25 24 40 25C 60 25C 23 40C 40C 22 85C 85C 21 20 80 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 9.3 20 9.8 10.3 10.8 1 25C 3 40C 4 85C 6 Gain(dB) Gain(dB) 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 9.3 9.8 10.3 10.8 11.3 11.8 Frequency(GHz) DS120531 11.8 12.3 12.8 13.3 13.8 12.8 13.3 13.8 OutputReturnLossoverTemp InputReturnLossoverTemp 0 2 11.3 Frequency(GHz) Frequency(GHz) 12.3 12.8 13.3 13.8 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 25C 40C 85C 9.3 9.8 10.3 10.8 11.3 11.8 12.3 Frequency(GHz) 7628 Thorndike Road, Greensboro, NC 27409-9421 * For sales or technical support, contact RFMD at (+1) 336-678-5570 or customerservice@rfmd.com. 3 of 13 RFPA1002 Typical Electrical Performance (continued) OIP3versusFrequency(Pout=17dBm/SCL) OIP3versusFrequency(Pout=15dBm/SCL) 44 44 43 43 42 42 41 41 40 40 39 38 Vd=7V 37 Vd=6.5V 36 OIP3(dBm) OIP3(dBm) 39 Vd=6.0V 35 33 32 Vd=7V 37 Vd=6.5V 36 Vd=6.0V 35 Vd=5.5V 34 38 Vd=5.5V 34 Vd=5.0V 33 Vd=5.0V Vd=4.5V 32 Vd=4.5V Vd=4.0V 31 Vd=4.0V 31 30 30 9.5 10 10.5 11 11.5 12 12.5 13 13.5 14 9.5 14.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 44 43 43 42 42 41 41 40 40 39 39 OIP3(dBm) OIP3(dBm) 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 14.0 14.5 OIP3versusFrequency(Pout=25dBm/SCL) OIP3versusFrequency(Pout=22dBm/SCL) 44 38 37 11.5 Frequency(GHz) Frequency(GHz) Vd=7V 38 37 36 Vd=6.5V 35 Vd=6.0V 35 34 Vd=5.5V 34 33 Vd=5.0V 33 32 Vd=4.5V 32 31 Vd=4.0V 31 30 36 Vd=7V Vd=6.5V Vd=6.0V Vd=5.5V Vd=5.0V Vd=4.5V 30 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5 9.5 10.0 Frequency(GHz) 4 of 13 VD ID1 (mA) 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.5 Frequency(GHz) ID2 (mA) ID3 (mA) ID (Total) PDISS (W) 7.0 88 231 742 1061 7.4 6.5 87 227 732 1047 6.8 6.0 84 220 723 1028 6.2 5.5 82 212 713 1007 5.5 5.0 77 203 702 982 4.9 4.5 74 193 687 954 4.3 4.0 70 183 673 926 3.7 7628 Thorndike Road, Greensboro, NC 27409-9421 * For sales or technical support, contact RFMD at (+1) 336-678-5570 or customerservice@rfmd.com. DS120531 RFPA1002 Typical Electrical Performance (continued) OIP3versusFreq(atPOUT=+25dBm,PDC=6.8tand8.4W) 44.0 Id1(mA)=108,Id=285&Id3=892,Pdc=8.4W 43.5 Id1(mA)=85,Id=230&Id3=735,Pdc=6.8W OIP3(dBm) 43.0 42.5 42.0 41.5 41.0 40.5 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 Frequency(GHz) 12.5 35 34 34 33 33 32 32 31 30 29 Vd=4.5V Vd=5.0V Vd=5.5V Vd=6.0V Vd=6.5V Vd=7.0V Vd=7.5V 28 27 26 13.5 P3dBversusFrequencyatVariousVd 35 P3dB(dBm) P1dB(dBm) P1dBversusFrequencyatVariousVd 13.0 31 30 Vd=4.5V Vd=5.0V Vd=5.5V Vd=6.0V Vd=6.5V Vd=7.0V Vd=7.5V 29 28 27 26 25 25 9.5 10 10.5 11 11.5 12 Frequency(GHz) DS120531 12.5 13 13.5 14 9.5 10 10.5 11 11.5 12 12.5 13 13.5 14 Frequency(GHz) 7628 Thorndike Road, Greensboro, NC 27409-9421 * For sales or technical support, contact RFMD at (+1) 336-678-5570 or customerservice@rfmd.com. 5 of 13 RFPA1002 Typical Electrical Performance (continued) OIP3versusFrequency(Pout=17dBm/SCL) OverTemperature OIP3versusFrequency(Pout=22dBm/SCL) OverTemperature 44 43.5 43 42.5 42 42 OIP3(dBm) OIP3(dBm) 43 41 40 41.5 41 40.5 40 40C 25C 39 40C 39.5 25C 39 85C 85C 38.5 38 9.8 10.3 10.8 11.3 11.8 12.3 12.8 9.8 13.3 10.3 10.8 11.3 11.8 12.3 12.8 13.3 Frequency(GHz) Frequency(GHz) IM5 versus Frequency (Pout=+22dBm/SCL) Over Temperature OIP3versusFrequency(Pout=25dBm/SCL) OverTemperature 70 44 43 65 42 IM5 (dBm) OIP3(dBm) 60 41 40 39 55 -40C 50 38 25C 40C 45 25C 37 85C 85C 40 36 9.8 10.3 10.8 11.3 11.8 Frequency(GHz) 6 of 13 12.3 12.8 13.3 9.8 10.3 10.8 11.3 11.8 12.3 12.8 13.3 Frequency (GHz) 7628 Thorndike Road, Greensboro, NC 27409-9421 * For sales or technical support, contact RFMD at (+1) 336-678-5570 or customerservice@rfmd.com. DS120531 RFPA1002 Typical Electrical Performance (continued) IM3versusFrequency(Vd=6V) IM3versusFrequency(Vd=7V) 60 60 55 55 50 45 45 IM3(dBc) IM3(dBc) 50 40 40 35 35 Pout=+17dBm(SCL) 25 Pout=+25dBm(SCL) 10.5 11 11.5 12 12.5 13 13.5 Pout=+22dBm(SCL) Pout=+25dBm(SCL) 20 20 10 Pout=+17dBm(SCL) 25 Pout=+22dBm(SCL) 9.5 Pout=+15dBm(SCL) 30 Pout=+15dBm(SCL) 30 14 9.5 14.5 10 10.5 11 85 85 80 80 75 75 70 70 65 60 55 50 10.5 11 11.5 12 Pout=+17dBm(SCL) 50 Pout=+22dBm(SCL) 40 12.5 Frequency(GHz) DS120531 Pout=+15dBm(SCL) 55 Pout=+17dBm(SCL) 14 14.5 13 14 14.5 Pout=+25dBm(SCL) 35 Pout=+25dBm(SCL) 10 13.5 60 45 30 30 9.5 13 65 Pout=+15dBm(SCL) Pout=+22dBm(SCL) 35 12.5 IM5versusFrequency(Vd=6V) 90 IM5(dBc) IM5(dBc) IM5versusFrequency(Vd=7V) 90 40 12 Frequency(GHz) Frequency(GHz) 45 11.5 13.5 14 14.5 9.5 10 10.5 11 11.5 12 12.5 13 13.5 Frequency(GHz) 7628 Thorndike Road, Greensboro, NC 27409-9421 * For sales or technical support, contact RFMD at (+1) 336-678-5570 or customerservice@rfmd.com. 7 of 13 RFPA1002 Typical Electrical Performance (continued) GainversusFrequency(GainControlUsingVg) PdissversusGain 10 30 9 8 25 Pdiss(Watt) Gain(dB) 7 20 15 6 5 4 3 2 10 1 0 5 9.5 10 10.5 11 11.5 12 12.5 13 13.5 14 12 14.5 14 16 18 Frequency(GHz) 22 24 26 28 30 Gain(dB) IM3versusGain OIP3versusGain 60 45 40 OIP3(dBc) 55 IM3(dBc) 20 50 35 30 10.3GHz 45 10.3GHz 11.8GHz 11.8GHz 25 13.3GHz 13.3GHz 40 12 14 16 18 20 Gain(dB) 8 of 13 22 24 26 28 30 20 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 Gain(dB) 7628 Thorndike Road, Greensboro, NC 27409-9421 * For sales or technical support, contact RFMD at (+1) 336-678-5570 or customerservice@rfmd.com. DS120531 RFPA1002 Pin Names and Descriptions Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 DS120531 Name N/C GND RFIN GND N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C VG1 N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C VD2B N/C N/C N/C N/C GND RFOUT GND N/C N/C DET REF N/C VD2A N/C VG2 VD1 N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C Description Not connected. Ground. RF input. Ground. Not connected. Not connected. Not connected. Not connected. Not connected. Not connected. Not connected. Not connected. Gate bias 1. Not connected. Not connected. Not connected. Not connected. Not connected. Drain bias 2. Not connected. Not connected. Not connected. Not connected. Ground. RF output. Ground. Not connected. Not connected. (Not Available; Reserved for future addition of detector.) Detector Out. (Not Available; Reserved for future addition of detector.) Detector Reference. Not connected. Drain bias 2. Not connected. Gate bias 2. Drain bias 1. Not connected. Not connected. Not connected. Not connected. Not connected. 7628 Thorndike Road, Greensboro, NC 27409-9421 * For sales or technical support, contact RFMD at (+1) 336-678-5570 or customerservice@rfmd.com. 9 of 13 RFPA1002 Pin Out 40 39 38 37 36 Vd1 35 Vg2 34 33 Vd2a 32 31 1 30 2 GND 29 3 28 RFin 4 GND 27 GND 26 5 RFout 6 25 7 GND 24 8 23 9 22 10 21 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Vg1 19 20 Vd2b Package Drawing 10 of 13 7628 Thorndike Road, Greensboro, NC 27409-9421 * For sales or technical support, contact RFMD at (+1) 336-678-5570 or customerservice@rfmd.com. DS120531 RFPA1002 Sample Application Circuit Schematic Vd1 Vg2 Vd2 C2 40 50 Ohm Track 39 38 37 C4 C3 36 35 C5 34 33 32 31 1 30 2 GND 29 3 28 RFin 4 GND 27 GND 26 5 RFout 6 25 7 GND 24 8 23 9 22 10 21 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 50 Ohm Track 20 C6 C1 C7 Vd2 Vg1 Evaluation Board Bill of Materials (BOM) Description 1F Cap, 0201 4.7F Cap, 0603 DS120531 Reference Designator C1, C3, C4, C5, C6 C2, C7 7628 Thorndike Road, Greensboro, NC 27409-9421 * For sales or technical support, contact RFMD at (+1) 336-678-5570 or customerservice@rfmd.com. 11 of 13 RFPA1002 Evaluation Board Layout 12 of 13 7628 Thorndike Road, Greensboro, NC 27409-9421 * For sales or technical support, contact RFMD at (+1) 336-678-5570 or customerservice@rfmd.com. DS120531 RFPA1002 PCB+ConnectorLoss(dB) RFI/OPCB+ConnectorLoss 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 THISIS1/2LOSSOFA CONNECTORIZEDTHRULINE 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Frequency(GHz) DS120531 7628 Thorndike Road, Greensboro, NC 27409-9421 * For sales or technical support, contact RFMD at (+1) 336-678-5570 or customerservice@rfmd.com. 13 of 13