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MICROWAVE CORPORATION
HIGH IP3 DOUBLE-BALANCED MIXER 1.5 - 3.5 GHz
HMC316MS8
4
MIXERS
FEBRUARY 2001
Features
Conversion Loss: 8 dB
LO/RF Isolation: >35 dB
Input IP3: +25 dBm
Ultra Small Package: < 1 mm High
V00.1200
General Description
The HMC316MS8 is a miniature double balanced mixer in an 8 lead plastic surface mount
package. The passive GaAs schottky diode
mixer implements planar on chip Balun transformers, and requires no external components.
The mixer can be used as an upconverter, down
converter, or modulator. It is especially suited
for cellular base station, cable modem, and fixed
wireless access systems that operate between
1.5 and 3.5 GHz. At mid-band the mixer provides 7.5 dB conversion loss and +25 dBm IIP3
with LO drive levels of +19 dBm. The design was
optimized for low cost high volume applications
where high converter linearity is required.
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Guaranteed Perf ormance, As a Function of LO Drive, -40 to +85 deg C
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MICROWAVE CORPORATION
HIGH IP3 DOUBLE-BALANCED MIXER 1.5 - 3.5 GHz
HMC316MS8
V00.1200
Conversion Gain vs.
Temperature @ LO= +17 dBm
0
-5
-10
-15
CONVERSIONGAIN (dB)
-20
11.522.533.54
FREQUENCY (GHz)
Conversion Gain vs. LO Drive
0
+15 dBm
-5
-10
+17 dBm
+19 dBm
+25C
+85C
-40C
FEBRUARY 2001
Isolation @ LO = +17 dBm
0
-10
-20
-30
ISOLATION(dB)
-40
-50
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FREQUENCY (GHz)
Return Loss @ LO= +17 dBm
0
-5
-10
-15
RF/IF
LO/RF
LO/IF
4
MIXERS
-15
CONVERSIONGAIN (dB)
-20
11.522.533.54
FREQUENCY (GHz)
IF Bandwidth @ LO = +17 dBm
0
-5
-10
-15
-20
CONVERSIONGAIN (dB)
-25
-30
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2
IF FREQUENCY (GHz)
RETURN LOSS (dB)
-25
-30
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FREQUENCY (GHz)
Upconverter Performance vs. LO Drive
0
-5
-10
+15dBm
-15
CONVERSIONGAIN (dB)
-20
11.522.533.54
FREQUENCY (GHz)
+17dBm
+19dBm
RF
IF
LO
-20
12 Elizabeth Drive, Chelmsford, MA 01824 Phone: 978-250-3343 Fax: 978-250-3373 Web Site: www.hittite.com
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