6 GHz to 10 GHz,

GaAs, MMIC, I/Q Mixer

Data Sheet

HMC520A

Rev. 0

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FEATURES

Radio frequency (RF) range: 6 GHz to 10 GHz

Local oscillator (LO) input frequency range: 6 GHz to 10 GHz

Conversion loss: 8 dB typical at 6 GHz to 10 GHz

Image rejection: 23 dBc typical at 6 GHz to 10 GHz

LO to RF isolation: 43 dB typical

LO to intermediate frequency (IF) isolation: 25 dB typical

Input third-order intercept (IP3): 19 dBm typical

Input power for 1 dB compression (P1dB): 10 dBm typical at

7.1 GHz to 8.5 GHz

Wide IF frequency range: DC to 3.5 GHz

24-terminal, 4 mm × 4 mm, ceramic leadless chip carrier

APPLICATIONS

Point to point microwave radios

Point to multipoint radios

Video satellites (VSATs)

Digital radios

Instrumentation

Automatic test equipment (ATE)

FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM

13

1

3

4

2

NIC

NIC

GND

RF

5

6

GND

NIC

NIC

14 GND

15 LO

16 GND

17 NIC

18 NIC

GND

PACKAGE

BASE

90° HYBRID

HMC520A

Figure 1.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The HMC520A is a compact gallium arsenide (GaAs),

monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC), in-phase

quadrature (I/Q) mixer in a 24-terminal, RoHS compliant,

ceramic leadless chip carrier (LCC) package. The device can

be used as either an image reject mixer or a single sideband

upconverter. The mixer uses two standard double balanced

mixer cells and a 90° hybrid fabricated in a GaAs, metal

semiconductor field effect transistor (MESFET) process. The

HMC520A is a much smaller alternative to a hybrid style image

reject mixer and a single sideband upconverter assembly. The

HMC520A eliminates the need for wire bonding, allowing the

use of surface-mount manufacturing techniques.