GaAs MMIC Low Noise Amplifier SOIC-8 Platform

Rev. V3

Application Note

M540

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Conclusion

This application note was written to show the user how to

achieve the performance in the product data sheets, i.e.,

how to “get what we get.”

Hopefully, this note has

answered some commonly asked questions and

expanded on the data sheet information to show some

interesting properties of the MMIC LNAs for not only the

intended applications of the products but also other

applications not immediately obvious from the data

sheet.

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Glossary

.dxf

Drawing Interchange File: a standard

format for graphics software

AMPS

Advanced Mobile Phone Service: an

800-MHz analog cellular system

ASCII

American Standard Code for

Information Interchange

DCS-1800

Digital Communication System: an

1800-MHz mobile cordless system

DECT

Digital European Cordless

Telecommunications: a 1900 MHz

system

DOS

Disk Operating System

ESD, class 1

Electrostatic Discharge: class 1 ranges

from 250 to 2000 volts

FET

Field Effect Transistor

FIT

Failures In Time: a figure of merit for

reliability

Minimum Noise Figure

FR4

An epoxy fiberglass dielectric material

used for printed circuit boards

f

T

Frequency at which current gain

equals unity: a figure of merit for field

effect

transistors

GaAs

Gallium Arsenide

Maximum Available Gai

GPS

Global Positioning System

GSM

Global System for Mobile

Communications: a 900 MHz digital

cellular system

IC

Integrated Circuit

Third Order Intercept Point: a figure

of merit for intermodulation distortion

performance

IR

Infrared

ISM

Industrial, Scientific, and Medical: 900

MHz, 2.4 & 5.8 GHz spread spectrum

applications

ISO-9001

International Standards Organization

Quality Specification 9001

JDC

Japanese Digital Cellular - now known

as PDC (Personal Digital Cellular)

JEDEC

Joint Electron Device Engineering

Council

L1

Global Positioning System band

centered at 1.575 GHz

L2

Global Positioning System band

centered at 1.227 GHz

LNA

Low Noise Amplifier

LO

Local Oscillator

MESFET

Metal Semiconductor Field Effect

Transistor

MIM

Metal-Insulator-Metal

MLC

Multilayer Capacitor

MMIC

Microwave Monolithic Integrated Circuit

MNS

Metal-Nitride-Semiconductor

PCB

Printed Circuit Board

PCN

Personal Communications Network

PCS

Personal Communications Service

PDC

Personal Digital Cellular: 900 and

1500 MHz systems

PHS

Personal Handy-phone Service: a

1900 MHz digital cordless system

RF

Radio Frequency

SOIC-8

Small Outline Integrated Circuit 8-Lead

Plastic Package

SPC

Statistical Process Control

TACS

Total Access Communications

a 900 MHz analog cellular system

WLAN

Wireless Local Area Network