4 GHz to 8 GHz GaAs MMIC Double-Balanced Mixer

The HMC129ALC4 is a general-purpose, double-balanced monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) mixer housed in a leadless Pb-free, RoHS compliant LCC package, that can be used as an upconverter or downconverter in the 4 GHz to 8 GHz band. The HMC129ALC4 is ideally suited for applications where small size, no dc bias, and consistent IC performance are required. This mixer can operate over a wide LO drive input of 9 dBm to 18 dBm. It performs equally well as a biphase modulator or demodulator. The HMC129ALC4 eliminates the need for wire bonding, allowing use of surface-mount manufacturing techniques.

Applications

* Microwave and very small aperture terminal (VSAT) radios

* Test equipment

* Military electronic warfare (EW); electronic countermeasure

(ECM); and command, control, communications and

intelligence (C3I)

* Conversion loss: 7 dB

* LO to RF and IF isolation: 40 dB

* Input IP3: 17 dBm

* RoHS compliant, 24-terminal, 4 mm × 4 mm LCC package