Linear Amplifier Boosts 2 To 6 GHz

June 25, 2009

Model MMA-020624-L3 from MWT Inc. is a high-linearity GaAs MESFET MMIC amplifier for applications from 2 to 6 GHz. It features minimum gain of 15 dB and typical gain of 17 dB across that range, with +25 dBm output power at 1-dB compression and +40 dBm output power at 3-dB compression. The noise figure is typically 3.5 dB. The amplifier provides 18 dBm output power at 2 percent error vector magnitude (EVM). Input and output return loss are 12 dB. The high-dynamic-range amplifier is supplied in a LCC lead-frame package.

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Jack Browne

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Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.