Surface-Mount Mixers Translate 6 To 34 GHz

Feb. 27, 2007

A pair of surface-mount MMIC mixers from Hittite Microwave covers the range from 6 to 34 GHz. Model HMC144LH5 is a double-balanced mixer with an RF range from 6 to 20 GHz and intermediate-frequency (IF) bandwidth of DC to 3 GHz. It achieves as much as 35 dB LO-to-RF isolatioin with an input third-order intercept point of +24 dBm. Model HMC338LC3B is a subharmonic mixer that operates from 24 to 34 GHz with an integrated LO amplifier. It has an IF range of DC to 3 GHz with 2LO-to-RF isolation of 40 dB. With the integral amplifier, it requires only -5-dBm LO drive and consumes only 30 mA current from a +3-VDC supply. For more information on the broadband MMIC mixers, visit the Hittite Microwave website at http://www.hittite.com.

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Jack Browne | Technical Contributor

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.