Description
The MSA-0886 is a high performance silicon bipolar Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) housed in a low cost, surface mount plastic package. This MMIC is designed for use as a general purpose 50 Ω gain block above 0.5␣ GHz and can be used as a high gain transistor below this frequency. Typical applications include narrow and moderate band IF and RF amplifiers in commercial and industrial applications.
The MSA-series is fabricated using HP’s 10 GHz fT, 25␣ GHz f MAX, silicon bipolar MMIC process which uses nitride self-alignment, ion implantation, and gold metallization to achieve excellent perfor mance, uniformity and reliability. The use of an external bias resistor for temperature and current stability also allows bias flexibility.

Features
• Usable Gain to 5.5 GHz
• High Gain:
   32.5 dB Typical at 0.1 GHz
   22.5 dB Typical at 1.0 GHz
• Low Noise Figure:
   3.3 dB Typical at 1.0 GHz
• Surface Mount Plastic Package
• Tape-and-Reel Packaging Option Available[1]