6 GHz to 14 GHz, GaAs, MMIC,

Double-Balanced Mixer

Data Sheet

HMC553ALC3B

Rev. B

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FEATURES

Passive: no dc bias required

Conversion loss: 7 dB typical at 6 GHz to 11 GHz

Input IP3: 18 dBm typical at 6 GHz to 11 GHz

LO to RF isolation: 36 dB typical

Wide IF bandwidth: dc to 5 GHz

RoHS compliant, 12-terminal, 2.90 mm × 2.90 mm LCC package

APPLICATIONS

Microwave and very small aperture terminal (VSAT) radios

Test equipment

Point to point radios

Military electronic warfare (EW); electronic countermeasure

(ECM); and command, control, communications and

intelligence (C3I)

FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM

1

GND

7

GND

8

RF

9

GND

10

11

12

4

2

LO

3

GND

5

6

PACKAGE

BASE

GND

HMC553ALC3B

Figure 1.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The HMC553ALC3B is a general-purpose, double-balanced,

gallium arsenide (GaAs), monolithic microwave integrated

circuit (MMIC) mixer housed in a leadless Pb-free, RoHS

compliant LCC package. The HMC553ALC3B can be used as an

upconverter or downconverter between 6 GHz and 14 GHz.

This mixer requires no external components or matching

circuitry.

The HMC553ALC3B provides local oscillator (LO) to radio

frequency (RF) and LO to intermediate frequency (IF) suppression

due to optimized balun structures. The mixer operates with LO

drive levels from 9 dBm to 15 dBm. The HMC553ALC3B

eliminates the need for wire bonding, allowing use of surface-

mount manufacturing techniques.