Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) developer Custom MMIC of Westford, MA, USA has added to its growing product line with the CMD233, a 2-20GHz gallium arsenide (GaAs) MMIC distributed low-noise amplifier (LNA) that offers wide bandwidth, a single positive supply voltage, low noise figure, and a small die size. The new device is suitable for military, space and communications systems, where small size and low noise figure are needed over a wide bandwidth.
Operating from a supply of +3V to +6V, at 10GHz the CMD233 delivers more than 9dB of gain with a corresponding noise figure of 4.5dB and a P1dB (output power at 1dB compression point) of +20.5dBm.
The CMD233 is a 50Ω matched design, which eliminates the need for external DC blocks and RF port matching. The device also offers full passivation for increased reliability and moisture protection.
Applications for the CMD233 include military electronic warfare (EW), wideband communication systems, and test instrumentation. The MMIC amplifier is a CMM4000 replacement (pin compatible and performance compatible).
