General Description
The HMC560 chip is a miniature passive double balanced mixer which is fabricated in a GaAs MESFET process, and can be used as an upconverter or downconverter from 24-40 GHz in a small chip area. The wide bandwidth allows this device to be used across multiple radio bands with a common platform. Excellent isolations are provided by on-chip baluns, and the chip requires no external components and no DC bias. Measurements were made with the chip mounted and ribbon bonded into in a 50-ohm microstrip test f xture. Measured data includes the parasitic effects of the assembly. RF connections to the chip were made with 0.076mm (3-mil) ribbon bond with minimal length <0.31mm (<12 mil).

FEATUREs
    Wide IF Bandwidth: DC - 18 GHz
    Input IP3: +21 dBm
    High LO/RF Isolation: 35 dB
    Passive Double Balanced Topology
    Compact Size: 1.15 x 0.78 x 0.1 mm

Typical Applications
The HMC560 is ideal for:
    • Test Equipment & Sensors
    • Microwave Point-to-Point Radios
    • Point-to-Multi-Point Radios
    • Military & Space