A fully integrated gallium-arsenide (GaAs), monolithic-microwave-integrated- circuit (MMIC) receiver has been spawned for wirelesscommunications applications like millimeter-wave point-to-point radio, local multipoint distribution services (LMDS), satcom, and very small aperture terminal (VSAT). The XR1011-QH covers the 4.5- to-10.5-GHz frequency bands. It flaunts a noise figure of 1.8 dB and 13 dB conversion gain across the band. The receiver integrates an image-reject mixer, a local-oscillator (LO) buffer amplifier, and a low-noise amplifier (LNA) within a RoHScompliant, 4 X 4-mm QFN package. The image-reject mixer eliminates the need for an image bandpass filter after the amplifier. P&A: sampling. Production quantities will be available in 12 to 14 weeks.
Mimix Broadband, Inc., 10795 Rockley Rd., Houston, TX 77099; (281) 988-4600 ext. 14, FAX: (281) 988-4615, Internet: www.mimixbroadband.com
About the Author
Nancy Friedrich
RF Product Marketing Manager for Aerospace Defense, Keysight Technologies
Nancy Friedrich is RF Product Marketing Manager for Aerospace Defense at Keysight Technologies. Nancy Friedrich started a career in engineering media about two decades ago with a stint editing copy and writing news for Electronic Design. A few years later, she began writing full time as technology editor at Wireless Systems Design. In 2005, Nancy was named editor-in-chief of Microwaves & RF, a position she held (along with other positions as group content head) until 2018. Nancy then moved to a position at UBM, where she was editor-in-chief of Design News and content director for tradeshows including DesignCon, ESC, and the Smart Manufacturing shows.