Dual Amp Boosts 50 MHz To 3 GHz

Dec. 21, 2010

Model PHA-11+ is a dual matched monolithic-microwave-integrated-circuit (MMIC) amplifier from Mini-Circuits for use in push-pull and balanced amplifier designs from 50 MHz to 3 GHz. Ideal for cable-television (CATV) and cellular-communications applications, the dual enhancement-mode pHEMT amplifier channels are matched within 0.2 dB in amplitude and 1.6 deg. in phase. The amplifier achieves +22 dBm output power at 1-dB compression with third-order intercept point to +43 dBm. The noise figure is typically only 1.8 dB.

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Jack Browne

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Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.