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Amplifier Buffers 37 To 40 GHz

Sept. 24, 2009

Model XB1014-QT is a millimeter-wave buffer amplifier from Mimix Broadband for application from 37 to 40 GHz. Supplied in a standard RoHS compliant 3 x 3-mm QFN plastic package, it has 21-dB small-signal gain and is ideal for point-to-point communications. It achieves +20 dBm output power at 1-dB compression with an output third-order intercept point of +30.5 dBm. David Richardson, Product Line Director at Mimix Broadband, Inc. notes that "The XB1014-QT is a perfect choice as a driver amplifier in the 38 GHz microwave radio band."

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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.