Double-Balanced Mixer Converts 11 To 20 GHz

Sept. 16, 2008

MODEL HMC-C051 is a passive double-balanced mixer that is ideal for point-to-point & point-to-multipoint radio, test equipment, laboratory and military applications from 11 to 20 GHz. The HMC-C051, which can be used as an upconverter or a downconverter, is supplied in a miniature hermetic module. It features an intermediatefrequency (IF) bandwidth of DC to 6 GHz. The mixer suffers only 7-dB conversion loss, and achieves 43-dB isolation between the local-oscillator (LO) and RF ports. The HMC-C051 includes removable SMA connectors. The GaAs MESFET mixer requires no external components or matching circuitry. It offers robust 1000-V electrostatic-discharge (ESD) Class 1C human-body-model (HBM) capability and can operate over a -55 to +85C temperature range.

Hittite Microwave Corp.
20 Alpha Rd.
Chelmsford, MA 01824
(978) 250-3343
Fax: (978) 250- 3373
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.hittite.com

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Jack Browne

Technical Contributor

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.