MSA-0505

• Cascadable 50 Gain Block
• High Output Power: 18.0 dBm Typical P_{1 dB} at 1.0 GHz
• Low Distortion: 29.0 dBm Typical IP₃ at 1.0 GHz
• 7.0 dB Typical Gain at 1.0GHz
• Surface Mount Plastic Package
• Tape-and-Reel Packaging Option Available^[1]

The MSA-0505 is a high performance medium power silicon bipolar Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) housed in a low cost, surface mount package. This MMIC is designed for use as a general purpose 50 W gain block. Typical applications include narrow and broad band IF and RF amplifiers in commercial systems.

The MSA-0505 is fabricated using HP's 10 GHz fT, 25Ê GHz f MAX, silicon bipolar MMIC process which uses nitride self-alignment, ion implantation, and gold metallization to achieve excellent performance, uniformity and reliability. The use of an external bias resistor for temperature and current stability also allows bias flexibility.