For Immediate Release

Ideal for Driving Hittite's Single & Double-Balanced Mixers

Chelmsford, MA 01/25/2013 -

Hittite Microwave Corporation, the world class supplier of complete MMIC based solutions for communication & military markets, has introduced a new HBT gain block MMIC amplifier which is ideal for 7 to 15 GHz applications including point-to-point and point-to-multipoint radios, VSAT, broadcast relay links and X-band communications systems.

The HMC3653LP3BE HBT gain block amplifier is housed in a compact 3 x 3 mm plastic QFN package and delivers 15 dB gain with up to +28 dBm output IP3 and up to +15 dBm P1dB. The amplifier exhibits a low noise figure of 4 dB and can be used as a cascadable IF or RF gain stage in 50 Ohm applications. The HMC3653LP3BE is capable of delivering up to +19 dBm of saturated output power, which makes it ideal for driving the LO port of many of Hittite's single and double-balanced mixers.

This versatile gain block MMIC amplifier also incorporates on-chip active bias networks which allow it to maintain excellent power stability over temperature, while operating directly from a single +5V supply and drawing only 44 mA. Temperature operation is specified from -40 °C to +85 °C.

SMT product samples and evaluation PC boards for all SMT packaged products are available from stock and can be ordered via the company's e-commerce site or via direct purchase order. Released data sheets are available on-line at www.hittite.com.

Hittite Microwave Corporation is an innovative designer and manufacturer of high performance integrated circuits, or ICs, modules, subsystems and instrumentation for technically demanding digital, RF, microwave and millimeterwave applications covering DC to 110 GHz. The Company's standard and custom products apply analog, digital and mixed-signal semiconductor technologies, which are used in a wide variety of wireless / wired communication and sensor applications for Automotive, Broadband, Cellular Infrastructure, Fiber Optics & Networking, Microwave & Millimeterwave Communications, Military, Test & Measurement, and Space markets. The Company is headquartered in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

PR Contact: Beth McGreevy, MarCom Manager beth.mcgreevy@hittite.com

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