MSA-0686-TR1G [Broadcom]

The MSA-0686 is a high performance silicon bipolar MMIC designed for use as a general purpose 50Ω gain block. It is fabricated using Avago's 10 GHz fT, 25GHz fMAX, silicon bipolar MMIC process with nitride self-alignment, ion implantation, and gold metallization for excellent performance, uniformity, and reliability. The device features cascadable 50Ω gain block capability, low operating voltage (3.5V typical), DC to 0.8 GHz bandwidth, high gain (18.5dB typical at 0.5 GHz), and low noise figure (3.0 dB typical at 0.5 GHz). External bias resistor allows for temperature and current stability with bias flexibility.