GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

The HMC329A chip is a general-purpose, double balancedmixer that can be used as an upconverter or downconverterfrom 22 GHz to 38 GHz in a small chip area of 0.87 mm ×0.58 mm. This mixer requires no external component or matching circuitry. The HMC329A provides excellent localoscillation (LO) to radio frequency (RF) and LO to intermediatefrequency (IF) suppression due to optimized balun structures.The mixer operates with LO drive levels at 13 dBm or above.

FEATURES:

Downconverter

Conversion loss

9 dB typical for 22 GHz to 29 GHz

11 dB typical for 29 GHz to 38 GHz

LO to RF isolation

37 dB typical for 22 GHz to 29 GHz

36 dB typical for 29 GHz to 38 GHz

LO to IF isolation

30 dB typical for 22 GHz to 29 GHz

27 dB typical for 29 GHz to 38 GHz

RF to IF isolation

31 dB typical for 22 GHz to 29 GHz

34 dB typical for 29 GHz to 38 GHz

Input IP3

17 dBm typical for 22 GHz to 29 GHz

21 dBm typical for 29 GHz to 38 GHz

IF range

DC to 8 GHz

Passive, no dc bias required

Small size

0.87 × 0.58 × 0.102 mm

APPLICATIONS:

Point to point radios

Point to multipoint radios and very small aperture terminal(VSAT) radios

Test equipment and sensors

Military end use