The HMC787A is a general-purpose, double balanced mixer in a 12-terminal, RoHS compliant, ceramic leadless chip carrier (LCC) package that can be used as an upconverter or down- converter from 3 GHz to 10 GHz. This mixer is fabricated in a gallium arsenide (GaAs), metal semiconductor field effect transistor (MESFET) process and requires no external components or matching circuitry. The HMC787A provides excellent local oscillator (LO) to radio frequency (RF) and LO to intermediate frequency (IF) isolation due to optimized balun structures and operates with a LO drive level of 17 dBm. The ceramic LCC package eliminates the need for wire bonding and is compatible with high volume, surface-mount manufacturing techniques.
**Applications**
Microwave Radio
Industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band and ultrawide band (UWB) radio
Test equipment & sensors
Military end use
### Features and Benefits
Conversion loss: 9 dB typical at 3 GHz to 9 GHz
Local oscillator (LO) to radio frequency (IF) isolation: 43 dB typical at 3 GHz to 9 GHz
RF to intermediate frequency (IF) isolation: 26 dB typical at 3 GHz to 9 GHz
Input third-order intercept (IP3): 24 dBm typical at 3 GHz to 9 GHz
Input 1 dB compression point (P1dB): 17 dBm typical at 3 GHz to 9 GHz
Input second-order intercept (IP2): 67 dBm typical at 3 GHz to 9 GHz