General Description
Mimix Broadbands 7.4-8.6 GHz GaAs HBT VCO is a fully integrated oscillator MMIC with on-chip tuning diode and resonator. This design is based on a cross coupled differential pair with on-chip buffer amplifier and output balun. The use of a high-Q resonator structure and integrated varactor diodes results in optimum phase-noise performance. This MMIC uses Mimix Broadbands 2 um GaAs HBT device model technology to ensure low flicker (1/f ) noise and high reliability. The chip has surface passivation to protect and provide a rugged part with backside via holes and gold metallization to allow either a conductive epoxy or eutectic solder die attach process. This device is well suited for Millimeter-wave Point-to-Point Radio, LMDS, SATCOM and VSAT applications.

Features
◆ On-Chip Resonator
◆ +5.0 dBm Output Power
◆ -97 dBc/Hz @ 100KHz Phase Noise
◆ 20mA @ -5.0V Bias Supply
◆ 100% On-Wafer, DC and Output Power Testing
◆ 100% Visual Inspection to MIL-STD-883 Method 2010