Breakthrough GaAs MMIC wideband amplifier family delivers extremely low phase noise

Custom MMIC has added new category to their rapidly expanding standard product offerings. The company’s new GaAs MMIC Low Phase Noise Amplifier family offers previously unattained phase noise performance. Phase noise is a critical requirement which defines the performance level of most radars and communications systems. The five product family achieves phase noise performance as low as -165dBc/Hz at 10kHz offset. They are used in Local Oscillator (LO) and high sensitivity receiver circuits for military and instrumentation applications. The MMIC family includes three die and two QFN packaged MMICs covering 6GHz-22GHz and 30GHz-40GHz. Only a single positive power supply of 3V to 5V is required for these self- biased amplifiers.