New MMIC switches for high-performance defence and instrumentation applications

Custom MMIC continues to rapidly add to its extensive family of MMIC Switches; with two new GaAs MMIC switches, the non-reflective CMD235C4 and CMD236C4. The CMD235C4 is a DC-18GHz broadband MMIC SP5T switch offering broadband performance with an insertion loss of 2.5dB and high port-to-port isolation of 40dB at 10GHz. The CMD236C4 covers DC to 18GHz and offers a low insertion loss of 2.5dB and high isolation of 42dB at 10GHz. Ideally suited for high-performance defence and instrumentation applications, both switches provide a switching speed of approximately 60ns and an input P1dB of 21dBm. These switches feature binary decoder circuitry that reduces the number of logic control lines. The control voltages for both switches are 0/-5V. Both MMICs are housed in a ROHS compliant 4mm x 4mm QFN surface mount package.