San Jose, Calif. — Touted as the industry's smallest RF amplifier, Avago Technologies has unveiled its VMMK-2x03 amplifiers in a chip-scale package with 0402 package dimensions (1 x 0.5 x .25 mm). With a small size and no wirebonds, the VMMK-2x03 amplifiers experience almost no signal loss and minimal parasitics, Avago said.
Leveraging Avago's recently announced WaferCap chip-scale packaging (CSP) technology, the VMMK-2x03 takes up 5% of the volume and uses only 10% of the board area of a standard SOT-343 package. In some cases, the amplifier can reduce PCB area by more than 50%, Avago said.
The VMMK-2x03 amplifiers provide high gain, high IP3, low NF and integrated 50-ohm input and output matching networks to simplify system design. Covering frequency ranges from 500 MHz to 12 GHz, these miniature amplifiers are well-suited for a variety of radio architectures including mobile devices, radios, sensors and military communications applications. They are also suitable for applications such as wireline, fiber optic, base station, CATV, and instrumentation.
The VMMK-2x03 family includes the following devices:
- VMMK-2103: 0.5 - 6.0 GHz broadband matched LNA with bypass/shutdown mode using a single control pin
- VMMK-2203: 1.0 - 10.0 GHz broadband matched LNA with high gain of 15 dB at 5 GHz
- VMMK-2303: 0.5 - 6.0 GHz low-voltage broadband matched LNA supporting 1.8 V to 3.3 V
- VMMK-2403: 2.0 - 4.0 GHz high linearity matched amplifier with 2.5 dB NF
- VMMK-2503: 1.0 - 12.0 GHz broadband high linearity matched gain block with flat gain performance of up to 8 GHz
Avago will debut the VMMK 2x03 product family at the 2008 MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, June 15-20, with a live demonstration in booth number 1257.
Pricing: Less than $1.00 in volume.
Availability: Currently sampling and generally available in Q4' 08
Product information: RF/microwave solutions, VMMK-2103,
VMMK-2203,
VMMK-2303,
VMMK-2403 and
VMMK-2503
Avago Technologies, www.avagotech.com
