Description
The MSA-0505 is a high performance medium power silicon bipolar Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) housed in a low cost, surface mount package. This MMIC is designed for use as a general purpose 50 Ω gain block. Typical applications include narrow and broad band IF and RF amplifiers in commercial systems.
The MSA-series is fabricated using HP’s 10 GHz fT, 25␣ GHz f MAX, silicon bipolar MMIC process which uses nitride self-alignment, ion implantation, and gold metallization to achieve excellent performance, uniformity and reliability. The use of an external bias resistor for temperature and current stability also allows bias flexibility.

Features
• Cascadable 50 Ω Gain Block
• High Output Power:
   18.0 dBm Typical P1 dB at
   1.0 GHz
• Low Distortion:
   29.0 dBm Typical IP3 at 1.0 GHz
• 7.0 dB Typical Gain at
   1.0 GHz
• Surface Mount Plastic
   Package
• Tape-and-Reel Packaging
   Option Available[1]
  
Note:
1. Refer to PACKAGING section
   “Tape-and-Reel Packaging for
   Semiconductor Devices.”