Description
The MSA-0486 is a high performance silicon bipolar Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) housed in a low cost, surface mount plastic 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 and industrial applications.

Features
• Cascadable 50 Ω Gain Block
• 3 dB Bandwidth: DC to 3.2 GHz
• 8 dB Typical Gain at 1.0␣ GHz
• 12.5 dBm Typical P1 dB at 1.0␣ GHz
• Unconditionally Stable (k>1)
• Surface Mount Plastic Package
• Tape-and-Reel Packaging Option Available[1]