Description
The MSA-0686 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. Applications include narrow and broad band IF and RF amplifiers in commercial and industrial applications.

Features
• Cascadable 50 Ω Gain Block
• Low Operating Voltage: 3.5 V Typical Vd
• 3 dB Bandwidth: DC to 0.8 GHz
• High Gain: 18.5␣ dB Typical at 0.5 GHz
• Low Noise Figure: 3.0 dB Typical at 0.5 GHz
• Surface Mount Plastic Package
• Tape-and-Reel Packaging Available