General Description
The HMC553 is a passive double balanced mixer that can be used as an upconverter or downconverter between 7 and 14 GHz. The miniature monolithic mixer is fabricated in a GaAs MESFET process, and requires no external components or matching circuitry. The HMC553 operates with LO drive levels as low as +9 dBm and provides excellent LO to RF and LO to IF isolation due to optimized balun structures. Measurements were made with the chip mounted into in a 50 ohm test fi xture and includes the parasitic effects of wire bond assembly. Connections were made with a 1 mil wire bond with minimal length (<12 mil).

Features
   High LO/RF Isolation: 48 dB
   Passive Double Balanced Topology
   Low Conversion Loss: 7 dB
   Wide IF Bandwidth: DC - 5 GHz
   Robust 1,000V ESD, Class 1C
   Small Size: 0.83 x 1.12 x 0.1 mm

Typical Applications
The HMC553 is ideal for:
• Microwave Radio
• Military & Space
• Communications, Radar & EW