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Product Description
Ordering Information
Typical Applications
Features
Functional Block Diagram
RF Micro Devices, Inc.
7625 Thorndike Road
Greensboro, NC 27409, USA
Tel (336) 664 1233
Fax (336) 664 0454
http://www.rfmd.com
Optimum Technology Matching® Applied
Si BJT
GaAs MESFET
GaAs HBT
Si Bi-CMOS
SiGe HBT
Si CMOS
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RF IN
GND
GND
GND
RF OUT
GND
GND
GND
RF2308
GENERAL PURPOSE AMPLIFIER
• General Purpose Broadband Gain Blocks
• IF or RF Buffer Amplifiers
• Driver Stage for Power Amplifiers
• Final PA for Low Power Applications
• Portable Battery Powered Equipment
• Broadband Test Equipment
The RF2308 is a general purpose, low cost RF amplifier
IC. The device is manufactured on an advanced Gallium
Arsenide Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor (HBT) pro-
cess, and has been designed for use as an easily-cas-
cadable 50
Ω gain block. Applications include IF and RF
amplification in wireless voice and data communication
products operating in frequency bands up to 4000MHz.
The device is self-contained with 50
Ω input and output
impedances and requires only two external DC biasing
elements to operate as specified.
• DC to 4000MHz Operation
• Internally matched Input and Output
• 12dB Small Signal Gain
• 5dB Noise Figure
• 20mW Linear Output Power
• Single Positive Power Supply
RF2308
General Purpose Amplifier
RF2308 PCBA
Fully Assembled Evaluation Board
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Rev B2 010228
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.018
5°
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.052
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.240
.232
.050
.008
.004
MIN
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Package Style: SOP-8