Description, Pin configurations, Features – Philips SA5205A User Manual

Page 2: Applications, Ordering information, Sa5205a wide-band high-frequency amplifier

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Philips Semiconductors

Product specification

SA5205A

Wide-band high-frequency amplifier

2

1997 Nov 07

853-1598 18662

DESCRIPTION

The SA5205A family of wideband amplifiers replace the SA5205
family. The ‘A’ parts are fabricated on a rugged 2

µ

m bipolar process

featuring excellent statistical process control. Electrical
performance is nominally identical to the original parts.

The SA5205A is a high-frequency amplifier with a fixed insertion
gain of 20dB. The SA5205A operates with a single supply of 6V, and
only draws 24mA of supply current, which is much less than
comparable hybrid parts. The noise figure is 4.8dB in a 75

system

and 6dB in a 50

system.

Until now, most RF or high-frequency designers had to settle for
discrete or hybrid solutions to their amplification problems. Most of
these solutions required trade-offs that the designer had to accept in
order to use high-frequency gain stages. These include high-power
consumption, large component count, transformers, large packages
with heat sinks, and high part cost. The SA5205A solves these
problems by incorporating a wide-band amplifier on a single
monolithic chip.

The part is well matched to 50 or 75

input and output impedances.

The Standing Wave Ratios in 50 and 75

systems do not exceed

1.5 on either the input or output from DC to the -3dB bandwidth limit.

Since the part is a small monolithic IC die, problems such as stray
capacitance are minimized. The die size is small enough to fit into a
very cost-effective 8-pin small-outline (SO) package to further
reduce parasitic effects.

No external components are needed other than AC coupling
capacitors because the SA5205A is internally compensated and
matched to 50 and 75

. The amplifier has very good distortion

specifications, with second and third-order intermodulation
intercepts of +24dBm and +17dBm respectively at 100MHz.

The device is ideally suited for 75

cable television applications

such as decoder boxes, satellite receiver/decoders, and front-end
amplifiers for TV receivers. It is also useful for amplified splitters and
antenna amplifiers.

The part is matched well for 50

test equipment such as signal

generators, oscilloscopes, frequency counters and all kinds of signal
analyzers. Other applications at 50

include mobile radio, CB radio

and data/video transmission in fiber optics, as well as broad-band
LANs and telecom systems. A gain greater than 20dB can be
achieved by cascading additional SA5205As in series as required,
without any degradation in amplifier stability.

PIN CONFIGURATIONS

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

V

CC

V

IN

GND

GND

V

CC

V

OUT

GND

GND

D Packages

TOP VIEW

20dB

SR00215

Figure 1. Pin Configuration

FEATURES

600MHz bandwidth

20dB insertion gain

4.8dB (6dB) noise figure ZO=75

(ZO=50

)

No external components required

Input and output impedances matched to 50/75

systems

2000V ESD protection

APPLICATIONS

75

cable TV decoder boxes

Antenna amplifiers

Amplified splitters

Signal generators

Frequency counters

Oscilloscopes

Signal analyzers

Broad-band LANs

Fiber-optics

Modems

Mobile radio

Security systems

Telecommunications

ORDERING INFORMATION

DESCRIPTION

TEMPERATURE RANGE

ORDER CODE

DWG #

8-Pin Plastic Small Outline (SO) package

-40 to +85

°

C

SA5205AD

SOT96-1

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