Description, Pin configurations, Features – Philips SA5205A User Manual

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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

Ω

system

and 6dB in a 50

Ω

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

Ω

input and output impedances.

The Standing Wave Ratios in 50 and 75

Ω

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

Ω

. 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

Ω

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

Ω

test equipment such as signal

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

Ω

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

Ω

(ZO=50

Ω

)

•

No external components required

•

Input and output impedances matched to 50/75

Ω

systems

•

2000V ESD protection

APPLICATIONS

•

75

Ω

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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