RF2411 LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER/MIXER RoHS Compliant & Pb-Free Product Package Style: SOIC-14 LNA Features N O N GND 4 11 VCC2 GND 5 MIXER 10 RF IN- IF OUT+ 6 9 RF IN+ RF AMP IF OUT- 7 8 LO IN EW Functional Block Diagram Product Description N The RF2411 is a monolithic integrated UHF receiver front-end. The IC contains all of the required components to implement the RF functions of the receiver except for the passive filtering and LO generation. It contains an LNA (low-noise amplifier), a second RF amplifier, and a balanced mixer which can drive a single-ended or balanced load. The output of the LNA is made available as a pin to permit the insertion of a bandpass filter between the LNA and the RF/Mixer section. The LNA output is buffered to permit a wide range of choices for the interstage filter without altering the VSWR or noise figure at the LNA input and to provide high isolation from the LO to the input port. The LNA section may be disabled to conserve power. R 12 VCC1 FO UHF Digital and Analog Receivers Digital Communication Systems Spread-Spectrum Communication Systems Commercial and Consumer Systems Portable Battery-Powered Equipment General Purpose Frequency Conversion T S GND 3 Applications 13 NC IG GND 2 ES Single 3V to 6.5V Power Supply 500MHz to 1900MHz Operation 25dB Small Signal Gain 2.5dB Cascaded Noise Figure 8.5mA DC Current Consumption -8dBm Input IP3 14 LNA OUT D LNA IN 1 Ordering Information RF2411 RF2411 PCBA-L RF2411 PCBA-H GaAs HBT GaAs MESFET InGaP HBT Low Noise Amplifier/Mixer Fully Assembled Evaluation Board (850MHz) Fully Assembled Evaluation Board (1800MHz) Optimum Technology Matching® Applied SiGe BiCMOS Si BiCMOS SiGe HBT GaAs pHEMT Si CMOS Si BJT GaN HEMT RF MICRO DEVICES®, RFMD®, Optimum Technology Matching®, Enabling Wireless Connectivity™, PowerStar®, POLARIS™ TOTAL RADIO™ and UltimateBlue™ are trademarks of RFMD, LLC. BLUETOOTH is a trademark owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc., U.S.A. and licensed for use by RFMD. All other trade names, trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. ©2006, RF Micro Devices, Inc. DS150909 7628 Thorndike Road, Greensboro, NC 27409-9421 · For sales or technical support, contact RFMD at (+1) 336-678-5570 or [email protected]. 1 of 12 RF2411 Supply Voltage Input LO and RF Levels Rating Unit -0.5 to 7.0 VDC +6 dBm Ambient Operating Temperature -40 to +85 °C Storage Temperature -40 to +150 °C Parameter (850MHz) Exceeding any one or a combination of the Absolute Maximum Rating conditions may cause permanent damage to the device. Extended application of Absolute Maximum Rating conditions to the device may reduce device reliability. Specified typical performance or functional operation of the device under Absolute Maximum Rating conditions is not implied. RoHS status based on EUDirective2002/95/EC (at time of this document revision). The information in this publication is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, no responsibility is assumed by RF Micro Devices, Inc. ("RFMD") for its use, nor for any infringement of patents, or other rights of third parties, resulting from its use. No license is granted by implication or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of RFMD. RFMD reserves the right to change component circuitry, recommended application circuitry and specifications at any time without prior notice. Max. Unit Condition N Min. Specification Typ. Caution! ESD sensitive device. S Absolute Maximum Ratings Parameter 500 to 1900 MHz IF Frequency Range DC to 150 MHz Cascade Gain ES RF Frequency Range 27 21 dB 25 29 Cascade Noise Figure 2.4 2.4 3.4 First Section (LNA) 1.6 N Noise Figure dBm EW -8 Input VSWR IF=10MHz IF=50MHz D 20 Cascade IP3 IG T = 25°C, VCC =5V, RF=850MHz, LO=0dBm, IF=50MHz, Application Schematic 2 configuration Overall dB IF=150MHz Referenced to the input Single sideband, IF=10MHz Single sideband, IF=50MHz Single sideband, IF=150MHz dB 1.5:1 -3.5 dBm 14 dB 30 dB R Input IP3 Reverse Isolation Output VSWR FO Gain 2.0:1 T Second Section (RF Amp, Mixer, IF1) Noise Figure O Input VSWR N Input IP3 11.0 dB Single Sideband 2.0:1 +6 dBm Conversion Gain 11 dB Output Impedance 4 k Open Collector LO Input LO Level -6 to +6 dBm LO to RF Rejection 30 dB LO to IF Rejection 30 dB LO Input VSWR 1.5:1 Power Supply Voltage Current Consumption 2 of 12 3 to 6.5 V 8 mA VCC =3.0V 20 mA VCC =5.0V 7628 Thorndike Road, Greensboro, NC 27409-9421 · For sales or technical support, contact RFMD at (+1) 336-678-5570 or [email protected]. DS150909 RF2411 Parameter (1800MHz) Min. Specification Typ. Max. Unit Condition T = 25°C, VCC =5V, RF=1800MHz, LO=0dBm, IF=50MHz, Application Schematic 2 configuration Overall 500 to 1900 DC to 100 22 21 17 -7 4.0 4.0 4.8 Cascade IP3 Cascade Noise Figure MHz MHz dB dBm dB IF=10MHz IF=50MHz IF=150MHz Referenced to the input Single sideband, IF=10MHz Single sideband, IF=50MHz Single sideband, IF=150MHz S RF Frequency Range IF Frequency Range Cascade Gain dB dBm dB dB EW 10.0 2.0:1 +3 11 4 LO Input -6 to +6 30 30 1.2:1 dBm dB k Single Sideband Open Collector dBm dB dB N O T FO R N LO Level LO to RF Rejection LO to IF Rejection LO Input VSWR dB D Second Section (RF Amp, Mixer, IF1) Noise Figure Input VSWR Input IP3 Conversion Gain Output Impedance IG 2.6 1.2:1 -3.5 10 25 1.5:1 ES Noise Figure Input VSWR Input IP3 Gain Reverse Isolation Output VSWR N First Section (LNA) DS150909 7628 Thorndike Road, Greensboro, NC 27409-9421 · For sales or technical support, contact RFMD at (+1) 336-678-5570 or [email protected]. 3 of 12 RF2411 Pin 1 Function LNA IN Description Interface Schematic This pin is NOT internally DC-blocked. An external blocking capacitor must be provided if the pin is connected to a device with a DC path. A value of 100pF is recommended for 900MHz and 22pF for 1800MHz. LN A IN 3 4 5 6 GND GND GND IF OUT+ Ground connection. For best performance, keep traces physically short and connect immediately to ground plane. Same as pin 2. Same as pin 2. Same as pin 2. Balanced open collector output of the mixer. External bias needs to be supplied to this pin. This can be done with a resistor to VCC (see application schematic, “1800MHz, Balanced Resistor Output Matching”), with a balun (see application schematic, “1800MHz, Output Matching with Balun”) or when used in a single-ended configuration (see application schematic, “1800MHz, Single-Ended Resistive Output Matching”). When using a resistor to VCC the resistor value will set the output impedance. Typical values for this resistor are 200 to 1k. A shunt inductor/capacitor resonator to VCC is needed to maintain proper DC voltage at the mixer. At low resistor values the resonator may be omitted at the expense of gain, output power and IP3. To obtain maximum gain and output power a balun as shown in application schematics “1800MHz, Output Matching with Balun” and “850MHz, Output Matching with Balun” is recommended. Using both outputs and matching them correctly to a single ended load will result in a 6dB gain improvement over the plain single ended configuration. Same as pin 6 except complementary output. See pin 6. S GND ES IG N 2 IF OUTLO IN 50 mixer LO input. This pin has an internal pull-up resistor to VCC and is not DC-blocked. An external blocking capacitor must be provided if the pin is connected to a device with a DC path. A value of 100pF is recommended for 900MHz and 22pF for 1800MHz. RF IN+ Balanced mixer RF Input port. This pin is NOT internally DC-blocked. An external blocking capacitor must be provided if the pin is connected to a device with a DC path. A value of 100pF is recommended for 900MHz and 22pF for 1800MHz. Matching is required; see the applications schematics. To minimize the noise figure it is recommended to have a bandpass filter before this input. This will prevent noise at the image frequency from being converted to the IF. LO IN RF IN- RF IN+ 10 11 12 4 of 12 N O T 9 FO R N 7 8 EW D IF OUT+ IF OUT- RF INVCC2 VCC1 BIAS Same as pin 9 except complementary input. See pin 9. Supply voltage for the mixer bias circuits. Supply Voltage for the LNA only. A 47pF external bypass capacitor is required and an optional 0.01F will be required if no other low frequency bypass capacitors are nearby. The trace length between the pin and the bypass capacitors should be minimized. The ground side of the bypass capacitors should connect immediately to ground plane. 7628 Thorndike Road, Greensboro, NC 27409-9421 · For sales or technical support, contact RFMD at (+1) 336-678-5570 or [email protected]. DS150909 RF2411 Pin 13 14 Function NC LNA OUT Description Interface Schematic No connection. 50 output. An external DC blocking capacitor is required when this pin is connected to a DC path. LNA OUT 0.018 0.014 0.008 0.004 0.337 0.334 0.244 0.229 D 0.050 ES IG N 0.157 0.150 S Package Drawing 0.068 0.053 EW 8° MAX 0° MIN 0.009 0.007 N O T FO R N 0.034 0.016 DS150909 7628 Thorndike Road, Greensboro, NC 27409-9421 · For sales or technical support, contact RFMD at (+1) 336-678-5570 or [email protected]. 5 of 12 RF2411 Application Schematic 850MHz, Output Matching with Balun 5 0 I m a g e 100 pF 2 13 3 12 4 11 5 10 M IX E R V cc S 14 100 pF RF AMP 7 100 nF 100 nF 2 pF 9 6 300 pF N V CC T1 8 :1 1 ES IG IF O U T F i l t e r LN A R F IN 8 8 .2 n H 100 pF L O IN D 100 pF R N EW Application Schematic 1800MHz, Output Matching with Balun 22 pF T V CC O T1 8 :1 N IF O U T LN A 14 2 13 3 12 4 11 5 10 100 nF M IX E R F i l t e r V cc 300 pF 100 nF 22 pF 2 .7 n H 9 6 7 I m a g e 1 FO R F IN 5 0 RF AMP 8 22 pF L O IN 22 pF 6 of 12 7628 Thorndike Road, Greensboro, NC 27409-9421 · For sales or technical support, contact RFMD at (+1) 336-678-5570 or [email protected]. DS150909 RF2411 Application Schematic 1800MHz, Balanced Resistive Output Matching 5 0 I m a g e 22 pF 2 13 3 12 4 11 5 470 L1 14 IF O U T 1 10 M IX E R 300 pF 0 .1 F 22 pF 6 9 RF AMP 2 .7 n H ES IG IF O U T 2 S 470 1 N V DD L2 F i l t e r LNA R F IN 7 8 22 pF L O IN 22 pF N EW D Application Schematic 1800MHz, Single-Ended Resistive Output Matching 22 pF R LN A N IF O U T 470 O L1 DS150909 14 2 13 3 12 4 11 5 T V DD 1 FO R F IN I m a g e F i l t e r 300 pF 100 nF 10 M IX E R 22 pF 2 .7 n H 9 6 7 5 0 RF AM P 8 22 pF L O IN 22 pF 7628 Thorndike Road, Greensboro, NC 27409-9421 · For sales or technical support, contact RFMD at (+1) 336-678-5570 or [email protected]. 7 of 12 RF2411 Evaluation Board Schematic Mixer Tuned for 850MHz LNA 2 13 3 12 4 11 5 J2 IF OUT T1 8:1 10 MIXER 6 9 RF AMP 7 8 C2 1 nF VCC C3 300 pF 2411400 Rev B C5 1 nF C7 1 nF J4 MIXER IN L1 8.2 nH J3 LO IN D P1 C4 100 nF C9 2 pF C6 100 pF C8 100 nF J5 LNA OUT S 14 N C1 1 nF 1 ES IG J1 LNA IN NC 2 GND 3 VCC EW 1 N O T FO R N P1-3 8 of 12 7628 Thorndike Road, Greensboro, NC 27409-9421 · For sales or technical support, contact RFMD at (+1) 336-678-5570 or [email protected]. DS150909 RF2411 Evaluation Board Schematic Mixer Tuned for 1800MHz C1 1 nF 1 14 2 13 3 12 J2 IF OUT 10 MIXER C5 1 nF 9 6 RF AMP 7 2411401 Rev B C7 1 nF EW D P1 1 NC 2 GND 3 VCC J3 LO IN N O T FO R N P1-3 L1 2.7 nH 8 C6 100 pF C8 100 nF J4 MIXER IN N 5 T1 8:1 C4 100 nF S 11 4 J5 LNA OUT VCC C3 300 pF ES IG J1 LNA IN C2 1 nF LNA DS150909 7628 Thorndike Road, Greensboro, NC 27409-9421 · For sales or technical support, contact RFMD at (+1) 336-678-5570 or [email protected]. 9 of 12 RF2411 LNA S21 LNA S12 22 -8 Vcc=2.7V 20 Vcc=2.7V Vcc=3.0V 16 Vcc=3.6V 14 Vcc=4.5V 12 Vcc=5.0V 10 Vcc=6.0V Vcc=3.6V -12 Vcc=3.3V Vcc=5.0V Vcc=6.0V S12 (dB) S21 (dB) 18 8 -16 -20 6 -24 4 2 -28 1 2 3 0 1 Output VSWR Vcc=2.7V Input VSWR Vcc=3.6V Output VSWR Vcc=3.6V Input VSWR Vcc=5.0V Output VSWR Vcc=5.0V Input VSWR Vcc=6.0V Output VSWR Vcc=6.0V 1 1 2 3 N Frequency (GHz) 1.0 0 2. 10.0 10.0 4.0 5.0 10MHz 3.0 1.0 0.6 3GHz 0.4 10.0 4.0 5.0 3.0 2.0 0 4.0 5.0 2.0 T O 1.0 0.8 0.6 3. 10.0 10MHz 0.2 0. 4 0 .2 N Vcc=5.0V Vcc=6.0V 4.0 5 .0 Vcc=6.0V 0.4 0.8 0.6 2 .0 FO 3. 0 0 1.0 0.8 Vcc=3.6V Swp Max 3.01GHz Vcc=3.6V Vcc=5.0V 0.2 Vcc=2.7V 10MHz -10.0 0.6 Swp Max 3.01GHz 0.2 Vcc=2.7V 0 LNA S22 R LNA S11 3GHz D EW 2 0. 4 VSWR Input VSWR Vcc=2.7V 3 0 3 ES IG LNA VSWR 5 4 2 Frequency (GHz) N Frequency (GHz) 0.8 0 S 0 -10.0 . -2 -1.0 -0. 6 .0 -2 -1.0 6 -0.8 Swp Min 0.01GHz -0.8 .0 -0. .4 -0 0 -3 10 of 12 -3 .0 -4. 0 -5.0 .4 -0 -0.2 -4. 0 -5.0 -0.2 7628 Thorndike Road, Greensboro, NC 27409-9421 · For sales or technical support, contact RFMD at (+1) 336-678-5570 or [email protected]. Swp Min 0.01GHz DS150909 RF2411 RF Input (single ended) 0 3. 4.0 5.0 0.2 2. 0 1.0 4.0 5.0 Vcc=5.0V Vcc=6.0V 10.0 10.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 2.0 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 10.0 0 10.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 2.0 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0 3. Vcc=3.6V 0.2 0. 4 Vcc=5.0V 10MHZ 0.2 Swp Max 3.01GHz Vcc=2.7V Vcc=3.6V Vcc=6.0V 0 0.8 0.6 2. 0 Vcc=2.7V 4 0.8 1.0 Swp Max 3.01GHz 0. 0.6 LO Input 10MHZ -10.0 R 3.0 4.0 5.0 2.0 T FO 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 O -1.0 N .0 -2 .0 -2 -3 .0 -0.8 -1.0 -4. 0 -5.0 N 10MHZ -10.0 0.2 -0. 6 10.0 10.0 0. 4 Vcc=6.0V 0.2 -0.8 D N 4.0 5.0 Vcc=5.0V 0 EW 2. 0 0.8 1.0 0 3. Vcc=3.6V -0.2 Swp Min 0.01GHz Swp Max 3.01GHz Vcc=2.7V 3GHZ 3GHZ -0. 6 .0 -2 -1.0 -0.8 -0. 6 0.6 IF Output .4 -0 ES IG -3 .0 Swp Min 0.01GHz -3 .0 -4. 0 -5.0 .4 -0 -4. 0 -5.0 .4 -0 DS150909 -0.2 -10.0 3GHZ 3GHZ -0.2 S 3GHZ Swp Min 0.01GHz 7628 Thorndike Road, Greensboro, NC 27409-9421 · For sales or technical support, contact RFMD at (+1) 336-678-5570 or [email protected]. 11 of 12 RF2411 RoHS* Banned Material Content RoHS Compliant: Yes Package total weight in grams (g): 0.127 Compliance Date Code: 0531 Bill of Materials Revision: - Pb Free Category: e3 Pa r ts Pe r Mi l l i o n (PPM ) B i l l o f M a te r i a l s Cd Hg Cr V I PB B PB DE Di e 0 0 0 0 0 0 M o l di ng Co m p o und 0 0 0 0 0 0 Le a d F r a me 0 0 0 0 0 0 Di e A tta ch Epo x y 0 0 0 0 Wi r e 0 0 0 So l de r Pl a ti ng 0 0 0 N S Pb 0 0 0 0 0 0 ES IG 0 0 Thi s R o HS b a nne d ma te r i a l co nte nt de cl a r a ti o n wa s pr e p a r e d so l e l y o n i nfo r ma ti o n, i ncl udi ng a na l y ti ca l D da ta , p r o vi de d to R F M D b y i ts sup p l i e r s, a nd a p p l i e s to the B i l l o f M a te r i a l s (B OM ) r e vi si o n no te d * DIRECTIVE 2002/95/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 January 2003 on the restriction of the N O T FO R N EW use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment 12 of 12 7628 Thorndike Road, Greensboro, NC 27409-9421 · For sales or technical support, contact RFMD at (+1) 336-678-5570 or [email protected]. 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