BeRex BG15A Application Note RF MMIC Innovator www.berex.com [Classification] Application Note [Date] 2015.01 [Revision No.] Rev.A [Measuring Instruments] - NA_Agilent E5071B - SA_Agilent E4440A - SG_Agilent 4438C - SG_IFR 3416 Wide Band Gain Block Amp BG15A Application Note BeRex MMIC Innovator 1 F-RD-15011 BeRex BG15A Application Note Contents RF MMIC INNOVATOR WWW.BEREX.COM ........................................... 1 1. 3500MHZ APPLICATION .............................................................................................................. 3 1.1 3500MHZ TEST RESULT(S-PARAMETER, OIP3, P1, NF,ACLR) ...................................... 4 1.2 3500MHZ LTE_20MHZ_ACLR TEST RESULT .................................................................... 5 2. 3700MHZ APPLICATION .............................................................................................................. 6 2.1 3700MHZ TEST RESULT(S-PARAMETER, OIP3, P1, NF,ACLR) ...................................... 7 2.2 3700MHZ LTE_20MHZ_ACLR TEST RESULT .................................................................... 8 BeRex MMIC Innovator 2 F-RD-15011 BeRex 1. BG15A Application Note BG15A_ 3500MHz Application Note C1 C2 C3 Ref. Des. Description/ Part Number Values Vendor C1 0603 CAP 100pF Samsung C2 0603 CAP 1nF Samsung C3 A3216 CAP 10uF AVX C4 0603 CAP 10pF Samsung C5 0603 CAP 10pF Samsung L1 0603 IND 18nH Ceratech U1 SOT89 PKG BG15A BEREX +5V L1 RFin RFout BG15A C5 C4 TITLE Note: BG15A Evaluation Board 1. PCB: 31mil thick FR4 (3500MHz) Drawing Number BeRex MMIC Innovator 3 Rev. Date Drawn By FILE NAME SHEET F-RD-15011 BeRex BG15A Application Note 1.1 BG15A_3500MHz Test Result Freq Vcc Icc Gain OIP3 SN (1) P1dB IRL ORL NF [dBm] [dB] [dB] [dB] [MHz] [V] [mA] [dB] [dBm] - 3400 5 59 16.7 28.3 15.6 -15.7 -12.1 3.2 - 3500 5 59 16.7 28.2 15.6 -15.4 -12.7 3.3 - 3600 5 59 16.5 27.9 15.3 -15.2 -13.6 3.3 (1) OIP3 was tested @Pout=2dBm/tone 1MHz offset BeRex MMIC Innovator 4 F-RD-15011 BeRex BG15A Application Note 1.2 LTE_20MHz_ ACLR Test Result Out Power : 4.9 dBm LTE_FDD_20MHz_TM 3.1_100% : 3500MHz -50dBc BeRex MMIC Innovator 5 F-RD-15011 BeRex 2. BG15A Application Note BG15A_ 3700MHz Application Note C1 C2 C3 Ref. Des. Description/ Part Number Values Vendor C1 0603 CAP 100pF Samsung C2 0603 CAP 1nF Samsung C3 A3216 CAP 10uF AVX C4 0603 CAP 10pF Samsung C5 0603 CAP 10pF Samsung L1 0603 IND 18nH Ceratech U1 SOT89 PKG BG15A BEREX +5V L1 RFin RFout BG15A C5 C4 TITLE Note: BG15A Evaluation Board 2. PCB: 31mil thick FR4 (3700MHz) Drawing Number BeRex MMIC Innovator 6 Rev. Date Drawn By FILE NAME SHEET F-RD-15011 BeRex BG15A Application Note 2.1 BG15A_3700MHz Test Result Freq Vcc Icc Gain OIP3 SN (1) P1dB IRL ORL NF [dBm] [dB] [dB] [dB] [MHz] [V] [mA] [dB] [dBm] - 3600 5 59 16.5 27.9 15.3 -15.1 -13.6 3.3 - 3700 5 59 16.4 27.7 15.1 -14.9 -14.7 3.3 - 3800 5 59 16.3 27.0 14.6 -14.7 -16.1 3.3 (1) OIP3 was tested @Pout=2dBm/tone 1MHz offset BeRex MMIC Innovator 7 F-RD-15011 BeRex BG15A Application Note 2.2 LTE_20MHz_ ACLR Test Result Out Power : 4.2 dBm LTE_FDD_20MHz_TM 3.1_100% : 3700MHz -50dBc BeRex MMIC Innovator 8 F-RD-15011