BeRex BGS3 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 N9020A - SG_Agilent 4438C - SG_IFR 3416 Si-Ge Gain Block Amp BGS3 Application Note BeRex MMIC Innovator 1 F-RD-15011 BeRex BGS3 Application Note Contents RF 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. BGS3 Application Note BGS3_ 3500MHz Application Note Ref. Des. Description/ Part Number Values Vendor C1 0603 CAP 10pF Samsung C2 0603 CAP 10pF Samsung C3 0603 CAP 100pF Samsung C4 0603 CAP 1000pF Samsung C5 A3216 CAP 10uF AVX L1 0603 CAP 12nH Samsung U1 SOT363 PKG BGS3 BEREX TITLE BGS3 Evaluation Board (3500MHz) Note: Drawing Number 1. PCB: 31mil thick FR4 BeRex MMIC Innovator 3 Rev. Date Drawn By FILE NAME SHEET F-RD-15011 BeRex BGS3 Application Note 1.1 BGS3_3500MHz Test Result Freq Vcc Icc Gain OIP3 SN (1) P1dB IRL ORL NF [dBm] [dB] [dB] [dB] [MHz] [V] [mA] [dB] [dBm] - 3400 3.0 53 18.3 27.4 14.8 -14.7 -19.1 1.9 - 3500 3.0 53 18.1 27.3 14.5 -14.4 -18.6 1.9 - 3600 3.0 53 18.0 27.2 14.4 -13.8 -20.6 2.0 (1) OIP3 was tested @Pout=0dBm/tone 1MHz offset BeRex MMIC Innovator 4 F-RD-15011 BeRex BGS3 Application Note 1.2 LTE_20MHz_ ACLR Test Result Out Power : 3.5 dBm LTE_FDD_20MHz_TM 3p1_100% : 3500MHz -50dBc BeRex MMIC Innovator 5 F-RD-15011 BeRex 2. BGS3 Application Note BGS3_ 3700MHz Application Note Ref. Des. Description/ Part Number Values Vendor C1 0603 CAP 10pF Samsung C2 0603 CAP 10pF Samsung C3 0603 CAP 100pF Samsung C4 0603 CAP 1000pF Samsung C5 A3216 CAP 10uF AVX L1 0603 CAP 12nH Samsung U1 SOT363 PKG BGS3 BEREX TITLE BGS3 Evaluation Board (3700MHz) Note: Drawing Number 2. PCB: 31mil thick FR4 BeRex MMIC Innovator 6 Rev. Date Drawn By FILE NAME SHEET F-RD-15011 BeRex BGS3 Application Note 2.1 BGS3_3700MHz Test Result Freq Vcc Icc Gain OIP3 SN (1) P1dB IRL ORL NF [dBm] [dB] [dB] [dB] [MHz] [V] [mA] [dB] [dBm] - 3600 3.0 53 18.0 27.2 14.4 -13.8 -20.6 2.0 - 3700 3.0 53 17.8 27.0 14.2 -13.6 -19.7 2.0 - 3800 3.0 53 17.7 26.9 14.0 -13.1 -22.8 2.2 (1) OIP3 was tested @Pout=0dBm/tone 1MHz offset BeRex MMIC Innovator 7 F-RD-15011 BeRex BGS3 Application Note 2.2 LTE_20MHz_ ACLR Test Result Out Power : 3.1 dBm LTE_FDD_20MHz_TM 3p1_100% : 3700MHz -50dBc BeRex MMIC Innovator 8 F-RD-15011 BeRex BeRex BGS3 MMIC Innovator 9 Application Note F-RD-15011