FBGI-3.55G FILTER PRELIMINARY REV: 004, 05/27/04 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION / APPLICATION MULTI-MIX® FILTERS Merrimac’s FBGI Series bandpass filters combine the features of Merrimac’s patented Multi-Mix® multilayer fabrication technology with the ability to operate to three times their center frequency without reentrant spurious passbands. They typically offer better overall performance than filters designed to the same specification with conventional filter fabrication techniques. GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS FILTER TYPE CENTER FREQUENCY 3 dB OPERATING BANDWIDTH (MHz MIN) INSERTION LOSS @ CENTER FREQUENCY BANDPASS 3550 MHz Nominal 300 2.0 dB (MAX) 60 dB MIN. @ 1150 MHz 56 dB MIN. @ 5950 MHz 2.0:1 MAX @ 3550 ± 100 MHz SIZE (INCHES) WEIGHT (GRAMS) RF INTERFACE/ CONNECTIONS OPERATING TEMPERATURE SHOCK/ VIBRATION RANGE 0.512 x 0.394 x 0.1 0.9 SMT VSWR REJECTION -55° - +85° C per MIL P-23971 PACKAGE OUTLINE THE MULTI-MIX MICROTECHNOLOGY® GROUP IS ISO 9001:2000 REGISTERED U.S. patent 6,099,677 and other patents pending. Merrimac Industries / 41 Fairfield Place, West Caldwell, NJ 07006 Tel: 1.888.434.MMFM / Fax: 973.882.5990 / Email: [email protected] / www.Multi-Mix.com FBGI-3.55G TYPICAL PERFORMANCE Transmission and Return vs. Frequency 0 -10 Magnitude (dB) -20 -30 Transmission Return -40 -50 -60 -70 1.15 1.55 1.95 2.35 2.75 3.15 3.55 3.95 4.35 4.75 5.15 5.55 5.95 Frequency (GHz) Near-In Transmission vs. Frequency 0 Magnitude (dB) -1 -2 Transmission -3 -4 -5 3.25 3.35 3.45 3.55 3.65 3.75 3.85 Frequency (GHz) THE MULTI-MIX MICROTECHNOLOGY® GROUP IS ISO 9001:2000 REGISTERED Merrimac Industries / 41 Fairfield Place, West Caldwell, NJ 07006 Tel: 1.888.434.MMFM / Fax: 973.882.5990 / Email: [email protected] / www.Multi-Mix.com