BeRex BT331 Application Note RF MMIC Innovator www.berex.com [Classification] Application Note [Date] 2011.04 [Revision No.] Rev.A [Measuring Instruments] - NA_Agilent 8753ES - SA_Agilent E4404B - SG_Agilent 4438C - SG_IFR 3416 High Power Amplifier BT331 Application Note BeRex High Power Amplifier 1 F-RD-1104 BeRex BT331 Application Note Contents RF MMIC INNOVATOR WWW.BEREX.COM ............................................................. 1 1. 836MHZ APPLICATION ..................................................................................................................... 3 1.1 836MHZ TEST RESULT(S-PARAMETER, OIP3, P1, NF) ............................................................. 4 2. 836MHZ ( RESISTER INSERTION ) APPLICATION ......................................................................... 5 2.1 836MHZ ( RESISTER INSERTION ) TEST RESULT(S-PARAMETER, OIP3, P1, NF)................. 6 3. CDMA(824~894MHZ) APPLICATION ................................................................................................ 7 3.1 CDMA(824~894MHZ) TEST RESULT(S-PARAMETER, OIP3, P1, NF) ........................................ 8 3.2 CDMA(824~894MHZ) TEST RESULT(ACPR) ............................................................................... 9 4. 900MHZ ( RESISTER INSERTION ) APPLICATION ....................................................................... 10 4.1 900MHZ ( RESISTER INSERTION ) TEST RESULT(S-PARAMETER, OIP3, P1, NF)............... 11 5. WCDMA(920~960MHZ) APPLICATION ........................................................................................... 12 5.1 WCDMA(920~960MHZ) TEST RESULT(S-PARAMETER, OIP3, P1, NF) ................................... 13 5.2 WCDMA(920~960MHZ) TEST RESULT(ACLR) .......................................................................... 14 6. PCS(1840~1870MHZ) APPLICATION.............................................................................................. 15 6.1 PCS(1840~1870MHZ) TEST RESULT(S-PARAMETER, OIP3, P1, NF)...................................... 16 6.2 PCS(1840~1870MHZ) TEST RESULT(ACPR) ............................................................................. 17 7. WCDMA(2110~2170MHZ) APPLICATION ....................................................................................... 18 7.1 WCDMA(2110~2170MHZ) TEST RESULT(S-PARAMETER, OIP3, P1, NF) ............................... 19 7.2 WCDMA(2110~2170MHZ) TEST RESULT(ACLR) ...................................................................... 20 0---END---0 BeRex High Power Amplifier 2 F-RD-1104 BeRex 1. BT331 Application Note BT331 _ 836MHz Application Note Ref. Des. Description/ Part Number Values Tolerance C1 1608 CAP 100pF ±5% C2 1608 CAP 100pF ±5% C3 1608 CAP 100pF ±5% C4 1608 CAP 1000pF ±5% C5 1608 CAP 1uF ±5% C6 3216 Tantal 10uF ±20% C7 DNP C8 Vcc C7 R1 C8 RF_IN C1 L2 C11 R2 C 9 1 C 10 C6 R3 2 C3 C4 DNP C9 1608 CAP 1pF ±5% C10 1608 CAP 3.9pF ±5% C11 1608 CAP 10pF ±5% C12 1608 CAP 8pF ±5% L1 1608 IND 33nH ±5% L2 1608 IND 6.8nH ±5% R1 1608 RES 4.3kohn ±5% R2 1608 RES 100ohm ±5% ±5% R3 1608 RES 0ohm Q1 SOIC-8 PKG BT331 C5 L1 Q1 8 C3 7 RF_OUT 3 6 4 5 C12 C2 TITLE BT331 Evaluation Board Note: (836 MHz) 1. PCB: 31mil thick FR4 Drawing Number 2. Distance between the center of the Rev. shunt Inductor (L2) and the input pin of BT331 is 5.25 mm. 3. Distance between the center of the shunt cap (C10) and the input pin of BT331 is 3.70 mm. Date 2011/04/11 4. Distance between the center of the shunt cap (C11) and the input pin of BT331 is 1.50 mm. FILE NAME Drawn By YH, Kwon SHEET 5. Distance between the center of the shunt cap (C12) and the output pin of BT331 is 8.25 mm BeRex High Power Amplifier 3 F-RD-1104 BeRex BT331 Application Note 1.1 BT331_836MHz Test Result Freq Vcc Icc Gain OIP3 [MHz] [V] [mA] [dB] [dBm] 836 5 426 SN - 20.1 48.4 (1) P1dB IRL ORL NF [dBm] [dB] [dB] [dB] 32.4 19.8 8.1 5.1 (1) OIP3 was tested @Pout=20dBm/tone (CW) 1MHz tone space BeRex High Power Amplifier 4 F-RD-1104 BeRex 2. BT331 Application Note BT331_ 836MHz (Resister Insertion) Application Note Vcc C7 R1 C8 C 10 RF_IN C1 L 2 C11 R2 C 9 1 R4 C6 R3 C4 C5 Description/ Part Number Values Tolerance C1 1608 CAP 100pF ±5% C2 1608 CAP 100pF ±5% C3 1608 CAP 100pF ±5% C4 1608 CAP 1000pF ±5% C5 1608 CAP 1uF ±5% C6 3216 Tantal 10uF ±20% C7 DNP C8 DNP C9 1608 CAP 1pF ±5% C10 1608 CAP 3.9pF ±5% C11 1608 CAP 10pF ±5% C12 1608 CAP 8pF ±5% L1 1608 IND 33nH ±5% L2 1608 IND 6.8nH ±5% R1 1608 RES 4.3kohn ±5% R2 1608 RES 100ohm ±5% R3 1608 RES 0ohm ±5% R4 1608 RES 22ohm ±5% Q1 SOIC-8 PKG BT331 L1 Q1 2 C3 Ref. Des. 8 C3 7 RF_ OUT 3 6 4 5 C12 C2 Note: 1. PCB: 31mil thick FR4 2. Distance between the center of thshunt Resistance (R4) and the input pin of BT331 is10.0 mm. TITLE BT331 Evaluation Board 3. Distance between the center of the shunt Inductor (L2) and (836 MHz) the input pin of BT331 is 5.25 mm. 4. Distance between the center of the shunt cap (C10) and the Drawing Number Rev. input pin of BT331is3.70mm. 5..Distance between the center of the shunt cap(C11)and the Date input pin of BT331 is1.50 mm. 6. Distance between the center of the shunt cap (C12) and the output pin ofBT331is8.25mm BeRex 2011/04/11 FILE NAME High Power Amplifier 5 Drawn By YH, Kwon SHEET F-RD-1104 BeRex BT331 Application Note 2.1 BT331_836MHz (Resiser Insertion) Test Result Freq Vcc Icc Gain OIP3 [MHz] [V] [mA] [dB] [dBm] 836 5 427 SN - 18.2 50.8 (1) P1dB IRL ORL NF [dBm] [dB] [dB] [dB] 32.3 18.8 9.2 7.2 (1) OIP3 was tested @Pout=20dBm/tone (CW) 1MHz tone space BeRex High Power Amplifier 6 F-RD-1104 BeRex 3. BT331 Application Note BT331_CDMA(824~894MHz) Application Note Vcc C7 R1 C8 RF_IN C1 L2 C11 R2 C 9 1 C 10 C6 R3 2 C3 C4 C5 Ref. Des. Description/ Part Number Values Tolerance C1 1608 CAP 100pF ±5% C2 1608 CAP 100pF ±5% C3 1608 CAP 100pF ±5% C4 1608 CAP 1000pF ±5% C5 1608 CAP 1uF ±5% C6 3216 Tantal 10uF ±20% C7 DNP C8 DNP C9 1608 CAP 1pF ±5% C10 1608 CAP 3.9pF ±5% C11 1608 CAP 10pF ±5% C12 1608 CAP 8pF ±5% L1 1608 IND 33nH ±5% L2 1608 IND 6.8nH ±5% R1 1608 RES 4.3kohn ±5% R2 1608 RES 100ohm ±5% R3 1608 RES 0ohm ±5% Q1 SOIC-8 PKG BT331 L1 Q1 8 C3 7 RF_OUT 3 6 4 5 C12 C2 Note: TITLE 1. PCB: 31mil thick FR4 BT331 Evaluation Board 2. Distance between the center of the (824~894 MHz) shunt Inductor (L2) and the input pin of BT331 is 5.25 mm. 3. Distance between the center of the Drawing Number Rev. Date Drawn By shunt cap (C10) and the input pin of BT331 is 3.70 mm. 4.Distance between the center of the 2011/04/11 shunt cap (C11) and the input pin of BT331 is 1.50 mm. FILE NAME 5. Distance between the center of the YH, Kwon SHEET shunt cap (C12) and the output pin of BT331 is 8.25 mm. BeRex High Power Amplifier 7 F-RD-1104 BeRex BT331 Application Note 3.1 BT331_CDMA(824~894MHz) Test Result Freq Vcc Icc Gain OIP3 P1dB IRL ORL NF [MHz] [V] [mA] [dB] [dBm] [dBm] [dB] [dB] [dB] - 824 5 420 20.1 49.5 32.3 21.0 7.2 5.3 - 848 5 420 20.0 47.8 32.0 19.1 8.6 5.3 - 894 5 420 19.8 48.5 31.3 11.6 14.5 5.3 SN (1) (1) OIP3 was tested @Pout=20dBm/tone (CW) 1MHz tone space BeRex High Power Amplifier 8 F-RD-1104 BeRex BT331 Application Note 3.2 BT331_CDMA(824~894MHz) ACPR [Test condition] 1FA / 750KHz- 50dBc@Output power 24.1dBm [Test condition] 4FA / 750KHz- 45dBc@Output power 24.5dBm BeRex High Power Amplifier 9 F-RD-1104 BeRex 4. BT331 Application Note BT331_ 900MHz (Resister Insertion) Application Note Ref. Des. Description/ Part Number Values Tolerance C1 1608 CAP 100pF ±5% C2 1608 CAP 100pF ±5% C3 1608 CAP 100pF ±5% C4 1608 CAP 1000pF ±5% C5 1608 CAP 1uF ±5% C6 3216 Tantal 10uF ±20% C7 C8 Vcc C7 R1 R3 C8 C 10 RF_IN C1 L2 C11 R2 C 9 1 R4 C6 C4 C9 1608 CAP 1pF ±5% C10 1608 CAP 3.3pF ±5% C11 1608 CAP 10pF ±5% C12 1608 CAP 8pF ±5% L1 1608 IND 18nH ±5% L2 1608 IND 8.2nH ±5% R1 1608 RES 4.3kohn ±5% R2 1608 RES 100ohm ±5% R3 1608 RES 0ohm ±5% R4 1608 RES 36ohm ±5% Q1 SOIC-8 PKG BT331 C5 L1 Q1 2 C3 DNP DNP 8 C3 7 RF_OUT 3 6 4 5 C12 C2 Note: 1. PCB: 31mil thick FR4 2. Distance between the center of theshunt Resistance (R4) and the TITLE input pin of BT331 is 10.0 mm. BT331 Evaluation Board (900 MHz) Drawing Rev. Number 3. Distance between the center of theshunt Inductor (L2) and the input pin of BT331 is 6.45 mm. 4. Distance between the center of the shunt cap (C10) and the input pin of BT331is3.70 mm. 5..Distance between the center of the shunt cap (C11) and the input pin of BT331 is1.50 mm. Date 2011/04/11 FILE NAME Drawn By YH, Kwon SHEET 6. Distance between the center of the shunt cap (C12) and the output pin of BT331 is8.25mm BeRex High Power Amplifier 10 F-RD-1104 BeRex BT331 Application Note 4.1 BT331_900MHz(Resister Insertion) Test Result Freq Vcc Icc Gain OIP3 [MHz] [V] [mA] [dB] [dBm] 900 5 420 SN - 16.9 48 (1) P1dB IRL ORL NF [dBm] [dB] [dB] [dB] 32.3 11.6 14.4 7.2 (1) OIP3 was tested @Pout=20dBm/tone (CW) 1MHz tone space BeRex High Power Amplifier 11 F-RD-1104 BeRex BT331 Application Note 5 BT331_WCMDA(920~960)MHz Application Note Ref. Des. Description/ Part Number Values Tolerance C1 1608 CAP 100pF ±5% C2 1608 CAP 100pF ±5% C3 1608 CAP 100pF ±5% C4 1608 CAP 1000pF ±5% C5 1608 CAP 1uF ±5% C6 3216 Tantal 10uF ±5% C7 DNP C8 Vcc C7 R1 R3 C8 RF_IN C1 L2 C11 R2 C 9 1 C 10 C6 2 C3 C4 DNP C9 1608 CAP 1pF ±5% C10 1608 CAP 3.3pF ±5% C11 1608 CAP 10pF ±5% C12 1608 CAP 7pF ±5% L1 1608 IND 33nH ±5% L2 1608 IND 8.2nH ±5% R1 1608 RES 4.3kohn ±5% R2 1608 RES 100ohm ±5% R3 1608 RES 0ohm ±5% Q1 SOIC-8 PKG BT331 C5 L1 Q1 8 C3 7 RF_OUT 3 6 4 5 C12 C2 Note: 1. PCB: 31mil thick FR4 TITLE 2. Distance between the center of the BT331 Evaluation Board shunt Inductor (L2) and the input pin of BT331 is 6.45 mm. 3. Distance between the center of the shunt cap (C10) and the input pin of BT331 is 3.70 mm. (920~960 MHz) Drawing Rev. Number 4.Distance between the center of the shunt cap (C11) and the input pin of BT331 is 1.50 mm. 2011/04/11 5. Distance between the center of the shunt cap (C12) and the output pin of BT331 is 8.25 mm BeRex Date High Power Amplifier 12 FILE NAME Drawn By YH, Kwon SHEET F-RD-1104 BeRex BT331 Application Note 5.1 BT331_WCDMA(920~960MHz) Test Result Freq Vcc Icc Gain OIP3 P1dB IRL ORL NF [MHz] [V] [mA] [dB] [dBm] [dBm] [dB] [dB] [dB] - 920 5 410 19.1 49.0 32.4 22.8 7.9 5.2 - 940 5 410 19.0 47.9 32.3 17.7 9.2 5.2 - 960 5 410 18.9 48.0 31.9 14.2 11.3 5.2 SN (1) (1) OIP3 was tested @Pout=20dBm/tone (CW) 1MHz tone spaec BeRex High Power Amplifier 13 F-RD-1104 BeRex BT331 Application Note 5.2 BT331_WCDMA(920~960MHz) ACLR [Test condition] 4FA / 5MHz- 50dBc@Output power 21.7dBm [Test condition] 6FA / 5MHz- 50dBc@Output power 20.7dBm BeRex High Power Amplifier 14 F-RD-1104 BeRex BT331 Application Note 6. BT331_PCS(1840~1870MHz) Application Note Ref. Des. Description/ Part Number Values Tolerance C1 1608 CAP 100pF ±5% C2 1608 CAP 100pF ±5% C3 1608 CAP 100pF ±5% C4 1608 CAP 1000pF ±5% C5 1608 CAP 1uF ±5% C6 3216 Tantal 10uF ±5% C7 DNP C8 1608 CAP 2pF ±5% C9 1608 CAP 1.8pF ±5% C10 1608 CAP 3pF ±5% C11 1608 CAP 0.5pF ±5% C12 1608 CAP 2.7pF ±5% C13 1608 CAP 3pF ±5% L1 1608 IND R1 R2 56nH ±5% 1608 RES 4.3kohn ±5% 1608 RES 100ohm ±5% R3 1608 RES 0ohm ±5% Q1 SOIC-8 PKG BT331 Vcc C7 C6 R1 R3 C8 1 C 10 RF_IN C1 C13 C11 R2 C 9 2 C3 C4 C5 L1 Q1 8 C3 7 RF_ OUT 3 6 4 5 C12 C2 TITLE BT331 Evaluation Board Note: (1840~1870 MHz) 1. PCB: 31mil thick FR4 Drawing Number 2. Distance between the center of the shunt Inductor(C13 and the input pin of BT331 is 5.25mm. Rev. 3. Distance between the center of the shunt cap (C10) and the input pin of BT331 is 3.70 mm. Date 4.Distance between the center of the 2011/04/11 shunt cap (C11) and the input pin of BT331 is 1.50 mm. FILE NAME Drawn By YH, Kwon SHEET 5. Distance between the center of the shunt cap (C12) and the output pin of BT331 is 2.25 mm BeRex High Power Amplifier 15 F-RD-1104 BeRex BT331 Application Note 6.1 BT331_PCS(1840~1870MHz)Test Result Freq Vcc Icc Gain OIP3 P1dB IRL ORL NF [MHz] [V] [mA] [dB] [dBm] [dBm] [dB] [dB] [dB] - 1840 5 408 14.5 50.8 33.4 17.8 11.5 5.1 - 1855 5 408 14.4 49.7 33.5 16.1 12.3 5.1 - 1870 5 408 14.3 48.8 33.6 13.7 13.4 5.14 SN (1) (1) OIP3 was tested @Pout=20dBm/tone (CW) 1MHz tone space BeRex High Power Amplifier 16 F-RD-1104 BeRex BT331 Application Note 6.2 BT331_PCS(1840~1870MHz) ACPR [Test condition] 1FA / 750KHz- 50dBc@Output power 25.1dBm [Test condition] 4FA / 750KHz- 45dBc@Output power 26.8dBm BeRex High Power Amplifier 17 F-RD-1104 BeRex 7. BT331 Application Note BT331_WCDMA(2110~2170MHz) Application Note Ref. Des. Description/ Part Number Values Tolerance C1 1608 CAP 100pF ±5% C2 1608 CAP 100pF ±5% C3 1608 CAP 100pF ±5% C4 1608 CAP 1000pF ±5% C5 1608 CAP 1uF ±5% C6 3216 Tantal 10uF ±5% C7 DNP C8 ±5% 1608 CAP 5pF C10 1608 CAP 1.8pF ±5% C11 1608 CAP 0.5pF ±5% C12 1608 CAP 2pF ±5% C13 1608 CAP 2pF ±5% L1 1608 IND 22nH ±5% R1 1608 RES 5.6kohn ±5% R2 1608 RES 100ohm ±5% ±5% C9 DNP R3 1608 RES 0ohm Q1 SOIC-8 PKG BT331 Vcc C7 C6 R1 R3 C8 1 C 10 RF_IN C1 C13 C11 R2 C 9 2 C3 C4 C5 L1 Q1 8 C3 7 RF_ OUT 3 6 4 5 C12 C2 TITLE BT331 Evaluation Board Note: (2110~2170 MHz) 1. PCB: 31mil thick FR4 Drawing Number 2. Distance between the center of the Rev. shunt Inductor (C13) and the input pin of BT331 is 5.25 mm. 3. Distance between the center of the shunt cap (C10) and the input pin of BT331 is 3.70 mm. Date 2011/04/11 4.Distance between the center of the shunt cap (C11) and the input pin of BT331 is 1.50 mm. FILE NAME Drawn By YH, Kwon SHEET 5.Distance between the center of the shunt cap (C12) and the output pin of BT331 is 2.25 mm. BeRex High Power Amplifier 18 F-RD-1104 BeRex BT331 Application Note 7.1 BT331_ WCDMA(2130~2170MHz) Test Result Freq Vcc Icc Gain OIP3 P1dB IRL ORL NF [MHz] [V] [mA] [dB] [dBm] [dBm] [dB] [dB] [dB] - 2110 5 405 13.2 50.5 32.5 12.5 11.8 5.2 - 2140 5 405 13.4 50 32.4 17.0 13 5.2 - 2170 5 405 13.4 48 32 28.3 15.1 5.2 SN (1) (1) OIP3 was tested @Pout=20dBm/tone (CW) 1MHz tone space BeRex High Power Amplifier 19 F-RD-1104 BeRex BT331 Application Note 7.2 BT331_ WCDMA(2110~2170MHz) ACLR [Test condition] 4FA / 5MHz- 50dBc@Output power 22.3dBm [Test condition] 6FA / 5MHz- 50dBc@Output power 21.5dBm BeRex High Power Amplifier 20 F-RD-1104