Applications • WiMAX, WCDMA, and LTE base station receivers Ultra Low Noise Amplifiers (LNAs) • WLAN enterprise access point receivers Select LNAs Available from Stock for Prototype or High-Volume Production • GPS receivers Skyworks Solutions offers a select group of ultra low noise, high linearity low noise amplifiers which are in stock and ready for immediate design into your demanding applications. • Public safety radios • Test and measurement instrumentation • ISM band receivers • Military communications • Smart energy Features • Excellent noise figure, as low as 0.50 dB • High third order intercept • Excellent stability • Small form factor packages • Broadband designs • Low supply current • High efficiency • Flat gain response • Single and two stage designs Pseudomorphic High Electron Mobility Transistor (pHEMT) Linear LNAs The ultra low noise SKY67100, SKY67101, and SKY67102 are part of a LNA family which cover a frequency range from 400–2800 MHz, using a common package and application layout. The cascode architecture of these devices yields excellent linearity, bandwidth, and super low noise figure with high efficiency. Typical bias conditions are VDD = 4 V and IDS = 55 mA to produce 17 dB gain across the 400–2800 MHz band. A key attribute of these devices is their high active reverse isolation which results in easy input and output impedance matching, and unconditional stability up to 18 GHz and beyond. Additionally, these devices feature fully integrated active bias circuitry requiring only a single positive supply voltage, resulting in a minimal number of external components. For less demanding applications, the low cost and lower gain SKY67014-396LF features noise figure <1.0 dB, 12 dB gain, 15 dBm OP1 dB, yet draws only 5 mA of current with 3.3 V supply. An OIP3 of 26 dBm @ 2.5 GHz is achievable with 15 mA supply current. Integrated active bias circuitry reduces external matching requirements and enables a wide supply voltage range of 1.8 to 5 V and operation over a broad 1500–3000 MHz frequency range. For lower frequency operation with similar performance attributes, Skyworks now offers the SKY67012-396LF (300–600 MHZ) and the SKY67013-396LF (600–1500 MHz). All these parts are ideal for use in high sensitivity battery-operated receivers. The higher linearity SKY6700X family consists of three devices which cover a frequency range of 700–3000 MHz. These cascode pHEMT devices are essentially higher power versions of the SKY67101, SKY67100, and SKY67102 devices with the addition of a low current power down pin. Using larger FET devices, these parts are ideal for operating in high temperature environments up to +100 °C and provide OIP3 > 39 dBm. The high gain SKY67105, SKY67106, and SKY67107 devices utilize the best properties of low noise pHEMT input stages and inGap HBT or pHEMT output stages to obtain excellent noise figure and efficient linearity. These two stage designs achieve outstanding isolation and stability with high gain of roughly 35 dB. With their extremely high reverse isolation, these devices are unconditionally stable to 24 GHz and beyond. Applications include high performance cellular infrastructure base station receivers for GSM, WCDMA, and LTE modulation schemes, as well as any other high performance LNA application in the 300–3000 MHz frequency range. These devices come packaged in a 2 x 2 mm, 8-pin, plastic DFN package or a 4 x 4 mm, 16-pin QFN package which offers excellent thermal performance. Our amplifier solutions leverage the extensive design knowledge, technical leadership, manufacturing expertise, and superior quality of Skyworks. A select list of Skyworks’ LNAs are provided in Table 1. Evaluation boards are also available. Our application engineering team is ready to assist you with your design efforts. Application notes and block diagrams are available on Skyworks’ Web site, www.skyworksinc.com. WiFi LNAs Skyworks offers a broad portfolio of LNAs supporting multiple WiFi markets, ranging from access points, gateways, and routers to smart phones and tablets. With industry-leading low noise figures in the 5 GHz band, the SKY65404-31 is a small form-factor, highly-integrated LNA ideal for applications requiring excellent receiver sensitivity. The corresponding device for the 2.4 GHz frequency band is the SKY65405-21, with a matched noise figure of 1.1 dB. Both are packaged in a 1.5 x 1.5 x 0.45 mm QFN package, and require a minimal number of external components, enabling ease-of-use and a fast time-to-market. Table 1. Select LNAs for Cellular Infrastructure, GPS, Broadband, ISM Band, and WLAN Applications Part Number New Products Application Frequency Range (GHz) Test Frequency (MHz) Gain (dB) NF (dB) OIP3 (dBm) OP1 dB (dBm) VDD (V) (Operating Range) IDD (mA) (Operating Range) Package (mm) SKY67101-396LF Cellular Infrastructure 0.4–1.2 900 17.5 0.50 34.0 19.0 4 (3.3–5.0) 56 (20–90) DFN 8L 2 x 2 x 0.75 SKY67100-396LF Cellular Infrastructure 1.2–2.3 1950 17.5 0.70 34.0 18.5 4 (3.3–5.0) 56 (20–90) DFN 8L 2 x 2 x 0.75 SKY67102-396LF Cellular Infrastructure 2.0–3.0 2600 17.2 0.80 33.8 15.0 4 (3.3–5.0) 50 (20–90) DFN 8L 2 x 2 x 0.75 SKY67001-396LF Cellular Infrastructure 0.6–1.2 900 17.5 0.60 40.5 21.0 5 (3.3–5.0) 100 (50–120) DFN 8L 2 x 2 x 0.75 SKY67002-396LF Cellular Infrastructure 1.6–2.1 1850 17.5 0.65 39.5 20.0 5 (3.3–5.0) 95 (50–120) DFN 8L 2 x 2 x 0.75 SKY67003-396LF Cellular Infrastructure 2.0–3.0 2600 17.5 0.88 39.0 19.7 5 (3.3–5.0) 100 (50–120) DFN 8L 2 x 2 x 0.75 SKY67105-306LF Cellular Infrastructure 0.6–1.1 850 37.0 0.70 41.0 26.0 5 (3.5–5.0) 138 (120–155) QFN 16L 4 x 4 x 0.90 SKY67106-306LF Cellular Infrastructure 1.5–3.0 1950 35.0 0.65 37.0 24.0 5 (3.5–5.0) 100 (80–125) QFN 16L 4 x 4 x 0.90 SKY67107-306LF Cellular Infrastructure 2.3–2.8 2600 32.0 0.85 37.5 18.5 5 (3.5–5.0) 125 (50–145) QFN 16L 4 x 4 0.75 SKY67012-396LF General Purpose 0.3–0.6 450 16.5 0.85 24.0 14.0 3.3 (1.8–5.0) 15 (5–30) DFN 8L 2 x 2 x 0.75 SKY67013-396LF General Purpose 0.6–1.5 900 14.0 0.85 26.0 15.5 3.3 (1.8–5.0) 15 (5–30) DFN 8L 2 x 2 x 0.75 SKY67014-396LF General Purpose 1.5–3.0 2450 12.0 0.95 18.0 6.0 3.3 (1.8–5.0) 5 (5–30) DFN 8L 2 x 2 x 0.75 SKY65404-31 5.8 GHz WLAN and ISM Band 4.9–5.9 5800 13.0 1.20 20.0 9.0 3.3 (2.8–5.0) 11 (10–15) DFN 6L 1.5 x 1.5 x 0.45 SKY65405-21 2.4 GHz WLAN and ISM Band 2.4–2.5 2450 15.0 1.10 24.0 15.0 3.3 (2.8–5.0) 12 (10–16) DFN 6L 1.5 x 1.5 x 0.45 Skyworks Green™ products are compliant to all applicable materials legislation and are halogen-free. For additional information, refer to Skyworks Definition of Green™, document number SQ04-0074. Superheterodyne Radio Receiver Antenna Downconverter Mixer “I” ADC I/Q Demodulator Intermediate Frequency (IF) Amplifier Digital Baseband Out Image Reject / Channel Select Filter Intermediate Frequency (IF) Filter Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) Gain Control (1st ) Local Oscillator (LO) Baseband (BB) Filters “Q” ADC (2 nd ) Local Oscillator (LO) Figure 1. Typical Superheterodyne Radio Receiver Block Diagram Applications Radio receivers, such as the superheterodyne receiver shown in Figure 1, typically must process weak signals in the presence of extraneous received signals as well as internally-generated noise and distortion products. A well-designed receiver must have optimal sensitivity to the desired signal while producing minimal internally generated noise and distortion. In order for the receiver to have optimal sensitivity, the production of distortion products within the cascade must be minimized while simultaneously minimizing noise figure. In most systems, distortion performance is described by the third order intercept (IP3) of the cascade, which is given by IP 3 casc = The amount of noise produced in a receiver is expressed as its noise factor (F) or noise figure (NF). The noise factor of a cascade of components is given by F casc F −1 F −1 F 3 −1 = F1 + 2 + + ... + n −1n G1 G 1G 2 ∏G N N =1 where Gn = gain of stage n, expressed as a ratio (i.e., not expressed in dB) Fn = noise factor of stage n, expressed as a ratio (i.e., not expressed in dB). F is the ratio of the input signalto-noise ratio to the output signal-to-noise ratio for each stage Noise figure is F expressed in dB NF = 10 log (F) The equation for cascaded noise factor shows that the noise performance of the stages nearest to the input of the cascade set the lower bound for the noise figure of the entire cascade, which must be minimized to optimize receiver sensitivity. Also, the gain of the first stage is very important since it strongly affects the noise contribution of the following stages. 1 1 1 1 + + + ... + IP 3 n IP 3 n −1 × G n IP 3 n − 2 × G n × G n −1 1 n IP 31 × ∏ G N N =1 where Gn = gain of stage n, expressed as a ratio (i.e., not expressed in dB) IP3n = third order intercept of stage n, expressed as power in watts, not in dBm. IP3 is the theoretical power level at which the power of desired signal is equal to that of the third-order distortion products. Additionally, IP3 may be referred to power level at the input of a stage, in which case it is called input third order intercept (IIP3), or it may be referred to power level at the output of a stage, in which case it is called output third order intercept (OIP3). When performing analysis of a cascade, it is necessary to use either IIP3 or OIP3 for each stage in the cascade. Typically, IP3 is expressed in dBm (dB relative to 1 mW) for radio receivers as IP3 IP3 (dBm) = 10 log 10 –3 Optimal Circuit Design IP3 performance is significantly affected by operating current (IDS), as well as by output impedance matching and the architecture of the LNA. Suggestions for optimal values of these parameters are also contained in the application notes described above. Stability is an important factor in any amplifier design. Skyworks offers complete stability data to 18 GHz for all LNA products, along with suggestions for printed circuit board design that will prevent the possibility of oscillation. With discrete low noise transistors, the source impedance that yields best noise figure (Zopt) often differs greatly from that which offers best impedance match: the conjugate impedance of the active device which produces the complex conjugate input reflection coefficient, S11 conjugate. This can result in difficult matching tradeoffs to obtain an acceptable compromise for NF, gain, and input return loss. The SKY6710X monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) LNAs are designed such that Zopt and S11 conjugate are nearly equal. This allows the circuit designer to simultaneously achieve excellent NF, gain and input return loss. The SKY67100 standard application circuit is optimized for performance from 1700 to 2000 MHz, as shown in the performance plots in Figures 2 and 3. 0 +25 °C +85 °C –40 °C –5 Input Return Loss (dB) A low noise amplifier will produce minimum noise figure when it is driven from a specific impedance (Zopt), which generally is not 50 Ω. Noise figure will degrade when driven by any other impedance. Since the characteristic impedance (Z0) of most radio receivers is 50 Ω, the circuit designer must provide an input impedance matching network which transforms Z0 to Zopt. Since this impedance matching network is at the input of the LNA, its loss will have significant impact on cascaded NF, so the designer must trade off optimal impedance match for NF performance while also paying careful attention to the quality factor of each component in the matching network. SKY67100, SKY67101, SKY67102 Highlights: –10 –15 –20 –25 –30 –35 1.70 1.75 1.80 1.85 1.90 1.95 2.00 Frequency (GHz) Figure 2. Narrowband Input Return Loss vs. Frequency SKY67100 1.0 0.9 0.8 Noise Figure (dB) Skyworks offers several application notes from our Web site (www.skyworksinc.com) which show suggested circuit designs for each LNA product at many frequency bands. Important factors include, but are not limited to, optimal impedance matching for noise figure and distortion performance, selection of operating current and the prevention of oscillation. 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 +25 °C +85 °C –40 °C 0.2 0.1 0 1.70 1.75 1.80 1.85 1.90 Frequency (GHz) Figure 3. Noise Figure vs. Frequency SKY67100 1.95 2.00 This design offers exceptional LNA performance without compromise. The SKY67100 application schematic shown in Figure 4 highlights the simple matching requirements for this family of LNAs, which all use the same application layout. VDD C8 1000 pF R1 1200 Ω C6 1000 pF C1 15 pF RF Input L1 4.3 nH C2 9 pF × 1 2 3 4 N/C RFIN RFGND VIN N/C RFOUT/VDD N/C FEEDBACK 8 7 6 5 × L2 3.0 nH dBm C3 0.1 μF OIP3 (5 V) 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 C5 22 pF 5 OIP3 (3.3 V) 10 20 OIP3 (1.8 V) 30 25 IDDQ (mA) RF Output C4 2.2 pF × 15 OIP3 (2.7 V) Figure 5. OIP3 vs. IDDQ at 2.45 GHz SKY67014-396LF R2 220 Ω S1944 Figure 4. SKY67100-396LF Evaluation Board Schematic SKY67001, SKY67002, SKY67003 Highlights: This family consists of the SKY67001, SKY67002 and SKY67003 cascode e-pHEMT LNAs. These devices are higher power versions of the SKY6710X with higher compression and intercept points (OIP3 > 39 dBm). Using larger FET devices, these parts operate at very low maximum channel temperatures making them suitable for operation up to 100 degrees Celsius. The devices are unconditionally stable to 24 GHz and beyond. SKY67105, SKY67106, SKY67107 Highlights: These are high-gain, high-linearity LNA with outstanding isolation characteristics. Utilizing an e-pHEMT cascode first stage and a e-pHEMT on InGaP HBT output stage, these devices offer high gain of typically 35 dB. These devices obtain < 0.8 dB typical noise figure from the pHEMT input stage and efficient linearity (OIP3 > 37 dBm) from the output stage. With outstanding isolation, these devices are unconditionally stable to 24 GHz and beyond. 40 The SKY67014 is now part of a three device family of efficient, cost-effective and high-performance LNAs for broad market applications. The SKY67012-396LF covering 300 to 600 MHz and the SKY67013-396LF covering 600 to 1500 MHz, are now available. All devices in this family utilize a common package and application layout. These devices are packaged in a 2 x 2 mm, 8-pin, plastic DFN. 25 °C 85 °C 39 SKY67012, SKY67013, SKY67014 Highlights: 38 37 OIP3 (dBm) The first device in this family of low-cost, high-performance pHEMT LNAs was the SKY67014-396LF. The device offers NF < 1.0 dB with easy matching, unconditional stability to >24 GHz, and flexible biasing options. Depending on application linearity requirements, this device can be operated with VDD values from 1.8 to 5.0 volts and with IDDQ values from 5 to 30 mA. The SKY67014 is specified over a broad 1500 to 3000 MHz frequency range. -40 °C 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 2.30 2.35 2.40 2.45 2.50 2.55 2.60 2.65 2.70 2.75 2.80 Frequency (GHz) Figure 6. OIP3 vs. Frequency Over Temperature White Papers, Application Notes, Published Articles For additional information, please refer to the following: White Papers Published Articles Designing Ultra Low Noise Amplifiers for Infrastructure Receiver Applications Make Accurate Sub-1 dB Noise Figure Measurements Part 1: Noise Concepts Ultra-Low Noise Figure, High Gain Amplifier with High Linearity Make Accurate Sub-1 dB Noise Figure Measurements Part 2: The Measurements Skyworks De-embedded Scattering Parameters Application Notes SKY65050-372LF: Low Noise Amplifier Operation SKY65047-360LF Matching Circuits for Various Frequency Bands Green Initiative™ Through our Green Initiative,™ we are committed to manufacturing products that comply with global government directives and industry requirements. 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