Freescale Semiconductor Technical Data Document Number: MRF8S9170N Rev. 1, 5/2010 RF Power Field Effect Transistor N--Channel Enhancement--Mode Lateral MOSFET MRF8S9170NR3 Designed for CDMA base station applications with frequencies from 920 to 960 MHz. Can be used in Class AB and Class C for all typical cellular base station modulation formats. • Typical Single--Carrier W--CDMA Performance: VDD = 28 Volts, IDQ = 1000 mA, Pout = 50 Watts Avg., IQ Magnitude Clipping, Channel Bandwidth = 3.84 MHz, Input Signal PAR = 7.5 dB @ 0.01% Probability on CCDF. Frequency Gps (dB) ηD (%) Output PAR (dB) ACPR (dBc) 920 MHz 19.3 36.5 6.0 --36.6 940 MHz 19.1 36.1 6.1 --36.7 960 MHz 18.9 36.0 6.0 --36.1 920--960 MHz, 50 W AVG., 28 V SINGLE W--CDMA LATERAL N--CHANNEL RF POWER MOSFET • Capable of Handling 10:1 VSWR, @ 32 Vdc, 940 MHz, 250 Watts CW Output Power (3 dB Input Overdrive from Rated Pout), Designed for Enhanced Ruggedness • Typical Pout @ 1 dB Compression Point ≃ 177 Watts CW Features • 100% PAR Tested for Guaranteed Output Power Capability • Characterized with Series Equivalent Large--Signal Impedance Parameters and Common Source S--Parameters • Internally Matched for Ease of Use • Integrated ESD Protection • Greater Negative Gate--Source Voltage Range for Improved Class C Operation • Designed for Digital Predistortion Error Correction Systems • Optimized for Doherty Applications • 225°C Capable Plastic Package • RoHS Compliant • In Tape and Reel. R3 Suffix = 250 Units per 32 mm, 13 inch Reel. CASE 2021--03, STYLE 1 OM--780--2 Table 1. Maximum Ratings Rating Symbol Value Unit Drain--Source Voltage VDSS --0.5, +70 Vdc Gate--Source Voltage VGS --6.0, +10 Vdc Operating Voltage VDD 32, +0 Vdc Storage Temperature Range Tstg --65 to +150 °C Case Operating Temperature TC 150 °C Operating Junction Temperature (1,2) TJ 225 °C Symbol Value (2,3) Unit Table 2. Thermal Characteristics Characteristic Thermal Resistance, Junction to Case Case Temperature 78°C, 50 W CW, 28 Vdc, IDQ = 1000 mA Case Temperature 82°C, 170 W CW, 28 Vdc, IDQ = 1000 mA RθJC 0.38 0.33 °C/W 1. Continuous use at maximum temperature will affect MTTF. 2. MTTF calculator available at http://www.freescale.com/rf. Select Software & Tools/Development Tools/Calculators to access MTTF calculators by product. 3. Refer to AN1955, Thermal Measurement Methodology of RF Power Amplifiers. Go to http://www.freescale.com/rf. Select Documentation/Application Notes -- AN1955. © Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., 2009--2010. All rights reserved. RF Device Data Freescale Semiconductor MRF8S9170NR3 1 Table 3. ESD Protection Characteristics Test Methodology Class Human Body Model (per JESD22--A114) 2 (Minimum) Machine Model (per EIA/JESD22--A115) A (Minimum) Charge Device Model (per JESD22--C101) IV (Minimum) Table 4. Moisture Sensitivity Level Test Methodology Per JESD22--A113, IPC/JEDEC J--STD--020 Rating Package Peak Temperature Unit 3 260 °C Table 5. Electrical Characteristics (TA = 25°C unless otherwise noted) Symbol Min Typ Max Unit Zero Gate Voltage Drain Leakage Current (VDS = 70 Vdc, VGS = 0 Vdc) IDSS — — 10 μAdc Zero Gate Voltage Drain Leakage Current (VDS = 28 Vdc, VGS = 0 Vdc) IDSS — — 1 μAdc Gate--Source Leakage Current (VGS = 5 Vdc, VDS = 0 Vdc) IGSS — — 1 μAdc Gate Threshold Voltage (VDS = 10 Vdc, ID = 355 μAdc) VGS(th) 1.5 2.3 3 Vdc Gate Quiescent Voltage (VDD = 28 Vdc, ID = 1000 mAdc, Measured in Functional Test) VGS(Q) 2.3 3.1 3.8 Vdc Drain--Source On--Voltage (VGS = 10 Vdc, ID = 2.9 Adc) VDS(on) 0.1 0.19 0.3 Vdc Characteristic Off Characteristics On Characteristics Functional Tests (1) (In Freescale Test Fixture, 50 ohm system) VDD = 28 Vdc, IDQ = 1000 mA, Pout = 50 W Avg., f = 920 MHz, Single--Carrier W--CDMA, IQ Magnitude Clipping, Input Signal PAR = 7.5 dB @ 0.01% Probability on CCDF. ACPR measured in 3.84 MHz Channel Bandwidth @ ±5 MHz Offset. Power Gain Gps 18.0 19.3 21.0 dB Drain Efficiency ηD 34.0 36.5 — % Output Peak--to--Average Ratio @ 0.01% Probability on CCDF Adjacent Channel Power Ratio Input Return Loss PAR 5.5 6.0 — dB ACPR — --36.6 --34.5 dBc IRL — --10 --7 dB Typical Broadband Performance (In Freescale Test Fixture, 50 ohm system) VDD = 28 Vdc, IDQ = 1000 mA, Pout = 50 W Avg., Single--Carrier W--CDMA, IQ Magnitude Clipping, Input Signal PAR = 7.5 dB @ 0.01% Probability on CCDF. ACPR measured in 3.84 MHz Channel Bandwidth @ ±5 MHz Offset. Frequency Gps (dB) ηD (%) Output PAR (dB) ACPR (dBc) IRL (dB) 920 MHz 19.3 36.5 6.0 --36.6 --10 940 MHz 19.1 36.1 6.1 --36.7 --12 960 MHz 18.9 36.0 6.0 --36.1 --16 1. Part internally matched both on input and output. (continued) MRF8S9170NR3 2 RF Device Data Freescale Semiconductor Table 5. Electrical Characteristics (TA = 25°C unless otherwise noted) (continued) Characteristic Symbol Min Typ Max Unit Typical Performance (In Freescale Test Fixture, 50 ohm system) VDD = 28 Vdc, IDQ = 1000 mA, 920--960 MHz Bandwidth Pout @ 1 dB Compression Point, CW P1dB — 177 — — 17 — W IMD Symmetry @ 160 W PEP, Pout where IMD Third Order Intermodulation 30 dBc (Delta IMD Third Order Intermodulation between Upper and Lower Sidebands > 2 dB) IMDsym VBW Resonance Point (IMD Third Order Intermodulation Inflection Point) VBWres — 50 — MHz Gain Flatness in 40 MHz Bandwidth @ Pout = 50 W Avg. GF — 0.32 — dB Gain Variation over Temperature (--30°C to +85°C) ∆G — 0.01 — dB/°C ∆P1dB — 0.01 — dBm/°C Output Power Variation over Temperature (--30°C to +85°C) MHz MRF8S9170NR3 RF Device Data Freescale Semiconductor 3 C28 B1 C6 C7 C20 C22 C24 C26 C5 C4 R2 C9 C12 C14 C1* C2 C3 CUT OUT AREA R1 C18 C8 C17* C11 C13 C16 C15 C10 C19 C21 C23 C25 C27 MRF8S9170N Rev. 0 *C1 and C17 are mounted vertically. Figure 1. MRF8S9170NR3 Test Circuit Component Layout Table 6. MRF8S9170NR3 Test Circuit Component Designations and Values Part Description Part Number Manufacturer B1 Short Ferrite Bead 2743019447 Fair--Rite C1, C8, C17, C18, C19, C20, C21 39 pF Chip Capacitors ATC100B390JT500XT ATC C2 2.0 pF Chip Capacitor ATC100B2R0BT500XT ATC C3, C4 3.3 pF Chip Capacitors ATC100B3R3CT500XT ATC C5 100 μF, 50 V Electrolytic Capacitor 476KXM063M Illinois Cap C6 3.3. μF, 100 V Chip Capacitor C4532JB1H335KT TDK C7, C22, C23 0.1 μF Chip Capacitors C3216X7R2E104KT TDK C9, C10 6.8 pF Chip Capacitors ATC100B6R8CT500XT ATC C11, C12 6.2 pF Chip Capacitors ATC100B6R2BT500XT ATC C13, C14 5.6 pF Chip Capacitors ATC100B5R6CT500XT ATC C15 4.7 pF Chip Capacitor ATC100B4R7CT500XT ATC C16 2.2 pF Chip Capacitor ATC100B2R2JT500XT ATC C24, C25, C26, C27 22 μF, 50 V Chip Capacitors C5750JF1H226ZT TDK C28 470 μF, 63 V Electrolytic Capacitor KME63VB471M12x25LL Chemi--Con R1 2 KΩ, 1/4 W Chip Resistor CRCW12062K00FKEA Vishay R2 5.1 Ω, 1/4 W Chip Resistor CRCW12065R10FKEA Vishay PCB 0.030″, εr = 3.5 RF--35 Taconic MRF8S9170NR3 4 RF Device Data Freescale Semiconductor VDD = 28 Vdc, Pout = 50 W (Avg.), IDQ = 1000 mA Single--Carrier W--CDMA, 3.85 MHz Channel Bandwidth Input Signal PAR = 7.5 dB @ 0.01% Probability on CCDF 19.4 Gps 19.2 42 40 38 36 19 --27 PARC 18.8 18.6 --29 --31 IRL 18.4 18.2 18 820 --33 --35 ACPR 840 860 880 900 ACPR (dBc) Gps, POWER GAIN (dB) 19.6 44 --37 920 940 960 0 --5 --10 --15 --20 980 --1.5 --2 --2.5 --3 PARC (dB) ηD 19.8 IRL, INPUT RETURN LOSS (dB) 20 ηD, DRAIN EFFICIENCY (%) TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS --3.5 --4 f, FREQUENCY (MHz) IMD, INTERMODULATION DISTORTION (dBc) Figure 2. Output Peak--to--Average Ratio Compression (PARC) Broadband Performance @ Pout = 50 Watts Avg. --5 --10 --15 VDD = 28 Vdc, Pout = 160 W (PEP), IDQ = 1000 mA Two--Tone Measurements (f1 + f2)/2 = Center Frequency of 940 MHz --20 --25 IM3--U --30 --35 IM3--L IM5--U --40 --45 --50 IM5--L IM7--U --55 --60 --65 IM7--L 1 10 100 TWO--TONE SPACING (MHz) 20 0 19 18 17 16 15 VDD = 28 Vdc, IDQ = 1000 mA, f = 940 MHz Single--Carrier W--CDMA, 3.84 MHz Channel Bandwidth, Input Signal PAR = 7.5 dB @ 0.01% Probability on CCDF ACPR 80 --15 70 --20 60 --1 ηD --2 --1 dB = 40 W Gps --2 dB = 58.4 W --3 50 40 PARC --4 --5 --3 dB = 79.1 W 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 --25 --30 ACPR (dBc) 1 ηD, DRAIN EFFICIENCY (%) 21 OUTPUT COMPRESSION AT 0.01% PROBABILITY ON CCDF (dB) Gps, POWER GAIN (dB) Figure 3. Intermodulation Distortion Products versus Two--Tone Spacing --35 30 --40 20 --45 160 Pout, OUTPUT POWER (WATTS) Figure 4. Output Peak--to--Average Ratio Compression (PARC) versus Output Power MRF8S9170NR3 RF Device Data Freescale Semiconductor 5 TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS 940 MHz 960 MHz f = 920 MHz 20 940 MHz VDD = 28 Vdc, IDQ = 1000 mA Single--Carrier W--CDMA 3.84 MHz Channel Bandwidth Input Signal PAR = 7.5 dB @ 0.01% Probability on CCDF 14 ACPR 12 60 --25 40 940 MHz 16 920 MHz --20 50 Gps 18 70 960 MHz 10 100 30 20 10 200 --30 --35 --40 ACPR (dBc) 920 MHz 22 Gps, POWER GAIN (dB) ηD ηD, DRAIN EFFICIENCY (%) 24 --45 --50 Pout, OUTPUT POWER (WATTS) AVG. Figure 5. Single--Carrier W--CDMA Power Gain, Drain Efficiency and ACPR versus Output Power 0 24 16 --10 12 --15 8 --20 4 VDD = 28 Vdc Pin = 0 dBm IDQ = 1000 mA 0 IRL --4 --8 600 800 IRL (dB) GAIN (dB) --5 Gain 20 --25 --30 --35 --40 1200 1000 f, FREQUENCY (MHz) Figure 6. Broadband Frequency Response W--CDMA TEST SIGNAL 100 10 0 --10 Input Signal --30 0.1 0.01 W--CDMA. ACPR Measured in 3.84 MHz Channel Bandwidth @ ±5 MHz Offset. Input Signal PAR = 7.5 dB @ 0.01% Probability on CCDF 0.001 0.0001 3.84 MHz Channel BW --20 1 (dB) PROBABILITY (%) 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 --40 --50 --60 +ACPR in 3.84 MHz Integrated BW --ACPR in 3.84 MHz Integrated BW --70 --80 7 8 9 PEAK--TO--AVERAGE (dB) Figure 7. CCDF W--CDMA IQ Magnitude Clipping, Single--Carrier Test Signal 10 --90 --100 --9 --7.2 --5.4 --3.6 --1.8 0 1.8 3.6 5.4 7.2 9 f, FREQUENCY (MHz) Figure 8. Single--Carrier W--CDMA Spectrum MRF8S9170NR3 6 RF Device Data Freescale Semiconductor VDD = 28 Vdc, IDQ = 1000 mA, Pout = 50 W Avg. f MHz Zsource Ω 820 2.34 -- j3.90 2.08 -- j1.11 840 2.51 -- j3.75 2.07 -- j1.05 860 2.54 -- j3.77 2.01 -- j1.09 880 2.37 -- j3.71 1.81 -- j1.11 900 2.26 -- j3.50 1.58 -- j1.02 920 2.27 -- j3.33 1.43 -- j0.89 940 2.28 -- j3.26 1.27 -- j0.77 960 2.24 -- j3.19 1.10 -- j0.64 980 2.21 -- j3.10 0.94 -- j0.47 Zload Ω Zsource = Test circuit impedance as measured from gate to ground. Zload = Test circuit impedance as measured from drain to ground. Output Matching Network Device Under Test Input Matching Network Z source Z load Figure 9. Series Equivalent Source and Load Impedance MRF8S9170NR3 RF Device Data Freescale Semiconductor 7 ALTERNATIVE PEAK TUNE LOAD PULL CHARACTERISTICS VDD = 28 Vdc, IDQ = 909 mA, Pulsed CW, 10 μsec(on), 10% Duty Cycle 58 Ideal Pout, OUTPUT POWER (dBm) 57 f = 920 MHz 56 55 Actual f = 920 MHz 54 53 f = 960 MHz f = 940 MHz f = 940 MHz 52 51 50 30 31 32 33 34 36 35 37 38 Pin, INPUT POWER (dBm) NOTE: Load Pull Test Fixture Tuned for Peak P1dB Output Power @ 28 V P1dB P3dB f (MHz) Watts dBm 920 229 940 217 960 205 Watts dBm 53.6 285 54.6 53.6 269.2 54.3 53.1 259 54.1 Test Impedances per Compression Level f (MHz) Zsource Ω Zload Ω 920 P1dB 4.6 -- j2.8 0.8 -- j1.6 940 P1dB 4.7 -- j2.1 0.8 -- j1.6 960 P1dB 5.2 -- j3.4 1.0 -- j1.7 Figure 10. Pulsed CW Output Power versus Input Power @ 28 V MRF8S9170NR3 8 RF Device Data Freescale Semiconductor PACKAGE DIMENSIONS MRF8S9170NR3 RF Device Data Freescale Semiconductor 9 MRF8S9170NR3 10 RF Device Data Freescale Semiconductor MRF8S9170NR3 RF Device Data Freescale Semiconductor 11 PRODUCT DOCUMENTATION, TOOLS AND SOFTWARE Refer to the following documents, tools and software to aid your design process. Application Notes • AN1907: Solder Reflow Attach Method for High Power RF Devices in Plastic Packages • AN1955: Thermal Measurement Methodology of RF Power Amplifiers • AN3789: Clamping of High Power RF Transistors and RFICs in Over--Molded Plastic Packages Engineering Bulletins • EB212: Using Data Sheet Impedances for RF LDMOS Devices Software • Electromigration MTTF Calculator • RF High Power Model • .s2p File For Software and Tools, do a Part Number search at http://www.freescale.com, and select the “Part Number” link. 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