FBGI-3.44G FILTER PRELIMINARY REV: 003, 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 3440 MHz Nominal 300 2.0 dB (MAX) SIZE (INCHES) WEIGHT (GRAMS/OZ.) RF INTERFACE/ CONNECTIONS 0.512 x 0.394 x 0.062 0.9 / 0.03 SMT VSWR REJECTION 60 dB MIN. @ 940MHz 60 dB MIN. @ 5940 MHz 2.0:1 MAX @ 3440 ± 50 MHz OPERATING TEMPERATURE -55° - +85° C 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-3.44G TYPICAL PERFORMANCE Transmission vs. Frequency 0.00 -1.00 -2.00 Magnitude (dB) -3.00 -4.00 -5.00 -6.00 -7.00 -8.00 -9.00 -10.00 3.04 3.14 3.24 3.34 3.44 3.54 3.64 3.74 3.84 Frequency (GHz) Return Loss and Transmission vs. Frequency 0.00 -10.00 Return Loss (dB) -20.00 Transmission (dB) Magnitude (dB) -30.00 -40.00 -50.00 -60.00 -70.00 -80.00 0.94 1.44 1.94 2.44 2.94 3.44 3.94 4.44 4.94 5.44 5.94 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