RF2418
LOW CURRENT LNA/MIXER
RoHS Compliant & Pb-Free Product
Package Style: SOIC-14
LNA
Features
Single 3V to 6.5V Power Sup-
ply
High Dynamic Range
Low Current Drain
High LO Isolation
LNA Power Down Mode for
Large Signals
LNA IN
1
GND
2
VDD1
3
VDD2
4
10pF
IF BYP
5
IF2 OUT
6
IF1 OUT
7
14
LNA OUT
13
GND
12
GND
11
RF IN
10
GND
9
DEC
8
LO IN
RF AMP
BUFFER
Applications
UHF Digital and Analog
Receivers
Digital Communication Sys-
tems
Spread-Spectrum Communi-
cation Systems
Commercial and Consumer
Systems
433MHz and 915MHz ISM
Band Receivers
General Purpose Frequency
Conversion
MIXER
Functional Block Diagram
Product Description
The RF2418 is a monolithic integrated UHF receiver front-end. The IC con-
tains all of the required components to implement the RF functions of the
receiver except for the passive filtering and LO generation. It contains an
LNA (low-noise amplifier), a second RF amplifier, a dual-gate GaAs FET
mixer, and an IF output buffer amplifier which will drive a 50惟 load. In
addition, the IF buffer amplifier may be disabled and a high impedance
output is provided for easy matching to IF filters with high impedances.
The output of the LNA is made available as an output to permit the inser-
tion of a bandpass filter between the LNA and the RF/Mixer section. The
LNA section may be disabled by removing the VDD1 connection to the IC.
Ordering Information
RF2418
RF2418PCBA-41X
Low Current LNA/Mixer
Fully Assembled Evaluation Board
Optimum Technology Matching廬 Applied
GaAs HBT
GaAs MESFET
InGaP HBT
SiGe BiCMOS
Si BiCMOS
SiGe HBT
GaAs pHEMT
Si CMOS
Si BJT
GaN HEMT
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