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Application Notes

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Application Notes, Articles & HMC Authored Papers

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General Application Notes

Handling Guidelines for ESD Protection of GaAs MMICs (20KB)
Handling, Mounting, & Bonding GaAs MMIC Die (20KB)
Layout GuideLines for MMIC Components (60KB)
PCB Design and Assembly for QFN(LPCC) Packages (208KB)
Thermal Management for Surface Mount Components (131KB)
Hydrogen Effects on GaAs pHEMT Devices (43KB)

Amplifier Product Application Notes

Design & Implementation of a Bias Sequencing Circuit for the HMC463LP5 Low Noise Amplifier (250KB)
MMIC Amplifier Biasing Procedure (25KB)
Increase Design Flexibility Using HBT Amplifiers with Current Control (99KB)
Designing with the HMC414MS8G PA utilizing a Low Cost PCB (616KB)
A Simple CMOS Power Control Circuit for the HMC408LP3 Amplifier (124KB)
Designing with the HMC454ST89 Amplifier Utilizing Small Signal S-parameters (531KB)

Attenuator Product Application Notes

Using The HMC199MS8 As a Low Cost 1-Bit Attenuator (234KB)
Floating the HMC307QS16G for the Positive Bias Operation (270KB)
Designing with the HMC346MS8G Voltage Variable Attenuator (153KB)
HMC424LP3 Negative Bias Digital Attenuator TTL/CMOS Driver Circuit Design (167KB)

Data Converter Product Application Notes

General Guidelines & Procedures for Using the HMC5640BLC4B with an Analog-to-Digital Converter (426KB)
Bandwidth & Performance Improvements of High Speed Analog-to-Digital Converters Using the HMC5640BLC4B (440KB)

Frequency Divider Product Application Notes

Frequency Divider Operation and Compensation with No Input Signal (204KB)
Selecting Prescalers for PLL Synthesizers (183KB)

Frequency Multiplier Product Application Notes

Extending the HMC189AMS8 Passive Frequency Doubler Operating Range with External matching (375KB)

Instrumentation Product Application Notes

Pulsed Modulation (479KB)

Mixer Product Application Notes

HMC141/142 & HMC143/144 Mixer Operation Notes (18KB)
High IP3 Mixers for Cellular Applications (300KB)
Sub-Harmonic Mixers for High Capacity Millimeterwave Radios (298KB)

Modulator Product Application Notes

I/Q Modulators (386KB)
Vector Modulators (511KB)

PLLs with Integrated VCOs Product Application Notes

Lock Detect Control of PLLs with Integrated VCO Products (227KB)

SDLVA Product Application Notes

70 dB Extended Dynamic Range SDLVA Using HMC913LC4B (1.3MB)

Switch Product Application Notes

Floating Ground SPNT MMIC Switch Driver Techniques (52KB)

VCO & PLO Product Application Notes

Determining the FM Bandwidth of a Wideband Varactor Tuned VCO (543KB)