Date: 02/12/2009

New PIN diode switch elements and attenuator diodes in plastic SMT package

Aeroflex / Metelics has released a new PIN diode switch elements and Attenuator diodes in plastic surface mount package with standard 31 mils high bodies. These protection diodes are suitable for high volume pick and place applications.

Aeroflex / Metelics MS-family of medium and high power PIN diode SPST switch elements are available in series (SE), shunt (SH), and series shunt (SS) configurations and offer frequency options ranging from 1 to 10 GHz. These PIN diode switch elements are used in the applications such as test instrumentation, software defined radio, and wireless infrastructures such as TD-SCDMA, WiMAX, WiBro, WLAN, and MIMO OFDM.

The high dynamic range shunt attenuator diodes feature low distortion vs. forward current, harmonic distortion at 85 dBc typical. These attenuator diodes also offer stable broadband performance beyond 10 GHz. Two models are available, one NIP (MSAT-N25) and one PIN (MSAT-P25) style. Each model features the same characteristics of 0.3 dB typical insertion loss and the following typical attenuation values 0.4 dB at 10 µA, 0.8 dB at 100 µA, 5.0 dB at 1mA, 10.0 dB at 10 mA, and 27 dB at 100 mA. These attenuator diodes are used in test instrumentation and wireless infrastructures such as TD-SCDMA, WiMAX, WiBro, WLAN, point-to-point radio, and FWA.

Availability:
PIN diode switch elements: Three package footprints measuring 34 x 54 mils, 45 x 75 mils, and 50 x 80 mils are available
Attenuator diodes: One package footprint is available measuring 45 x 75 mils

For more details visit www.aeroflex.com/metelics