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RELEASE 0/ DATA SHEET

Data Sheet

GRF5506

HIGH LINEARITY POWER AMPLIFIER

0.66 to 0.72 GHz

FEATURES

Excellent OP1dB, OIP3, ACLR and IM3 Performance

Native Linearity Provides up to +25 dBm POUT with

> 45 dBc ACLR – Without the Need for Digital

Predistortion Correction

+24.5 dBm Linear Output Power Maintained at 85 °C

Flexible Biasing Provides Latitude for Linearity

Optimization

190 mA Native Mode Quiescent Current Consumption

5 V Supply Voltage

50 Ω Single-ended Input and Output Impedances

Digital Shutdown

Rugged Design is Extremely Resilient to Mismatched

Loads

-40 to 85 °C Operating Temperature Range

Compact 3 x 3 mm QFN-16 Package

Reference: 5 V / 690 MHz / 190 mA ICCQ

Gain: 28.4 dB

OIP3: 46.8 dBm @ 23 dBm POUT/tone

OP1dB: 33.3 dBm

Noise Figure: 4.5 dB

APPLICATIONS

Cellular Boosters/Repeaters

Automotive Compensators

Picocells/Femtocells

Cellular DAS

Customer Premise Equipment

Wireless Infrastructure

DESCRIPTION

The GRF5506 is a high gain, two-stage InGaP HBT power

amplifier designed to deliver excellent P1dB, ACLR and

IM3 performance over the 660 to 720 MHz band. Its

exceptional native linearity makes it an ideal choice for

transmitter applications that typically do not employ

digital predistortion correction schemes.

This device is part of a complete family of externally

matched linear amplifiers that cover the following

frequency ranges:

GRF5506: 0.66 - 0.72 GHz

GRF5518: 1.8 - 1.91 GHz

GRF5507: 0.7 - 0.8 GHz

GRF5519: 1.92 - 2.0 GHz

GRF5508: 0.8 - 0.9 GHz

GRF5521: 2.11 - 2.17 GHz

GRF5510: 0.88 - 0.96 GHz

GRF5526: 2.5 - 2.7 GHz

GRF5517: 1.7 - 1.8 GHz

GRF5536: 3.3 – 4.2 GHz

Please consult with the GRF applications engineering

team for custom tuning/evaluation board data.

BLOCK DIAGRAM

VSHDN

GND/NC

RF_IN

RF_IN

BIAS

GND/NC

RF_OUT/VCC2

RF_OUT/VCC2

Bias Control

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