Maxim Integrated Introduces Noise-Figure SiGe BiCMOS LNA

(Product News, 2 Nov 2007)

Maxim Integrated Products has introduced the MAX2659 low-noise amplifier (LNA) for GPS, Galileo, and GLONASS applications. Designed using Maxim's advanced, low-power SiGe BiCMOS process, this device achieves 20.5dB gain and a low noise figure of 0.8dB while maximizing the input-referred 1dB compression point and third-order intercept point at -12dBm and -2dBm, respectively. The MAX2659 is used for a range of consumer applications, including automotive navigation, asset tracking, cellular handsets, portable navigation devices (PNDs), digital cameras, laptops, and ultra-mobile personal computers (UMPCs).

The MAX2659 operates from a 1.6V to 3.3V single supply and consumes only 4mA. To further maximize battery life, it reduces the supply current to less than 1 microamp in shutdown mode. Available in a tiny, 1.5x1x0.75mm, leadless, six-pin microDFN package, the MAX2659 is fully specified over the -40°C to 85°C temperature range.

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