The SMP1340 series of plastic packaged, surface mountable PIN diodes are designed for high volume switch applications from 10 MHz to beyond 2 GHz. The short carrier lifetime of typically 100 nS, combined with its thin I region width of nominally 8 m, results in a fast speed RF switching PIN diode. The RF performance of the SMP1340 series is assured by virtue of its low capacitance (0.3 pF) and low resistance (1.0 at 10 mA).