The HMC608 is a high dynamic range GaAs PHEMT MMIC Medium Power Amplifier chip. The amplifier has two modes of operation: high gain mode (Vpd pin shorted to ground); and low gain mode (Vpd pin left open). The electrical specifications in the table below are shown for the amplifier operating in high gain mode. Operating from 9.5 to 11.5 GHz, the amplifier provides 32 dB of gain, +27.5 dBm of saturated power and 23% PAE from a +5.0 V supply voltage. Noise figure is 5.5 dB while output IP3 is +33 dBm. The RF I/Os are DC blocked and matched to 50 Ohms for ease of use.