The RF2495 is a front-end receiver IC chip developed for the handset/portable battery-powered equipment markets. The chip contains an RF 15dB attenuator, an LNA and a passive mixer. By using a state-of-the-art Silicon Bi-CMOS process, the LNA has high dynamic range under low DC operating conditions and the passive mixer requires no DC bias at all. Packaged in the industry-standard MSOP-10 package, the device is well-suited for limited board space applications.