Hittite Expands GaN MMIC Product Line

New 10W GaN MMIC Power Amplifier Covers 6 to 18 GHz

Hittite Microwave Corporation, the world class supplier of complete MMIC based solutions for communication & military markets, announced a new Gallium Nitride (GaN) MMIC power amplifier product which offers significant performance, size and durability advantages for communications, test instrumentation and radar systems operating in the 6 to 18 GHz frequency range.

The HMC7149 is a 10W GaN MMIC Power Amplifier which operates between 6 and 18 GHz. The amplifier typically provides 20 dB of small signal gain and +40 dBm of saturated output power. The amplifier draws 680 mA quiescent current from a +28V DC supply and features RF I/Os that are matched to 50 Ohms for ease of use.

The HMC7149 GaN MMIC amplifier also offers high output power capability, a compact die size and simplified biasing, which make it ideal for integration into high power density Multi-Chip-Module (MCM) and subsystem applications.

The HMC7149 is Hittite's fifth GaN MMIC amplifier to be released during 2013, along with the previously released 2-6 GHz, 25W HMC1086, HMC1086F10 and the 2-20 GHz, 8W HMC1087 and HMC1087F10 amplifiers. All five GaN MMIC power amplifiers complement Hittite's extensive line of microwave power amplifiers which provide continuous frequency coverage from 0.01 to 86 GHz.

About Hittite Microwave Corporation
Hittite Microwave Corporation is an innovative designer and manufacturer of high performance integrated circuits, or ICs, modules, subsystems and instrumentation for technically demanding digital, RF, microwave and millimeterwave applications covering DC to 110 GHz. The Company's standard and custom products apply analog, digital and mixed-signal semiconductor technologies, which are used in a wide variety of wireless / wired communication and sensor applications for Automotive, Broadband, Cellular Infrastructure, Fiber Optics & Networking, Microwave & Millimeterwave Communications, Military, Test & Measurement, and Space markets. The Company is headquartered in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. For more information, visit www.hittite.com.