Bare Die Hybrid Couplers

MQH-0517CH

MMIC 5-17GHz Quadrature Hybrid

The MQH-0517 is a MMIC 5 GHz – 17 GHz quadrature (90°) hybrid. Wire bondable 50Ω terminations are available on-chip. Passive GaAs MMIC technology allows production of smaller constructions that replace larger form factor circuit board constructions. Tight fabrication tolerances allow for less unit to unit variation than traditional quadrature hybrid technologies. The MQH-0517 is available as a wire bondable chip or connectorized module. Low variation allows for accurate simulations using the provided S4P file taken from measured production units. Applications include single sideband upconverters, image rejection downconverters, IQ modulators, balanced amplifiers, microwave correlators, and microwave Butler matrices.