Packaged linear power amplifier for point-to-point radio

The MACOM MAAP-011161 4W power amplifier, available from Mouser, is a packaged linear power amplifier operating from 7.1GHz to 7.9GHz. The device provides 22dB gain and 46.5dBm Output Third Order Intercept Point (OIP3) with greater than 35.5dBm saturated output power. The packaged amplifier comes in an air cavity 7mm surface mount package with a copper coin paddle and is composed of a two-stage power amplifier monolithic microwave integrated circuit. This device includes on-chip ESD protection structures and DC by-pass capacitors to ease the implementation and volume assembly of the packaged part. It is designed for use in 7Ghz point-to-point radios for cellular backhaul applications.