MGA-43003

This application note provide guidelines for PCB land pattern layout, stencil design, manual soldering and rework for the Avago Technologies’ MGA-43xxx Series in order to achieve optimum RF performance and highly reliable product. The MGA-43xxx Series (5.0 x 5.0 x 0.9mm) is a fully match amplifier with proprietary 0.25um GaAs Enhancement mode pHEMT process. The exposed die attach paddle acts as device grounding, heat dissipation path as well as reduces the package leads inductance. This package has quad row 28 I/O pads and a center die paddle. A fillet chamfer edge at 1 of the I/O determined the pin 1 as shown in Figure 1. All these features are packed in the package size of 5.0mm (W) X 5.0mm (L) X 0.9mm (T) that passed the EIA/ JEDEC moisture sensitivity level 3 (MSL3) lead free profile.

Avago Technologies’ MGA-43003 is a fully matched power amplifier for use in the (1.805-1.88) GHz band. High linear output power at 5V is achieved through the use of Avago Technologies’ proprietary 0.25um GaAs Enhancement-mode pHEMT process. MGA-43003 is housed in a miniature 5.0mm x 5.0mm molded-chip-on-board (MCOB) module package. A detector is also included on-chip. The compact footprint coupled with high gain, high linearity and good efficiency makes the MGA-43003 an ideal choice as a power amplifier for small cell BTS PA applications.

MGA-43003 s-parameter

MGA-43003 s-parameter