The MM5600 DPDT switch from Menlo Micro routes signals to 20 GHz, 40 Gb/sec.
5G is one of the technologies driving the need for higher-speed digital and RF signals. Those signals, which often run over differential pairs through a PCB, typically need switching. MEMS switches offer fast switching speeds with low power and low signal loss. Menlo Micro’s MEMS-based MM5600 can handle RF signals to 20 GHz and high-speed digital signals to 40 Gb/sec (with PAM4 modulation).
Housed in an 8 mm × 8 mm land grid array (LGA) package, the MM5600 DPDT switch (datasheet) features RON of 1.2 Ω. Insertion loss is 2.5 dB with 6 dB return loss, both at 12 GHz.
Applications include test and measurement load boards and serial high-speed memory designs.
Maximum switching time is 15 µsec (on) and 5 µsec (off). “A typical load board in and automated test system contains 64 or 128 DPDT switches,” said Chris Giovanniello, Menlo Micro co-founder and SVP marketing to 5G Technology World. “Switching times has a direct effect on total test time, making short switching time’s important.”
The MM5600 includes driver circuits controlled through an 8-bit serial interface. A shift register converts the serial stream to parallel. The integrated driver requires and 89 VDC bias voltage, VBB.
5G is one of the technologies driving the need for higher-speed digital and RF signals. Those signals, which often run over differential pairs through a PCB, typically need switching. MEMS switches offer fast switching speeds with low power and low signal loss. Menlo Micro’s MEMS-based MM5600 can handle RF signals to 20 GHz and high-speed digital signals to 40 Gb/sec (with PAM4 modulation).
Housed in an 8 mm × 8 mm land grid array (LGA) package, the MM5600 DPDT switch (datasheet) features RON of 1.2 Ω. Insertion loss is 2.5 dB with 6 dB return loss, both at 12 GHz.
Applications include test and measurement load boards and serial high-speed memory designs.
Maximum switching time is 15 µsec (on) and 5 µsec (off). “A typical load board in and automated test system contains 64 or 128 DPDT switches,” said Chris Giovanniello, Menlo Micro co-founder and SVP marketing to 5G Technology World. “Switching times has a direct effect on total test time, making short switching time’s important.”
The MM5600 includes driver circuits controlled through an 8-bit serial interface. A shift register converts the serial stream to parallel. The integrated driver requires and 89 VDC bias voltage, VBB.
Menlo Micro uses the “MM” designation in this and other products. Years ago, National Semiconductor also used that designation. One such IC was the MM5316 digital clock.
I still use one in my homemade clock.