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200100I • Skyworks Proprietary Information • Products and Product Information are Subject to Change Without Notice • September 28, 2009

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DATA SHEET

CLA Series: Silicon Limiter Diodes, Packaged and Bondable

Chips

Applications

Limiters

Features

Established Skyworks limiter diode process

High power, mid-range, and cleanup designs

Low insertion loss: 0.1 dB @ 10 GHz

Power handling to +66 dBm

Tight control of I layer base width

Mesa and planar chip designs

Description

Skyworks CLA series of silicon limiter diodes provides passive

receiver protection over a wide range of frequencies from

100 MHz to over 30 GHz. These devices use Skyworks well-

established silicon technology resulting in high resistivity and

tightly controlled base width PIN limiter diodes. Limiter circuits

using these devices perform with strong limiting action and low

loss.

The CLA series consists of nine individual chip designs of different

intrinsic region base widths and capacitances designed to

accommodate multi-stage limiter applications. The mesa-

constructed, thin base width, low capacitance CLA4601-000,

CLA4602-000, CLA4604-000, and CLA4605-000 are designed for

low-level and cleanup applications. The CLA4603-000 and

CLA4606-000 through CLA4608-000 are planar designs

designated for high-power and mid-range applications.

The CLA4609-000 thick base width mesa diode is designed for

coarse limiter-stage applications.

The absolute maximum ratings of the CLA diode series are

provided in Table 1. Electrical specifications are specified in

Table 2. Typical performance characteristics are provided in

Table 3 and Figures 1 through 5. Table 4 identifies the die part

numbers with their corresponding top contact diameters and die

outline drawings. Table 5 identifies the hermetic part numbers

together with their thermal resistance specifications and hermetic

outline drawings.