MOTOROLA
SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNICAL DATA
Order this document by MRF899/D
The RF Line
NPN Silicon
RF Power Transistor
Designed for 26 Volt UHF large±signal, common emitter, Class AB linear amplifier applications in industrial and commercial FM/AM equipment operating in the range 800±960 MHz.
•Specified 26 Volt, 900 MHz Characteristics Output Power = 150 Watts (PEP)
Minimum Gain = 8.0 dB @ 900 MHz, Class AB
Minimum Efficiency = 35% @ 900 MHz, 150 Watts (PEP) Maximum Intermodulation Distortion ±28 dBc @ 150 Watts (PEP)
•Characterized with Series Equivalent Large±Signal Parameters from 800 to 960 MHz
•Silicon Nitride Passivated
•100% Tested for Load Mismatch Stress at all Phase Angles with 5:1 VSWR @ 26 Vdc, and Rated Output Power
•Gold Metallized, Emitter Ballasted for Long Life and Resistance to Metal Migration
•Circuit board photomaster available upon request by contacting RF Tactical Marketing in Phoenix, AZ.
MAXIMUM RATINGS
MRF899
150 W, 900 MHz
RF POWER
TRANSISTOR NPN SILICON
CASE 375A±01, STYLE 1
Rating |
Symbol |
Value |
Unit |
|
|
|
|
Collector±Emitter Voltage |
VCEO |
28 |
Vdc |
Collector±Emitter Voltage |
VCES |
60 |
Vdc |
Emitter±Base Voltage |
VEBO |
4.0 |
Vdc |
Collector±Current Ð Continuous |
IC |
25 |
Adc |
Total Device Dissipation @ TC = 25°C |
PD |
230 |
Watts |
Derate above 25°C |
|
1.33 |
W/°C |
|
|
|
|
Storage Temperature Range |
Tstg |
± 65 to + 150 |
°C |
THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Characteristic |
Symbol |
Max |
Unit |
|
|
|
|
Thermal Resistance, Junction to Case |
RθJC |
0.75 |
°C/W |
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (TC = 25°C unless otherwise noted.)
Characteristic |
Symbol |
Min |
Typ |
Max |
Unit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
OFF CHARACTERISTICS
Collector±Emitter Breakdown Voltage (IC = 100 mAdc, IB = 0) |
V(BR)CEO |
28 |
37 |
Ð |
Vdc |
Collector±Emitter Breakdown Voltage (IC = 50 mAdc, VBE = 0) |
V(BR)CES |
60 |
85 |
Ð |
Vdc |
Emitter±Base Breakdown Voltage (IE = 10 mAdc, IC = 0) |
V(BR)EBO |
4.0 |
4.9 |
Ð |
Vdc |
Collector Cutoff Current (VCE = 30 Vdc, VBE = 0) |
ICES |
Ð |
Ð |
10 |
mAdc |
ON CHARACTERISTICS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DC Current Gain (ICE = 1.0 Adc, VCE = 5.0 Vdc) |
hFE |
30 |
75 |
120 |
Ð |
DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Output Capacitance (VCB = 26 Vdc, IE = 0, f = 1.0 MHz) (1) |
Cob |
Ð |
75 |
Ð |
pF |
(1) For information only. This part is collector matched. |
|
|
|
|
(continued) |
REV 7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MOTOROLAMotorola, Inc. 1997RF DEVICE DATA |
|
|
|
|
MRF899 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS Ð continued (TC = 25°C unless otherwise noted.)
Characteristic |
Symbol |
Min |
|
Typ |
Max |
|
Unit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common±Emitter Amplifier Power Gain |
Gpe |
8.0 |
|
9.0 |
Ð |
|
dB |
VCC = 26 Vdc, Pout = 150 Watts (PEP), Icq = 300 mA, f1 = 900 MHz, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
f2 = 900.1 MHz |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collector Efficiency |
h |
30 |
|
40 |
Ð |
|
% |
VCC = 26 Vdc, Pout = 150 Watts (PEP), Icq = 300 mA, f1 = 900 MHz, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
f2 = 900.1 MHz |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3rd Order Intermodulation Distortion |
IMD |
Ð |
|
± 32 |
±28 |
|
dBc |
VCC = 26 Vdc, Pout = 150 Watts (PEP), Icq = 300 mA, f1 = 900 MHz, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
f2 = 900.1 MHz |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Output Mismatch Stress |
y |
|
No Degradation in Output Power |
|
|||
VCC = 26 Vdc, Pout = 150 Watts (PEP), Icq = 300 mA, f1 = 900 MHz, |
|
|
|
Before and After Test |
|
||
f2 = 900.1 MHz, VSWR = 5:1 (all phase angles) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
VB |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
VCC |
VBB |
R1b |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C5 |
C7 |
C10 |
C12 |
C14 |
C17 |
|
||
COAX 1 |
|
R2 |
L4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
R3 |
L6 |
|
|
BALUN 2 |
||
|
C3 |
|
|
|
|
C20 |
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C22 |
|
TL1 |
|
B1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TL7 |
|
|
|
|
TL5 |
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
L7 |
|
|
|
|
L2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C1 |
|
TL3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OUTPUT |
INPUT |
C2 |
|
C9 |
|
|
C16 |
|
|
C19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TL4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
L3 |
|
|
D.U.T. |
TL6 |
|
|
C25 |
|
TL2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
L9 |
|
|
B2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TL8 |
||
L1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
+ |
|
|
BALUN 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
L5 |
|
|
R4 |
L8 |
|
C21 |
C23 |
|
|
R3 |
C27+ |
|
+ |
|
|
|
||
C4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
COAX 2 |
|||
R1a |
|
|
|
+ |
C13 |
C15 |
C18 |
|
|
|
|
C6 |
C8 |
C11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
VBB |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
+ |
|
|
Q1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C26 |
VB |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
VCC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
B1, B2 Ð Ferrite Bead, Ferroxcube #56±590±65±3B |
|
L1 Ð 5 Turns 24 AWG IDIA 0.059 ″ Choke, 19.8 nH |
||||||||
C1, C2, C24, C25 Ð 43 pF, B Case, ATC Chip Capacitor |
|
L2, L3, L7, L9 Ð 4 Turns 20 AWG IDIA 0.163 ″ Choke |
||||||||
C3, C4, C20, C21 Ð 100 pF, B Case, ATC Chip Capacitor |
|
L4, L5, L6, L8 Ð 12 Turns 22 AWG IDIA 0.140 ″ Choke |
||||||||
C5, C6, C12, C13 Ð 1000 pF, B Case, ATC Chip Capacitor |
|
N1, N2 Ð Type N Flange Mount, Omni Spectra |
||||||||
C7, C8, C14, C15 Ð 1800 pF, AVX Chip |
Capacitor |
|
Q1 Ð Bias Transistor BD136 PNP |
|||||||
C9 Ð 9.1 pF, A Case, ATC Chip Capacitor |
|
|
R2, R3, R4, R5 Ð 4.0 x 39 Ohm 1/8 W Chips in Parallel |
|||||||
C10, C11, C17, C18, C22, C23 Ð 10 |
mF, Electrolytic Capacitor |
R1a, R1b Ð 56 Ohm 1.0 W |
|
|||||||
Panasonic |
|
|
TL1± TL8 Ð See Photomaster |
|||||||
C16 Ð 3.9 pF, B Case, ATC Chip Capacitor |
|
|
Balun1, Balun2, Coax 1, Coax 2 Ð 2.20 ″ 50 Ohm 0.088″ o.d. |
|||||||
C19 Ð 0.8 pF, B Case, ATC Chip Capacitor |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Semi±rigid Coax, Micro Coax |
||
C26 Ð 200 mF, Electrolytic Capacitor Mallory Sprague |
|
Board Ð 1/32 ″ |
Glass Teflon, er = 2.55″ Arlon (GX±0300±55±22) |
|||||||
C27 Ð 500 mF Electrolytic Capacitor |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Figure 1. 900 MHz Power Gain Test Circuit
MRF899 |
MOTOROLA RF DEVICE DATA |
2 |
|
|
200 |
|
|
|
|
f = 800 MHz |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(WATTS) |
175 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(WATTS) |
150 |
|
|
|
|
900 MHz |
|||
POWER |
125 |
|
|
|
|
960 MHz |
|
POWER |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
OUTPUT, |
100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
OUTPUT, |
75 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
out |
50 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
out |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
P |
|
|
|
|
|
VCC = 26 Vdc |
|
P |
|
25 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Icq = 300 mA |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
5 |
10 |
15 |
20 |
25 |
30 |
|
200 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pin |
= 30 W |
|
175 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24 W |
|
150 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18 W |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
125 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12 W |
|
100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
75 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 W |
|
50 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
VCC = 26 Vdc |
|||
25 |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
Icq = 300 mA |
|||
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
800 820 840 860 880 900 920 940 960
Pin, INPUT POWER (WATTS) |
f, FREQUENCY (MHz) |
Figure 2. Output Power versus Input Power |
Figure 3. Output Power versus Frequency |
|
200 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pin = 24 W |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(WATTS) |
175 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
150 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
125 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
16 W |
||
POWER |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
,OUTPUT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 W |
|
75 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
50 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
out |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
P |
25 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
f = 900 MHz |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Icq = 300 mA |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 |
16 |
18 |
20 |
22 |
24 |
26 |
28 |
30 |
VCC, COLLECTOR VOLTAGE (VOLTS)
Figure 4. Output Power versus Supply Voltage
(dBc) |
± 20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3rd Order |
|
|
DISTORTION |
± 30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5th |
|
|
± 40 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INTERMODULATION |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7th |
|
|
± 50 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
f1 = 900 MHz |
|
||
± 60 |
|
|
|
|
f2 = 900.1 MHz |
|
||
|
|
|
|
VCC = 26 Vdc |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
IMD, |
|
|
|
|
|
Icq = 300 mA |
|
|
± 70 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25 |
50 |
75 |
100 |
125 |
150 |
175 |
|
|
0 |
|||||||
Pout, OUTPUT POWER, WATTS (PEP)
Figure 5. Intermodulation versus Output Power
|
11 |
Icq = 1200 mA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
900 mA |
|
(dB) |
9 |
|
600 mA |
|
|
|
|
||
GAIN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
300 mA |
|
|
,POWER |
8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
7 |
|
|
|
|
pe |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
G |
|
|
|
f = 900 MHz |
|
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
VCC = 26 V |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
Icq = 300 mA |
|
1 |
10 |
100 |
|
|
0.1 |
|||
|
|
Pout, OUTPUT POWER (WATTS) |
||
|
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
50 |
(%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9 |
|
GPE |
|
|
|
|
45 |
EFFICIENCY |
|
(dB) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
GAIN |
8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
40 |
, |
|
|
|
|
ηC |
|
|
c |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
η |
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
POWER |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
35 |
2.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INPUT VSWR |
||
, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
pe |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
G |
6 |
PO = 150 W (PEP) |
|
|
|
|
30 |
1.50 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
VCC 26 V |
|
|
I/P VSWR |
|
|||||
|
5 |
lcq = 300 mA |
|
|
|
|
25 |
1.00 |
|
|
|
|
840 |
850 |
860 |
870 |
880 |
890 |
900 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
f, FREQUENCY (MHz) |
|
|
|
|
||
Figure 6. Power Gain versus Output Power |
Figure 7. Broadband Test Fixture Performance |
MOTOROLA RF DEVICE DATA |
MRF899 |
|
3 |
|
f = 800 MHz |
|
|
|
850 |
|
Zin |
900 |
|
900 |
|
f = 960 MHz |
850 |
|
960
ZOL* |
800 |
|
|
|
Zo = 10 Ω |
f |
Zin |
ZOL* |
MHz |
Ohms |
Ohms |
|
|
|
800 |
5.51 + j10.6 |
4.52 + j2.64 |
|
|
|
850 |
8.17 + j13.2 |
4.21 + j2.98 |
|
|
|
900 |
11.2 + j13.8 |
3.68 + j2.97 |
|
|
|
960 |
16.8 + j10.1 |
2.98 + j2.71 |
|
|
|
ZOL* = Conjugate of optimum load impedance into
ZOL* = which the device operates at a given output
ZOL* = power, voltage and frequency.
Figure 8. Input and Output Impedances
NOTE: Zin & ZOL* are given from
NOTE: base±to±base and
NOTE: collector±to±collector
NOTE: respectively
with Circuit Tuned for Maximum Gain @ PO = 150 W (PEP), VCC = 26 V
MRF899 |
MOTOROLA RF DEVICE DATA |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
C27 |
|
|
|
C26 |
|
|
C17 |
C12 |
C14 |
|
C5 |
C10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C7 |
|
L6 |
R4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
BALUN 2 |
||
|
|
L4 |
R2 |
|
||
|
|
|
|
Q1 |
C20 |
|
|
|
|
|
C3 |
C22 |
|
COAX 1 |
|
|
B2 |
|
|
L7 |
L2 |
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C1 |
|
|
C16 |
|
C24 |
|
C2 |
|
|
C9 |
C19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
C25 |
|
L1 |
L3 |
|
|
|
|
L9 |
|
B1 |
C4 |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
C23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
C21 |
|
BALUN 1 |
|
|
R3 |
|
|
COAX 2 |
|
|
L5 |
|
R5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
L8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C11 |
C6 |
C8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
C18 |
C13 C15 |
|
Figure 9. MRF899 Test Fixture Component Layout
MOTOROLA RF DEVICE DATA |
MRF899 |
|
5 |
|
|
PACKAGE DIMENSIONS |
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Q 2 PL |
|
|
|
|
NOTES: |
|
|
|
|
|
G |
|
|
|
|
1. DIMENSIONING AND TOLERANCING PER ANSI |
|||||
|
0.25 (0.010) |
M |
T |
B |
M |
Y14.5M, 1982. |
|
|
|
||
|
L |
2. CONTROLLING DIMENSION: INCH. |
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
INCHES |
MILLIMETERS |
||
|
|
|
|
|
DIM |
MIN |
MAX |
MIN |
MAX |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A |
1.330 |
1.350 |
33.79 |
34.29 |
K |
R |
±B± |
|
|
|
|
B |
0.375 |
0.395 |
9.52 |
10.03 |
|
|
|
|
C |
0.180 |
0.205 |
4.57 |
5.21 |
|||
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
D |
0.320 |
0.340 |
8.13 |
8.64 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
E |
0.060 |
0.070 |
1.52 |
1.77 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
3 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
F |
0.004 |
0.006 |
0.11 |
0.15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
G |
1.100 BSC |
27.94 BSC |
||
|
D |
|
|
|
|
|
H |
0.082 |
0.097 |
2.08 |
2.46 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
K |
0.580 |
0.620 |
14.73 |
15.75 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
L |
0.435 BSC |
11.05 BSC |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
N |
0.845 |
0.875 |
21.46 |
22.23 |
E |
N |
F |
|
|
|
|
Q |
0.118 |
0.130 |
3.00 |
3.30 |
|
|
|
|
R |
0.390 |
0.410 |
9.91 |
10.41 |
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
STYLE 1: |
|
|
|
H |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PIN 1. COLLECTOR |
|
||
|
±T± |
SEATING |
|
|
|
2. COLLECTOR |
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
3. BASE |
|
|
||||
|
A |
|
PLANE |
|
|
|
|
4. BASE |
|
|
|
|
C |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5. EMITTER |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
CASE 375A±01
ISSUE O
Motorola reserves the right to make changes without further notice to any products herein. Motorola makes no warranty, representation or guarantee regarding the suitability of its products for any particular purpose, nor does Motorola assume any liability arising out of the application or use of any product or circuit, and specifically disclaims any and all liability, including without limitation consequential or incidental damages. ªTypicalº parameters which may be provided in Motorola data sheets and/or specifications can and do vary in different applications and actual performance may vary over time. All operating parameters, including ªTypicalsº must be validated for each customer application by customer's technical experts. Motorola does not convey any license under its patent rights nor the rights of others. Motorola products are not designed, intended, or authorized for use as components in systems intended for surgical implant into the body, or other applications intended to support or sustain life, or for any other application in which the failure of the Motorola product could create a situation where personal injury or death may occur. Should Buyer purchase or use Motorola products for any such unintended or unauthorized application, Buyer shall indemnify and hold Motorola and its officers, employees, subsidiaries, affiliates, and distributors harmless against all claims, costs, damages, and expenses, and reasonable attorney fees arising out of, directly or indirectly, any claim of personal injury or death associated with such unintended or unauthorized use, even if such claim alleges that Motorola was negligent regarding the design or manufacture of the part. Motorola and 
are registered trademarks of Motorola, Inc. Motorola, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
|
Mfax is a trademark of Motorola, Inc. |
How to reach us: |
|
USA / EUROPE / Locations Not Listed: Motorola Literature Distribution; |
JAPAN: Nippon Motorola Ltd.: SPD, Strategic Planning Office, 4±32±1, |
P.O. Box 5405, Denver, Colorado 80217. 303±675±2140 or 1±800±441±2447 |
Nishi±Gotanda, Shinagawa±ku, Tokyo 141, Japan. 81±3±5487±8488 |
Mfax : RMFAX0@email.sps.mot.com ± TOUCHTONE 602±244±6609 |
ASIA/PACIFIC: Motorola Semiconductors H.K. Ltd.; 8B Tai Ping Industrial Park, |
± US & Canada ONLY 1±800±774±1848 51 Ting Kok Road, Tai Po, N.T., Hong Kong. 852±26629298
INTERNET: http://motorola.com/sps
MRF899 |
◊ |
MRF899/D |
|
MOTOROLA RF DEVICE DATA |
|
6 |
|
|