HMC521ALC4
SPURIOUS AND HARMONICS PERFORMANCE
Mixer spurious products are measured in dBc from the IF output
power level. N/A means not applicable.
LO Harmonics
LO = 15 dBm, all values in dBc are below input LO level and
are measured at the RF port.
Table 5. LO Harmonics at RF
LO Frequency (GHz) 1
6.5
56
7.5
50
8.5
44
9.5
41
10.5
40
11.5
40
12.5
40
13.5
41
14.5
48
15.5
53
N × LO Spur at RF Port
2
3
4
39
54
60
31
49
67
36
50
68
42
49
64
59
60
51
53
68
53
58
56
60
72
57
N/A
57
56
N/A
61
54
N/A
LO = 15 dBm, all values in dBc are below input LO level and
are measured at the IF ports.
Table 6. LO Harmonics at IF1
N × LO Spur at IF1 Port
LO Frequency (GHz)
1
2
3
4
6.5
26 64 57 80
7.5
23 55 77 86
8.5
20 69 53 89
9.5
22 61 54 87
10.5
25 68 64 76
11.5
27 70 59 72
12.5
32 55 59 85
13.5
33 69 64 N/A
14.5
32 72 78 N/A
15.5
26 68 66 N/A
Data Sheet
Table 7. LO Harmonics at IF2
N × LO Spur at IF2 Port
LO Frequency (GHz)
1
2
3
4
6.5
24 59 60 81
7.5
20 55 72 74
8.5
19 63 54 73
9.5
21 56 49 79
10.5
23 68 53 91
11.5
25 68 53 76
12.5
29 55 64 82
13.5
29 66 74 N/A
14.5
28 58 90 N/A
15.5
28 66 82 N/A
M × N Spurious Outputs
Downconverter, Upper Sideband
Spur values are (M × RF) − (N × LO).
RF = 10.6 GHz at −10 dBm, LO = 10.5 GHz at 15 dBm.
N × LO
M × RF
0
12 3 4
5
0 N/A −8 +32 +45 N/A N/A
1 +32 0 +38 +53 +70 N/A
2 +77 +69 +60 +50 +76 +73
3 +73 +77 +79 +57 +80 +77
4 N/A +65 +76 +77 +85 +79
5 N/A N/A +55 +74 +80 +87
Upconverter, Upper Sideband
Spur values are (M × IF) + (N × LO).
IFIN = 100 MHz at −10 dBm, LO = 10.5 GHz at 15 dBm.
M × IF
0
+5
88
+4
90
+3
88
+2
88
+1
79
0
N/A
−1
79
−2
90
−3
86
−4
87
−5
89
N × LO
1
2
3
70
76
N/A
72
74
N/A
44
N/A N/A
61
N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A
9
40
36
0
31
44
61
57
67
44
75
75
71
78
75
70
75
76
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