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The HMC788A is a 0.01 GHz to 10 GHz, gain block, monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) amplifier using gallium arsenide (GaAs), pseudomorphic...
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HMC788A damaged



		

			

									
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    Hello, I found a problem when using HMC788A .
    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    Six pieces of hmc788a share a 5v power supply generated by TPS7A91. Each HMC788A  is biased via a TCCH-80 (minicircuits).
    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    
The problem is that some amplifiers would draw a high current (about 400mA) and get damaged . This happens randomly.
    

    

    

    

    

    

    What are the possible reasons for this??
    
										

    
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        Dan,
        

        

        We're seeing the same issue and we are using a 6.7 uH conical inductors from Piconics. We see the same sort of thing. The current draw shoots up and the amp dies. It still passes a signal through it but there is no amplification.
        

        It seems to happen at random. We currently have a system that uses 16 of these amps on 8 RF channels. We've had 4 channels blow in he last hour.
        
			
        

		
			
	      

		
		
	
        
	
        
		
        
			
		
        
	
        
	
        
		
						
						
				
						
				
				
		
		
        
			
		
        
	
        

        

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          Dan,
          

          

          We're seeing the same issue and we are using a 6.7 uH conical inductors from Piconics. We see the same sort of thing. The current draw shoots up and the amp dies. It still passes a signal through it but there is no amplification.
          

          It seems to happen at random. We currently have a system that uses 16 of these amps on 8 RF channels. We've had 4 channels blow in he last hour.
          
			
          

		
			
	      

		
		
	
          
	
          
		
          
			
		
          
	
          
	
          
		
						
						
				
						
				
				
		
		
          
			
		
          
	
          

          

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