HMC516LC5_Gain Vs Temperature

Hi Josh,

You're right that you would generally expect gain to be higher at lower temperatures. In this case, there is likely some kind of internal temperature compensation circuit that is causing the fold around +25C that we're seeing here. I took a look at both the packaged and die version of the part to verify that this characteristic is represented in both parts, so I feel fairly confident this is the case here. 

Hi Josh,

You're right that you would generally expect gain to be higher at lower temperatures. In this case, there is likely some kind of internal temperature compensation circuit that is causing the fold around +25C that we're seeing here. I took a look at both the packaged and die version of the part to verify that this characteristic is represented in both parts, so I feel fairly confident this is the case here.