REP010

Description

The MAX2338 was made to readily facilitate a single IF for both PCS- and cellular-band receive paths. Its mixer's IP2 performance and other related parameters offer sufficient margin for meeting 1/2 IF and other interferers in a CDMA handset. In this application, the MAX2338 was tested for and successfully applied to a TDMA handset front-end design. The common 183.6MHz IFs allow for minimizing the RF VCO and therefore the lowest parts' count and the simplest frequency plan.

The MAX2338 low-noise amplifier (LNA) plus mixer is designed for dual-band CDMA cellular-phone handsets, but it can also be used in dual-band TDMA, GSM, EDGE, or WCDMA applications. The MAX2338 furnishes a divide-by-2 function in the PCS-band LO input path, providing for a single VCO at the PCS band. The buffered LO outputs permit direct driving of the transmit-path upconverter without an external LO buffer. The MAX2338 differs from its predecessors (the MAX2320 and the MAX2323) in its lower noise figure and its higher IIP3 for both LNAs and mixers. Also, it comes in a small package (28-QFN).