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DATA SHEET

CLA Series: Silicon Limiter Diode Bondable Chips

Applications

 LNA receiver protection

 Commercial and defense radar

Features

 Established Skyworks limiter diode process

 High-power, mid-range, and cleanup designs

 Low insertion loss: 0.1 dB @ 2.6 GHz

 Peak power handling to +74 dBm

 Ultra-low spike leakage power

 Tight control of I layer base width

 Mesa and planar chip designs

all applicable legislation and are halogen-free.

For additional information, refer to Skyworks

SQ04–0074.

Description

The Skyworks CLA series of silicon limiter diodes provides

passive receiver protection over a wide range of frequencies from

100 MHz to over 30 GHz. These devices use the well-established

Skyworks silicon technology resulting in high resistivity and tightly

controlled base width PIN limiter diodes. Limiter circuits using

these devices perform with strong limiting action and low loss.

The CLA series consists of eleven individual chip designs of

different intrinsic region base widths and capacitances designed

to accommodate multi-stage limiter applications. The mesa-

constructed, thin base width, low capacitance CLA4601-000,

CLA4602-000, CLA4604-000, CLA4605-000, and CLA4611-000

are designed for low-level and cleanup applications. The

CLA4603-000, CLA4606-000 through CLA4608-000, and

CLA4610-000 are planar designs designated for high-power and

mid-range applications.

The CLA4609-000 thick base width mesa diode is designed for

coarse limiter-stage applications.