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LMH9226 Evaluation Module
User's Guide
SBOU237 – December 2019
LMH9226 Evaluation Module
This document outlines the basic steps and functions that are required to ensure the proper operation and
quick setup of the LMH9226RRL-EVM. This document also includes a schematic diagram, a bill of
materials (BOM), printed-circuit board (PCB) layouts, and test block diagrams. Throughout this document,
the abbreviations
EVM, LMH9226 EVM and the term evaluation module are synonymous with the
LMH9226RRL-EVM, unless otherwise noted.
Contents
1 Description
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1.1 Features
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1.2 General Usage Information
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2 EVM Overview
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2.1 Schematic
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2.2 PCB Layers
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2.3 LMH9226 EVM Bill of Material
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2.4 Stack up and Material
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3 Test Setup Diagrams
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3.1 S-Parameter Test Setup
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3.2 Noise Figure Test Setup
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3.3 Two-Tone OIP3 Test Setup
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List of Figures
1 Single Tone Setup for Gain and Output P1dB
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2 LMH9226 EVM Schematic
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3 Top Layer
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4 Layer 2
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5 Layer 3
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6 Bottom Layer
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7 LMH9226 EVM Stack-up (Units in Mils)
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8 S-Parameter Test Setup
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9 Input PCB Trace Loss vs Frequency
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10 Output PCB Trace Loss vs Frequency
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11 Noise Figure Test Setup
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12 OIP3 Test Setup
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List of Tables
1 LMH9226 EVM BOM
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