BGA7204: 400 MHz to 2750 MHz high linearity variable gain amplifier

The BGA7204 MMIC is an extremely linear Variable Gain Amplifier (VGA), operating from 0.4 GHz to 2.75 GHz. At minimum attenuation it has a gain of 18.5 dB, an output third-order intercept point (IP3O) of 38 dBm and a noise figure of 7 dB. The attenuation range is 31.5 dB with an attenuation step of 0.5 dB.

The gain control is offered through a digital parallel interface or a digital serial interface (SPI). The digital serial interface offers advanced features like reprogramming the attenuation curve and on-chip temperature monitoring. The interfaces can be combined to support response to fast fading. The serial interface can be used to pre-set the desired gain level, whereas the parallel interface can be used to select this gain setting in 0.15 μs.

It has been designed and qualified for the severe mission profile of cellular base stations, but its outstanding RF performance and interfacing flexibility makes it suitable for a wide variety of applications.

The BGA7204 is housed in a 32 pins 5 mm x 5 mm leadless HVQFN package.

Outline 3d SOT617-3
Data Sheets (1)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
400 MHz to 2750 MHz high linearity variable gain amplifier (REV 3.0) PDF (2.1 MB) BGA720428 Jan 2013
Application Notes (1)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
Replacing HMC625 by NXP® BGA7204 (REV 2.0) PDF (233.0 kB) AN1113514 Dec 2011
Brochures (1)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
NXP® Digital VGA BGA7210 & BGA7204 Leaflet (REV 1.0) PDF (175.0 kB) DIGITAL_VGA_BGA7210__BGA7204_L10 May 2012
Package Information (1)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
DFN5050-32: plastic thermal enhanced very thin quad flat package; no leads; 32 terminals; body 5 x 5 x 0.85 mm (REV 1.1) PDF (219.0 kB) SOT617-308 Jun 2016
Ordering Information
ProductStatusPackage versionfrange [min] (MHz)frange [max] (MHz)@VCC (V)@ICC [typ] (mA)Grange (dB)Gp [typ] @minimum attenuation (dB)NF [typ] @minimum attenuation (dB)NF [typ] @maximum attenuation (dB)
BGA7204ActiveSOT617-34002750511530.517.57
Package Information
Product IDPackage DescriptionOutline VersionReflow/Wave SolderingPackingProduct StatusPart NumberOrdering code(12NC)MarkingChemical ContentRoHS / Pb Free / RHFLeadFree Conversion DateMSLMSL LF
BGA7204SOT617-3Reel 7" Q1/T1ActiveBGA7204,115 (9352 925 58115)Standard MarkingBGA7204week 42, 201211
400 MHz to 2750 MHz high linearity variable gain amplifier bga7204
Replacing HMC625 by NXP® BGA7204 bga7204
NXP® Digital VGA BGA7210 & BGA7204 Leaflet bga7210
SOT617-3 LPC11U35FHI33
OL2381AHN