RF mixer, 10 - 3000 MHz, 10 dBm, plug-in

Metallic hermetic package.

This mixer is a variant of TFM-15 with six pins instead of four, two pins further enhance the ground connection.

TFM-15-9 is a very interesting mixer, it is triple balanced, also called double double-balanced mixer.

Triple balance mixer employs two diode quads in a monolithic circuit to obtain superior matching in a push-pull configuration, the schematic diagram is more complicated then simple double balanced mixer.

The main benefit is to obtain a wider bandwidth and good isolation, the LO level and IP3 are improved by 3 dB.