SCHOTTKY DIODES SELECTION GUIDE
For high sensitivity, zero bias and low barrier applications
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Diode TSS |
Glass package | SMD package | Ceramic or special package |
| -59 dBM @ 2 GHz -55 dBm @10 GHz Usable up to GHz |
HSCH-3486 | HSMS-2850, HSMS-2851, SMS7603 | |
| These are the most sensitive diodes at zero bias |
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| -53 dBM @ 2 GHz -55 dBm @ 6 GHz |
ND4991, 1SS276 LOW BARRIER |
DDC2353 (up to 20 GHz) |
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| da -54 dBm a -52 dBm fino a 24 GHz depending on type | All BAT15-x models LOW BARRIER |
various available | |
| -56 dBm @ 2 GHz with bias | 5082-2824 | HSMS-282x series | |
| low barrier, up to millimeter waves | beam lead | ||
| NOTE: high sensitivity silicon or germanium diodes for detectors are available too | |||
For receiver mixer, RF detector and sampling
| Freq. | Config. | Glass package | SMD plastick package | Ceramic package |
| Up to 500 MHz | BAT42, BAT43, BAT46, BAT48, BAT85, BAT86 | BAS40-x, BAT64-x | ||
| Up to 2 GHz | single | 5082-2800, BAT45, BAT82, BAT83, HSCH-1001 | HSMS-28xx, BAT68 | |
| pair | 5082-2804 | BAS70-x, HSMS-28xx | ||
| quad | 5082-2836 | ND487C1-3R | ||
| Up to 3 - 5 GHz | single | 5082-2810, 5082-2811, 5082-2817, 5082-2824, 5082-2835, 5082-2900, MA4853, ND4991, 1SS154, BA481, QSCH-5374 | HSMS-2810, HSMS-2820, BAT17, BAT68 | |
| pair | 5082-2826, 5082-2912 | HSMS-28xx | ||
| quad | 5082-2815, 5082-2826 | HSMS-2808 | 5082-2830, 5082-2831, 5082-2231 | |
| Up to a 6 - 12 GHz | single | DC1501EP, HSMS-2850, HSMS-2851, BAT15-x, BAT62-03W, BAT62-02W | DC1501E (max 18 GHz) | |
| pair | BAT15-099, BAT62-x | BAT15-099, MA4E501 | ||
| quad | HSMS-8207, HSMS-8209 | 5082-2277, HSCH-6812 | ||
| Up to 18 GHz | single | 5082-2202, 5082-2751, DC1304A, DH363 | ||
| pair | HSMS-8202, MA4E1245 | (two matched) MA4E522, DH340 | ||
| Up to 24 - 30 GHz | single | BAT14-104, MA4E920, MA40133, BAT14-B beam lead | ||
| > 20 GHz bonding beam lead | single | HSCH-9101, DC1308, HSCH-5340, DMB2856, MA4E2037, BAT14-110S | ||
| antiparallel | HSCH-9251, MA4E997 | |||
| pair | BAT14-050D, BAT14-090D, BAT15-090D, HSCH-5531 | |||
| quad | MA4E400H | |||
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FREQUENCY Vs. CAPACITANCE the graph indicate the operating optimal frequency range of a SCHOTTKY diode in relation to the junction capacitance. The area between the two curves is the recommended range of max. junction capacities for the desired frequency. |
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HP application note n. 923: Schottky Barrier Diode Video Detectors
HP application note n. 942: Schottky Diode for High Volume Low Cost Applications
Avago application note n. 956-1: The Criterion for the Tangential Sensitivity Measurement
HP application note n. 956-3: Flicker Noise in Schottky Diodes
HP application note n. 956-4: Schottky Diode Voltage Doubler
HP application note n. 969: The Zero Bias Schottky Detector Diode
HP application note n. 986: Square Law and Linear Detection
HP application note n. 995: The Schottky Diode Mixer
HP application note n. 1089: Designing Detectors for RF/ID Tags
Article on RF design magazine, June 2000: A temperature compensated linear diode detector
