Silicon & GaAs Varactor Diodes
Overview
Microsemi offers a wide variety of Abrupt and Hyperabrupt Si and GaAs Varactor Diodes in a variety of surface mount, ceramic or glass packages, as well as in die form. Microsemi's prodiuct line inlcudes also Step Recovery Diodes, Harmonic Generator Varactors, IMPATT Diodes and Multiplier Diodes.For more details, please select the product categories below, or click the selection table tab.
Selection Table
Varactor Category Performance Guide
| Category | P/N or Family |
Max Voltage | Typical Ratio | Mod Sens Linearity | VCO Phase Noise |
| Abrupt GaAs |
MV20000 | 15V | 3:1 | Poor; Exponential |
Best |
| MV21000 | 30V | 4:1 | |||
| Abrupt Silicon |
GC1200; GC1300; GC1500; 1N5400 | 30V | 4:1 | ||
| GC1600; 1N5400 | 45V | 5:1 | |||
| GC1700; 1N5100 | 60V | 6:1 | |||
| Hyperabrupt GaAs |
MV34000 | 15V | 6:1 | Good (Mid-Range) |
Good - Excellent |
| MV30000; MV31000; MV32000 | 30V | 11:1 | |||
| Hyperabrupt Silicon |
KV2100; MPV2100; GMV2100; KV2101; KV2201; KV2301; KV2401; KV2501; KV2601; KV2701; KV2801 | 22V | 11:1 | ||
| KV3201; KV31S1; KV3901; KV38S2 | 30V | 11:1 | Good (Mid-Range) |
Very Good | |
| Low "S" Linear FLTVARS | GC15000 | 22V | 6:1 | Excellent | Excellent |
| High "S" Linear FLTVARS | GC15000 | 11:1 | |||
| Silicon Super Hyperabrupt |
KV1905A; KV1925A; KV1935A; KV1945A; KV1965A; MPV1965 | 12V | 13:1 | Good (Mid-Range) |
Very Good |
| KV1975A | 4:1 | Good (Mid-Range) |
Very Good | ||
| KV1911A-KV1991A; KV1912A-KV1932A; KV1913A-KV1993A | 6:1 | Good (Mid-Range) |
Very Good | ||
| KV1400; KV1500; KV1600; KV1700; KV1800 | 3:1 | Good (Mid-Range) |
Good |
Gallium Arsenide Varactor Diode Selection Guide
| Material | GaAs | ||||||
| Frequency Band | Hyper Chips** VB=22V Low Gamma | Hyper Chips** VB=22V Medium Gamma | Hyper Chips** VB=22V High Gamma | Hyper Chips** VB=15V Very High Gamma | Hyper Flip Chip Vb=18V Medium Gamma | Abrupt Chips** Vb=15V | Abrupt Chips** Vb=30V |
| Microwave to 40 GHz |
MV32001 | MV30011 | MV31011 | MV34001 | MV20001 | MV21001 | |
| MV32002 | MV30012 | MV31012 | MV34002 | MV20002 | MV21002 | ||
| MV32003 | MV30013 | MV31013 | MV34003 | MV20003 | MV21003 | ||
| MV32004 | MV30014 | MV31014 | MV34004 | MV20004 | MV21004 | ||
| MV32005 | MV30015 | MV31015 | MV34005 | MV20005 | MV21005 | ||
| MV32006 | MV30016 | MV31016 | MV34006 | MV20006 | MV20116 | ||
| MV32007 | MV30017 | MV31017 | MV34007 | MV20007 | MV21007 | ||
| MV32008 | MV30018 | MV31018 | MV34008 | MV20008 | MV21008 | ||
| MV32009 | MV30019 | MV31019 | MV34009 | MV20009 | MV21009 | ||
| MV32010 | MV30020 | MV31020 | MV34010 | MV20010 | MV21010 | ||
| Microwave to 18 GHz | MV31021 | MV39001 | |||||
| MV39002 | |||||||
| MV31022 | MV39003 | ||||||
| MV31023 | |||||||
| MV31024 | |||||||
| MV31025 | |||||||
| MV31026 | |||||||
Silicon Varactor Diode Selection Guide
| Material | Silicon | ||||||
| Frequency Band | Super Hyper Vb=12V P/N Series | High "S" Linear Vb=22V P/N | Low "S" Linear Vb=22V P/N | Hyper Vb=22V P/N Series | Abrupt Vb=30V Chip Ceramic Glass* | Abrupt Vb=30V EPSM | Abrupt Vb=30V SOT-23 |
| Microwave to 18 GHz | GC1500A | GC1300 | |||||
| MPV2100 | GC1500B | GC1301 | |||||
| KV199x | KV211x | GC1500 | GC1302 | ||||
| KV198x | GC15006 | GC15001 | KV212x | GC1501 | GC1303 | ||
| KV197x | GC15007 | GC15002 | KV213x | GC1502 | GC1304 | ||
| KV196x | GC15008 | GC15003 | KV214x | GC1503 | GC1305 | GC1202 | |
| KV194x | GC15009 | GC15004 | KV215x | GC1504 | GC1306 | GC1203 | |
| KV193x | GC15010 | GC15005 | KV216x | GC1505 | GC1307 | GC1204 | |
| GMV5007 | GMV2114-GM1 | GC1506 | GC1308 | GC1205 | |||
| GMV2134-GM1 | GC1507 | GC1309 | GC1206 | ||||
| GMV2154-GM1 | GMV1542-GM1 | GC1310 | GC1207 | ||||
| UHF to 1.0 GHz | GC1208 | ||||||
| GC1508 | GC1209 | ||||||
| KV2101 | GC1509 | GC1210 | |||||
| KV192x | GC15011 | GC15014 | KV3201 | GC1510 | GC1211 | ||
| KV195x | GC15012 | GC15015 | KV3901 | GC1511 | GC1212 | ||
| KV191x | GC15013 | GC15016 | KV2801 | GC1512 | GC1213 | ||
| GC1513 | GC1214 | ||||||
| VHF to 250 MHz | KV2001 | 1N5441 | GC1215 | ||||
| KV1401 | KV2201 | 1N5476 | GC1216 | ||||
| KV1501 | KV2301 | GC1217 | |||||
| HF 1 - 50 MHz | KV2401 | ||||||
| KV1601 | KV2501 | ||||||
| KV1701 | KV2601 | ||||||
| KV1801 | KV2701 | ||||||
Resources
Varactor/Tuning Diodes Application Notes
- Micronote 705 - RF Frequency Linear Tuning Varactors
- Micronote 706 - Low Distortion RF FM Generation and Detection Using Hyper-Abrupt Tuning Diodes
- Micronote 707 - RF HF-VHF-UHF Voltage Controlled Oscillators using HyperAbrupt Tuning Diodes
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