The HMC1061LC5 is a silicon germanium (SiGe), monolithic, fully differential, dual rank, track-and-hold amplifier that provides unprecedented bandwidth and dynamic range performance to wideband sampled signal systems. The track-and-hold amplifier offers precision signal sampling over an 18 GHz bandwidth, with 9-bit to 10-bit linearity from dc to beyond 5 GHz input frequency, 1.45 mV noise, and <70 fs random aperture jitter.The HMC1061LC5 can be clocked to 4 GSPS with minimal dynamic range loss. The track-and-hold amplifier can be used to expand the bandwidth and/or high frequency linearity of high speed analog to digital conversion and signal acquisition systems. Wideband data acquisition systems with multi GHz required bandwidth for a variety of applications, such as software defined radio, radar systems, electronic warfare (EW), electronic intelligence (ELINT), and automated test equipment (ATE).ApplicationsRF ATE applicationsDigital sampling oscilloscopesRF demodulation systemsDigital receiver systemsHigh speed peak detectorsSoftware defined radioRadar, electronic counter measures (ECM), and electronic intelligence systemsHigh speed digital-to-analog converter (DAC) deglitching