SUITABLE for the commercial market, a unique single-pole, eight throw (SP8T
) gallium-arsenide (GaAs), monolithic-microwave-integrated-circuit (MMIC) s
witch has been developed. The switch has a I Common arm match when all port
s are biased in the isolation state; and a growth port for expansion and in
tegration into a higher-order multithrow switch. It is packaged in a plasti
c, QSOP-28, surface-mount package.