Microchip Technology, Inc. RF PIN Diode UMX1089SM

The UMX1089 diode series was designed to protect MRI receivers from high RF energy fields including long RF pulses and RF spike pulses present in most MRI machines. The UMX1089 acts as a passive protector (limiter) for the MRI receiver. No forward bias voltage is required to turn on the diode. It is self-biased by the RF transmitter pulse power. A switch driver is not needed for this receiver protection application. The UMX1089 process has been optimized for lower loss performance. Receiver protection diodes appear directly across the input port of the receiver. They are connected in anti-parallel pairs to limit the RF carrier excursion in both polarities.