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Hsmp3866 quad pin diode pi attenuator 300 khz to 3 ghz. The model 8210a attenuator switch controller provides a flexible, low cost solution for the control and operation of electromechanical switches and programmable step attenuators using standard communication interfaces. Macoms pin switch and attenuator diodes provide broadband performance from 1 mhz to 70 ghz. Application note an1017401 a low impedance pin diode driver. Avago technologys hsmp3866 is a wideband, low insertion loss, low current, quad pin diode pi attenuator in a low cost surface mount sot25 package. An eband voltage variable attenuator realised on a low cost 0. High linearity pin diode pi attenuator using a diode quad in low cost sot25 package application note 5262 introduction avago technologies hsmp3816 consists of four high linearity pin diodes in one low cost sot25 package containing. A standard attenuator with an unspecified driver is shown in figure 1. A low impedance pin diode driver circuit with temperature compensation two philips bap5005 pin diodes are used in an rf attenuator with a low impedance driver circuit to significantly decrease the rise and fall times. Surface mount pin option descriptionsblk bulk, 100 pcs. This paper presents a 5bit digital step attenuator dsa using a commercial 0. These pin diode attenuators perform well where variable rf amplitude. You can learn all about this network from agilents appnote an1048, a low cost surface mount pin diode attenuator.
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