Programmable Attenuators
150 Series Cell Configurations...
ATTN
Value
11 dB
15 dB
31 dB
62 dB
55 dB
70 dB
Cells
No.
4
4
5
5
4
4
3
4
4
4
PIN #
Cell 1
Cell 2
ATTN
ATTN
Bypass Element Bypass Element
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
5
1 dB
1 dB
1 dB
2 dB
5 dB
10 dB
10 dB
5 dB
10 dB
10 dB
6
Yellow
White
2
Yellow
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
9
4 dB
8 dB
8 dB
32 dB
10 dB
20 dB
40 dB
40 dB
30 dB
40 dB
10
Blue
Orange
9
Brown
Cell 3
Bypass
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
dB
7
ATTN
Element
2 dB
2 dB
2 dB
16 dB
20 dB
20 dB
20 dB
20 dB
20 dB
20 dB
8
Cell 4
Bypass
0 dB
0 dB
0 dB
0 dB
0 dB
0 dB
---
0 dB
0 dB
0 dB
11
ATTN
Element
4 dB
4 dB
16 dB
4 dB
20 dB
20 dB
---
10 dB
30 dB
40 dB
12
Cell 5
ATTN
Bypass
Element
---
---
0 dB
0 dB
---
---
---
---
---
---
3
---
---
4 dB
8 dB
---
---
---
---
---
---
4
Power
+Vdc
75 dB
90 dB
110 dB
Round
Conn.
3 & 4 Cell Wire
5 Cell
Color
Ribbon
Cable
Conn.
1
Red
Red
6
Red
Violet
Black
Orange
Green
3
Blue
Black
Blue
11
Purple
Green
Brown
White
---
---
WHT/BLK RED/BLK GRN/BLK ORN/BLK BLU/BLK
5
Black
4
Gray
10
White
8
Orange
7
yellow
PIN#
13
Wire Orange
Color
Table provides standard attenuation ranges, increments, and cell configurations for all Aeroflex / Weinschel Programmable Step
Attenuators (Models 150, 151, 152, & 152A)
Specifications
NOMINAL IMPEDANCE:
50
Ω
FREQUENCY RANGE:
Model 151: dc to 4 GHz
Model 150: dc to 18 GHz
Model 152: dc to 26.5 GHz
OPERATIONAL VOLTAGE:
+ 24V Nominal (+20V mini-
mum to +30V maximum) or +5V Nominal (+4V minimum* to
+7V maximum)
*Minimum operating voltage derated to +4.25 V @ 55°C and further
derated to +4.5 V @ 75°C
1 watt average, 100 watts peak
(5
μsec
pulse width; 0.5% duty cycle)
TEMPERATURE:
-20° to +75°C operating
-55° to +85°C nonoperating
TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT:
< 0.0001 dB/dB/°C
POWER SENSITIVITY:
< 0.001 dB/dB/ Watt
RATED SWITCH LIFE:
5 million cycles per cell
RF INPUT CONNECTORS:
Rugged female 3.5 mm
connectors which mate nondestructively with SMA male
connectors per MIL-STD-39012.
CONTROL CONNECTOR:
12 pin Viking TNP12-101
connector with 5' cable or 14 conductor 16" ribbon cable
with connector (shown below):
POWER RATING:
SWITCHING TIME:
20 msec (includes settling time)
CYCLING RATE:
4 Hz max per relay
CONTROL PULSE WIDTH:
20 msec (minimum)
SWITCHING CURRENT:
125 mA @ +24V per cell
300 mA @ +5V per cell
REPEATABILITY:
+0.1 dB typical per cell
VIBRATION:
MIL-STD-202F, Method 204D Cond B
ALTITUDE:
MIL-STD-202F, Method 105C Cond B,
50,000 Ft.
SHOCK:
MIL-STD -202F, Method 213B Cond B,
except 10G, 6 msec
HUMIDITY:
MIL-STD-202F, Method 103B,
Cond. B (96 Hrs. @ 95%, RH)
EMC:
Radiated interference is within the requirements of
MIL-STD-461 method RE02, VDE 0871 and CISPR
Publication II.
WEIGHT:
5 Cell 350 g (12 oz)
4 Cell 290 g (9.0 oz)
3 Cell 230 g (8.0 oz)
VOLTAGE/CONNECTOR OPTIONS:
VOLTAGE
+ 24 V with
Viking Connector
+ 24 V with
Ribbon Cable
+ 5 V with
Viking Connector
+ 5 V with
Ribbon Cable
MODEL(S)
150-XX, 151-XX, 152-XX,
152A-XX
150-XX-1, 151-XX-1, 152-XX-1
152A-XX-1
150-XX-2, 151-XX-2, 152-XX-2
152A-XX-2
150-XX-3, 151-XX-3, 152-XX-3
152A-XX-3
113
Ribbon Cable Models
Round (Viking)Cable Models
5305 Spectrum Drive, Frederick, MD 21703-7362 TEL: 301-846-9222, 800-638-2048 Fax: 301-846-9116
web: www.aeroflex.com/weinschel email: weinschel-sales@aeroflex.com
Revision Date: 2/12/10
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