DC-18.0 GHz GaAs MMIC
5-Bit Digital Attenuator
April 2006 - Rev 24-Apr-06
A1000
Attenuator Measurements
Insertion Loss - Reference State
10
9
8
S
21
reference state [dB]
Attenuation - All States
35
30
Attenuation [dB]
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
Frequency [GHz]
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
Frequency [GHz]
Input Return Loss - All States
0
-5
-10
S
11
[dB]
Output Return Loss - All States
0
-5
-10
S
22
[dB]
-15
-20
-25
-30
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
Frequency [GHz]
-15
-20
-25
-30
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
Frequency [GHz]
Attenuation Error vs State
3
2
Attenuation error [dB]
3
Attenuation Error
1
0
-1
-2
-3
0
2
4
6
8
Attenuation error [dB]
f=0.2 GHz
f=1 GHz
f=10 GHz
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
RMS
MAX
10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32
Attenuation State
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
Frequency [GHz]
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