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L-Band Microwave Discrete Attenuator

  • Purpose: Construction of radio transceivers.
  • Year of release: 2014
  • Guaranteed service life (years): 3
  • Estimated production / delivery time (months): 10
  • Flight qualification of the product: No
  • Possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements: No
ParameterValue
W*H*T6.35*6.35*1 mm
Weight1 g
Supply voltage5.0±0.15 V
Operating temperature range-60 - +85 C°
Digital Supply Voltage2.5 В ± 0,15 V
Case5130.16.АН3
Consumption current0.05 А
Clock frequency100…1550 MHz
Amplitude Adjustment Range31.5 dB
Gear ratio3 dB
Noise figure7 dB
Input Compression Point-5 dBm

Attenuator (ATT) is designed to control the amplitude of the input signals of the L-band. The MMIC is developed on the basis of silicon-germanium BiKMOS technology.

MMIC ATT is a parallel-serial chain of resistive blocks, switched using MOS keys. An amplifier has been added to the circuit to obtain a positive transfer coefficient.

The switching of the ATT states is carried out by a control circuit included in the MMIC, in parallel with a 6-bit code MMIC ATT is intended for L-band radio equipment, including:

  • satellite communications and navigation,
  • radar equipment.