Attenuators

Voltage Controlled



Our family of voltage controlled attenuators is nonreflective, with attenuation ranges of 32 dB or 64 dB. Pin diodes are used and the frequency range is 0.25-16 GHz.
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Frequency
Range
(GHz)		 Insertion
Loss
(dB) max.		 VSWR
(dB)
max.		 Attenuation
Range
(dB)		 P/N
0.25-0.5 2.5 1.5 32 AAT-10-479/1S
0.25-0.5 3.0 1.7 64 AAT-11-479/1S
0.5-1.0 2.6 1.6 32 AAT-12-479/1S
0.5-1.0 3.1 1.8 64 AAT-13-479/1S
0.5-2.0 3.0 1.8 32 AAT-14-479/1S
0.5-2.0 3.5 1.8 64 AAT-15-479/1S
1.0-2.0 3.2 1.8 32 AAT-16-479/3S
1.0-2.0 3.7 1.8 64 AAT-17-479/3S
1.0-4.0 3.5 1.8 32 AAT-18-479/3S
1.0-4.0 5.0 1.8 64 AAT-19-479/1S
2.0-4.0 3.5 1.8 32 AAT-20-479/3S
2.0-4.0 4.5 1.8 64 AAT-21-479/3S
2.0-8.0 4.0 2.0 32 AAT-22-479/2S
2.0-8.0 5.5 2.0 64 AAT-23-479/3S
4.0-8.0 4.0 1.9 32 AAT-24-479/4S
4.0-8.0 5.0 1.9 64 AAT-25-479/4S
8.0-12.4 4.0 2.0 32 AAT-26-479/4S
8.0-12.4 5.0 2.0 64 AAT-27-479/4S
Custom frequency bands and optimized specifications available.
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Notes:
Control Voltage: 0 to +8 Volts typical.
Operating Power: + 20 dBm max.
Power Handling: +27 dBm max.
Operating Temperature: -25°C to + 80°C

These attenuators are bi-directional. Either J1 or J2 can be used as input.

Other Frequency bands and Attenuation Range available,
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Attenuator Accuracy vs. Frequency
Bandwidth (2:1) Bandwidth (4:1)
Flatness
(dB)		 Attenuation
(dB)		 Flatness
(dB)		 Attenuation
(dB)
± 0.5 0-10 ± 0.6 0-10
± 0.8 0-20 ± 1.2 0-20
± 1.2 0-30 ± 1.8 0-30
± 1.5 0-40 ± 2.2 0-40
± 2.2 0-64 ± 3.5 0-64
Typical Attenuation
vs. Voltage

Outline 479
Outline Conn. A B C D E G H
479/1S SMA 3.70 3.30 0.50 0.12 0.45 0.15 0.50
479/2S SMA 2.30 2.50 0.50 0.10 0.35 0.15 0.30
479/3S SMA 2.30 2.50 0.50 0.10 0.35 0.12 0.30
479/4S SMA 1.40 1.50 0.50 0.12 0.38 0.12 0.32