by minicircuitsadmin | Oct 14, 2015 | Attenuators, Engineering Resources
An electronic attenuator may be viewed as a variable resistor controlled by current through its control port. If a pure signal is applied at its input, harmonics will not be generated over most of the device’s operating frequency range; however, some amount of...
by minicircuitsadmin | Jul 5, 2015 | Attenuators, Engineering Resources
Background Mini-Circuits DAT series of 50Ω digital step attenuators support a wide variety of configurations including attenuation range, step size and operating power supply voltages. Table 1 shows the models, their operating voltages and associated evaluation...
by minicircuitsadmin | Jun 5, 2015 | Attenuators, Engineering Resources
Background: The Mini-Circuits DAT series is specified to operate with supply voltages over the range of 2.7V to 3.3V. When operating over this range, the parts meet all their specified performance parameters over the operating environmental ranges. However, under...
by minicircuitsadmin | May 13, 2015 | Attenuators, Engineering Resources, Q/A
About Digital Step Attenuators Q. Suppose I don’t work at less than the specified 1 dB compression of a step attenuator, what are the consequences? A. Should you exceed the specified compression, typically given at 0 dBm input, harmonics will be generated which...
by minicircuitsadmin | May 11, 2015 | Attenuators, Engineering Resources, Terms
Insertion Loss: Must be defined at a particular value of control-current. The minimum insertion loss for Mini-Circuits’ units is the difference in power from input to output with 20 mA at the control port. In-out Isolation: Defined as the insertion loss of the...
by minicircuitsadmin | Apr 8, 2015 | Attenuators, Engineering Resources
DAT attenuator (surface mount). Connectorized DAT attenuator (ZX76 Series). Connectorized DAT attenuator ZX76-31R5-PN attenuator with parallel control cable and connector (left) and without interface connector (right). Introduction Mini-Circuits new series of digital...
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