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HMC424ALP3E
0.1 GHz to 13.0 GHz, 0.5 dB LSB, 6-Bit, GaAs Digital Attenuator
Overview
Features and Benefits
- Attenuation range: 0.5 dB (LSB) steps to 31.5 dB
- ±0.5 dB typical step error
- Low insertion loss: 2.8 dB at 4 GHz
- High linearity at VEE = −3 V
- Input P0.1dB: 22 dBm typical
- Input IP3: 45 dBm typical
- High RF input power handling: 25 dBm maximum
- Low relative phase: 30° typical at 6.0 GHz
- Single-supply operation: −3 V to −5 V
- 16-lead, 3 mm × 3 mm LFCSP package
Product Details
The HMC424ALP3E is a broadband, 6-bit, gallium arsenide (GaAs), digital attenuator in low cost, leadless surface-mount package with a 31.5 dB attenuation control range in 0.5 dB steps.
The HMC424ALP3E offers excellent attenuation accuracy of ±(0.2 dB + 4% of attenuation state) and high input linearity with a typical insertion loss of less than 4 dB over the specified frequency range from 0.1 GHz to 13.0 GHz. The attenuator bit values are 0.5 dB (LSB), 1 dB, 2 dB, 4 dB, 8 dB, and 16 dB for a total attenuation of 31.5 dB with a ±0.5 dB typical step error.
The device allows a user to program the attenuation state via six parallel control inputs toggled between 0 V and VEE.
The HMC424ALP3E operates with a single negative supply voltage from −3 V to −5 V, and requires an external level shifter to interface with a CMOS/transistor to transistor logic (TTL) interface.
The HMC424ALP3E comes in a RoHS compliant, compact, 3 mm × 3 mm, 16-lead lead frame chip scale package (LFCSP).
Applications
- Cellular infrastructure
- Microwave radios and very small aperture terminals (VSATs)
- Test equipment and sensors
- Intermediate frequency (IF) and RF designs
- Military and space
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At least one model within this product family is in production and available for purchase. The product is appropriate for new designs but newer alternatives may exist.
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