A low-cost surface-mount PIN diode quad was used as the basis for two versions of a wideband voltage-variable attenuator with outstanding linearity performance for CATV and other communications applications.
Adjustable attenuators are useful in a variety of communications applications, for example, to control signal levels in receivers and transmitters.
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