State of the Art Ships Coplanar Attenuators

March 24, 2007
State of the Art (SOTA), best known for their high-rel and military chip resistors, has introduced a line of coplanar attenuators on alumina and aluminum nitride substrates Available with attenuation values from 1 to 20 dB, these tiny pads measure just ...

State of the Art (SOTA), best known for their high-rel and military chip resistors, has introduced a line of coplanar attenuators on alumina and aluminum nitride substrates Available with attenuation values from 1 to 20 dB, these tiny pads measure just 0.030 x 0.030 x 0.10 inches. They are suitable for applications as high as 20 GHz. The attenuation tolerance is better than +/-0.5 dB to 12 GHz and better than +/-1 dB through 20 GHz. The VSWR is less than 1.40:1 through 20 GHz. The wire-bondable and solderable 0303-sized attenuators are available in chip form or mounted on 4350 printed-circuit-board (PCB) material from Rogers Corp. The RoHS-compliant attenuators sell for less than $1.90 each. For more information, visit the SOTA website at http://www.resistor.com/

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Jack Browne | Technical Contributor

Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.

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