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HMC346C8
Features
Wide Bandwidth: DC - 8 GHz
Low Phase Shift vs. Attenuation
30 dB Attenuation Range
Surface Mount Ceramic Package
GaAs MMIC SMT VOLTAGE-
VARIABLE ATTENUATOR, DC - 8 GHz
Typical Applications
The HMC346C8 is ideal for:
9
ATTENUATORS - SMT
鈥?Basestation Infrastructure
鈥?Fiber Optics & Broadband Telecom
鈥?Microwave Radio & VSAT
鈥?Military Radios, Radar, & ECM
鈥?Test Instrumentation
Functional Diagram
General Description
The HMC346C8 is an absorptive Voltage Vari-
able Attenuator (VVA) in a non-hermetic surface-
mount ceramic package operating from DC - 8
GHz. It features an on-chip reference attenuator
for use with an external op-amp to provide simple
single voltage attenuation control, 0 to -3V. The
device is ideal in designs where an analog DC
control signal must control RF signal levels over
a 30 dB amplitude range. Applications include
AGC circuits and temperature compensation of
multiple gain stages in microwave radios and test
instrumentation.
Electrical Speci鏗乧ations,
T
A
= +25擄 C, 50 ohm system
Parameter
Insertion Loss
DC - 6 GHz
DC - 8 GHz
DC - 8 GHz
DC - 8 GHz
Min
Typical
1.9
2.1
30
10
Max
2.9
3.1
Units
dB
dB
dB
dB
Attenuation Range
Return Loss
Switching Characteristics
tRISE, tFALL (10/90% RF)
tON, tOFF (50% CTL to 10/90% RF)
Input Power for 0.25 dB Compression (0.5 - 8 GHz)
Min. Atten.
Atten. >2 dB
Input Third Order Intercept (0.5 - 8 GHz)
(Two-tone Input Power = -8 dBm Each Tone)
Min. Atten.
Atten. >2 dB
2
8
ns
ns
+8
-2
+25
+10
dBm
dBm
dBm
dBm
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For price, delivery, and to place orders, please contact Hittite Microwave Corporation:
12 Elizabeth Drive, Chelmsford, MA 01824 Phone: 978-250-3343 Fax: 978-250-3373
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