Digital step attenuator

Various embodiments of the invention relate to attenuators with reduced temperature variation. By coordinating first-order resistance temperature (FORT) coefficients of resistors, embodiments of attenuator or attenuator cells are capable of achieving desired attenuation with reduced or minimized tem...

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Main Authors Zhang, Cemin, Deng, Zhengwei
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 14.09.2021
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Summary:Various embodiments of the invention relate to attenuators with reduced temperature variation. By coordinating first-order resistance temperature (FORT) coefficients of resistors, embodiments of attenuator or attenuator cells are capable of achieving desired attenuation with reduced or minimized temperature variation. Such achievements in reducing temperature variation may be obtained without relying on resistors with large negative FORT coefficients. Attenuator cells may be configured as T-type attenuator cells, π-type attenuator cells, bridged-T attenuator cells, or shunt attenuators with various FORT coefficient combinations for the resistors incorporated within the attenuator cells. Furthermore, various attenuator cells may be cascaded together into a digital step attenuator with the temperature variation of those cells compensating or offsetting each other for an overall minimum temperature variation.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202016876623