Description
Chelton Telecom & Microwave uses its proprietary technology to manufacture its silicon PIN diodes in plastic and ceramic serie. This product family is designed for a low cost, medium to high volume market that may be supplied in tape and reel for automated pick and place assembly on surface mount circuit boards.
The use of this technology eliminates wire bonding on to the chips.
Applications
Typical applications include variable RF attenuators and AGC (Automatic Gain Control) circuits, from MHz to several GHz.
The attenuator PIN diode uses properties of variation of forward series resistance versus the DC forward bias current. In order to obtain the best dynamic range, a single diode attenuator may be used in series or shunt configuration or designed as a multiple diode circuit (T or p circuit), where the device may be matched through the attenuation range.
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