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8 - 2

Return Loss RF1, RF2

(Only Major States are Shown)

Insertion Loss

Normalized Attenuation

(Only Major States are Shown)

Bit Error vs. Frequency

(Only Major States are Shown)

Relative Phase vs. Frequency

(Only Major States are Shown)

Bit Error vs. Attenuation State

-3

-2.5

-2

-1.5

-1

-0.5

0

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

+25 C

+85 C

-40 C

FREQUENCY (GHz)

-35

-30

-25

-20

-15

-10

-5

0

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

FREQUENCY (GHz)

-40

-20

0

20

40

60

80

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

FREQUENCY (GHz)

8 dB

16 dB

31.5 dB

0.5-4 dB

-2

-1.5

-1

-0.5

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

FREQUENCY (GHz)

16 dB

0.5-8B

31.5 dB

-40

-35

-30

-25

-20

-15

-10

-5

0

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

FREQUENCY (GHz)

0.5-16 dB

31.5 dB

-1

-0.8

-0.6

-0.4

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

1.2

0

4

8

12

16

20

24

28

32

ATTENUATION STATE (dB)

3 GHz

2 GHz

1 GHz

500 MHz

40 MHz

100 MHz

3.6 GHz

HMC542ALP4 / 542ALP4E

v05.0311

0.5 dB LSB GaAs MMIC 6-BIT DIGITAL

SERIAL CONTROL ATTENUATOR, DC - 4 GHz