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Functional Block Diagram

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Product Description

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Ordering Information

BiFET HBT

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CONTROL

BLOCK

ATTEN

RFIN

RFOUT

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GND

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GND

RFSA4013

TEMPERATURE COMPENSATING ATTENUATOR

RFMD's RFSA4013 is a fully monolithic analog temperature compensating attenuator (TCA) fea-

turing exceptional linearity over its entire gain control range. It is designed to offset the gain

reduction of an RF component over temperature without the need for closed loop feedback.

Three customer selectable temperature coefficients make it a flexible solution for RF lineups. It

incorporates revolutionary new circuit architecture to solve a long standing industry problem

with regards to attenuator architecture: high IP3, low DC current and broad bandwidth. Tradi-

tional approaches for solving this problem require expensive co-fired ceramics with tempera-

ture sensitive materials or current hungry PIN diodes with elaborate area consuming control

circuits. This temperature compensating attenuator requires only a single supply voltage and

two logic bits to set control attenuation slope versus temperature. The RFSA4013 draws a very

low 1mA current and is packaged in a small 3mm x 3mm QFN. This attenuator is matched to

50

 over its rated control range and frequency with no external matching components

required.

Features

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Patent Pending Circuit

Architecture

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Broadband 50MHz to 6000MHz

Frequency Range

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3 Selectable Attenuation versus

Temperature Slopes

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+55dBm IIP3 Typical

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+85dBm IIP2 Typical

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High 1dB Compression Point

>+30dBm

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Low Supply Current 1mA Typical

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5V Power Supply

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Class 1C ESD (1000V)

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Complete Solution in a Small

3mm x 3mm QFN Package

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3.3V Part Available - RFSA4023

Applications

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Cellular, 3G Infrastructure

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WiBro, WiMax, LTE

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Microwave Radio

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High-Linearity Level Control

DS111221

Package: QFN, 16-Pin, 0.9mm x 3mm x 3mm

RFSA4013

Temperature

Compensating

Attenuator

RFSA4013SQ

Sample bag with 25 pieces

RFSA4013SR

7” Sample reel with 100 pieces

RFSA4013TR7

7” Reel with 2500 pieces

RFSA4013PCK-410 50MHz to 6000MHz PCBA with 5-piece sample bag