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Attenuator Vendor Page

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JFW Industries
Indianapolis, IN
Tel: 317-887-1340
Toll-Free: 877-887-4539

JFW Industries is a world leader in designing and manufacturing of passive RF components and application specific test systems. These components include attenuators, RF switches, and specialized test systems for use in the cellular, telecom, OEM test equipment, medical, automotive, defense, and automated test systems markets. Application specific designs are the cornerstone of JFW's continuous technical advances in RF components.

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 • Matrix Switches

• RF Switches

 • Power Dividers

• Variable Attenuators

 • Test Accessories

• RF Fuse Holders

 • Switched/Rotary
    Attenuators

• RF & DC Cable
   Assemblies

 • Programmable
    Attenuators

• Fixed Attenuators
   & Terminations

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All JFW test systems are available with GPIB, RS-232, Ethernet, or TTL interfaces. RoHS Compliant.

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MECA Electronics
Denville, NJ   07834
Tel: 866-444-6322

Since 1961, MECA has served the microwave industry specific to passive components in the
DC to 20 GHz frequency range.

MECA serves all areas of the RF/Microwave industries including world class network providers, and supporting supply chain infrastructure. We have long been the “backbone” of high performance wired and air-interfaced networks such as in-building applications, satellite communications, radar, radio communications, telemetry applications, mobile radio, aviation & air traffic communications.


Rugged & Reliable Components Since 1961
Made in the USA
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Analysis and Design of RF CMOS Attenuators

By Hakan Dogan, University of CA, Berkeley.

An Offset Attenuator for Radio Direction Finding

By Charles Scharlau, NZØI.

Attenuator Design

By CompuStar Software.

Attenuator Design Tutorial

RF, RFIC & Microwave Theory, Design, by John Silver.

Attenuator Dissipation

Equations for calculating the fractional dissipation of the individual resistors in an attenuator.

Attenuators

Application notes by Herley.

Attenuators, PIN

A Wideband General Purpose PIN Diode Attenuator by Skyworks.

Attenuators (variable)

Application notes by American Microwave.

Bridged T Pad Attenuator Design

By FM Systems.

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Pulsar Microwave Corp
Clifton, NJ
Tel: (973) 779-6262
Fax: (973) 779-2727

 Pulsar Microwave Corp. is celebrating its 20th
 anniversary as a valued supplier of passive
 microwave components covering the frequency
 range of 10 kHz to 40 GHz with both narrow band
 and ultra-broadband products.

We Specialize in Custom Requirements

 Power Dividers/Combiners - 2-32 Way, Low /
 High Power to 40 GHz. SMT & Connectorized.
 Directional Couplers - Low and High Power to
 18 GHz, 2500 watts. SMT and Connectorized.
 Attenuators - Pin Diode, Voltage/Current
 Controlled and Digital Controlled to 16 GHz.
 Switches - Absorpt./Reflect., SP1T-8T to 18 GHz.
 90° & 180° Hybrids - 10% BW, 2:1 to 4:1,
 2:1 to 6:1, 5:1 to 125:1, 3 & 4 Port, to 20 GHz.
 Phase Shifters - Analog (Narrow, Octave) and
 Switched Bit Digital, to 4 GHz.
 Mixers - High IP3, DC/AC Coupled, to 7 GHz.
 High Frequency to 18 GHz. SMT & Connectorized.
 I & Q Networks - Modulators, Demodulators,
 and Image Reject Mixers, to 16 GHz.
 Bias Tees - 0.01 to 40 GHz. SMT & Connector.
 Frequency Doublers - 0.2-6000 MHz. SMT &
 Connectorized.
 DC Blocks - To 18 GHz, SMT & Connectorized.

Build An Offset Attenuator

By Joe Moell, as featured in Homing In for May 1998.

Design of an Attenuator

Attenuator applet by Hao Shi.

Designing an Attenuator

How to design your own attenuator, and how to do the math for calculating the resistor values etc.

Evaluating Attenuators

Article by by N. Carl Miller, PhD, Reliability Resistance Laboratory, Raytheon.

Featured Application CMOS-Based Digital Step Attenuator Designs

Wireless Design & Development article by Ray Baker.

GlassWare Audio Design Software
734-995-1920 / Ann Arbor, MI

Deals with figuring out what value resistors are needed to build a stepped attenuator.

Homework: Attenuator Design

Designing a symmetric matched resistive T-attenuator, by Dejan V. Tosic and Miroslav D. Lutovac.

Minimum Loss Attenuator Design Guide

From Ernie Kim, University of San Diego.

Program Designs Tee Attenuator To Minimize Stress

Article from Electronic Design.

Resistive Attenuator Design

By Williamson Labs.

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