Pin tube as an adjustable attenuator
The PIN tube has the characteristics of low on-resistance, high off-resistance, and small capacitance between electrodes. So generally it can be used as SWITCH, and the design of adjustable attenuator; Manufacturers such as skyworks, Rohm, and nxp all sell PIN tubes. ttenuator with a low impedance driver circuit to significantly decrea the rise and fall times. At high frequencies, the lowering of attenuation- (at consta t bias) is primarily due to capaci frequency high attenuation operation.
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