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- Title
A C/X/Ku/K-Band Precision Compact 6-Bit Digital Attenuator with Logic Control Circuits.
- Authors
Zeng, Jialong; Li, Jiaxuan; Yuan, Yang; Tan, Cheng; Yu, Zhongjun
- Abstract
This paper proposes a C/X/Ku/K band 6-bit digital step attenuator (DSA) which employs a variety of improved attenuation cells to achieve a wide bandwidth, stable amplitude variation, stable phase variation, and small area. In this paper, the improved T-type, π-type, and switched-path type topologies are analyzed theoretically and applied to different attenuation values to achieve the optimal attenuator performance. In addition, in order to reduce the complexity and to improve the stability of the overall radar system, the logic control circuit is integrated in the DSA chip in this paper. Finally, the proposed attenuator is implemented in 0.15μm GaAs technology, which has a maximum attenuation range of 31.5 dB with 0.5 dB steps. The proposed DSA exhibits a root-mean-square (RMS) attenuation error of less than 0.15 dB and an RMS phase error of less than 3°, at 4–24 GHz. The insertion loss (IL) and the area of the DSA are 4.3–4.5 dB and 1.5 mm × 0.4 mm, respectively. Benefiting from the improvements of the attenuation cells and the characteristic of GaAs technology with strong resistance to radiation and power processing capability, the proposed DSA is suitable for spaceborne radar systems.
- Subjects
LOGIC circuits; COMPUTER logic; PROCESS capability; SPACE-based radar; INTEGRATED circuits; INSERTION loss (Telecommunication)
- Publication
Electronics (2079-9292), 2022, Vol 11, Issue 21, p3620
- ISSN
2079-9292
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/electronics11213620