PE4302 RF Attenuator
Features
- PE4302 RF attenuator module
- Parallel immediate mode
- Program control gain attenuation range is from 0 to 31.5dB
- Bandwidth 1MHz to 4GHz
Specifications
- Power Supply Voltage
- 2.7-3.3 VDC - 3V typical
- Typical current 5mA
- Program control gain attenuation range
- 0~31.5DB
- 10K pull down resistors to ground
- Step size: 0.5DB
- Input/Output Impedance
- 50 ohm
- Bandwidth
- 1MHz~4GHz
- Attenuation value will differ under different frequency
- Max Input power (50Ω) +30 dBm
- 1W = 7.1V RMS
- Connectors
- SMA-female
My Design
- A lot of designs use Arduino/OLED, etc to control the card - unnecessary
- Could add noise from OLED
- Doesn't need to switch too often
- Mount in small 80mm x 50mm x 20mm project box
- SMA connectors
- Board connector for one SMA
- Short cable male SMA to SMA female bulkhead SMA for other end
- Mini360 Adapter Board for wide input voltage range
- 4.75-23V input
- 3V output
- Concern over EMI?
- Use SWLEDX8 to control attenuation selection
- Use SW1-SW6 switches (centered horizontally on card)
- Use D6 for power indication
- Digital Input High 0.7xVDD in V = 2.1V
- Using 1.5K pullup to counter the 10K pulldowns on the card = 2.6V
- 3V / 1.5K = 2 mA
- Adds to current 2 mA x 6 = 12 mA when all switches are low
- Cabling
- 1x7 pin PE4302 connector (Use 1x8,
- 2x10 Dupont connector for SWLEDX8
- 2x3 Dupont connector with pins for Mini360 Adapter Board
References
- DuWayne's Arduino based attenuator
- Hackaday project page
- Peregrine Semiconductor's page - Chip maker
- PE4302 tswfi - Simple attenuator built with PE4302 and Arduino "pro micro".
