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Attenuator circuit

US4912394A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 23, 1989
Grant dateMar 27, 1990
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Expiry dateMay 23, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03H7/24
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An attenuator circuit is provided which comprises an input node, a first resistor connected at one terminal to a reference potential, a second resistor connected to the other terminal of the first resistor, a first output node which is a connection node of the first resistor and the second resistor, a third resistor connected in parallel with the series circuit of the first and second resistors and being of such a type that a resultant resistive value of the first, second and third resistors is equal to a resistive value of the first resistor, a fourth resistor connected at one terminal to a connection node of the second and third resistors and having a resistive value substantially equal to that of the second resistor, and at least one combination resistor of a ladder configuration connected between the other terminal of the fourth resistor and the input node and having a third output node as a junction of its series circuit portion.

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