Voltage-controlled PIN diode attenuator with a temperature-compensation circuit

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-9

  Jang, Byung Jun ^a  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Attenuator; PIN diode; Temperature compensation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ATTENUATORS; OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

EID: 0037247168     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2002.807701     Document Type: Article

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