• DocumentCode
    3433739
  • Title

    Voltage adjustable attenuation with low 1/f noise

  • Author

    Ferre-Pikal, ES ; Walls, F.L.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    27-29 May 1998
  • Firstpage
    186
  • Lastpage
    191
  • Abstract
    In this paper we describe voltage-controlled attenuator circuits using silicon p-n diodes as the variable resistor. We report the amplitude modulation (AM) and phase modulation (PM) noise sensitivities to power supply noise and to current noise. We also report the PM noise of these circuits as a function of the dc control voltage
  • Keywords
    1/f noise; amplitude modulation; attenuators; circuit noise; electric noise measurement; elemental semiconductors; phase modulation; phase noise; phase shifters; semiconductor diodes; silicon; 1/f noise; PM noise; Si; Si p-n diodes; amplitude modulation; dc control voltage; noise sensitivities; phase modulation; power supply; variable resistor; voltage-controlled attenuator circuits; Amplitude modulation; Attenuation; Attenuators; Circuit noise; Diodes; Noise level; Phase noise; Resistors; Silicon; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Frequency Control Symposium, 1998. Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Pasadena, CA
  • ISSN
    1075-6787
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4373-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FREQ.1998.717903
  • Filename
    717903