The 355E is a step attenuator from Agilent. Attenuators are a type of radio frequency (RF) test equipment that’s useful during RF design. When an engineer needs to reduce (attenuate) the level of an electronic signal, he or she uses an attenuator. Attenuation can protect circuit stages from receiving signal levels that are too high. RF attenuators may be fixed, switched, or variable, depending on their capabilities and applications.
Additional Features:
Frequency range: DC to 1 GHz
Attenuation range: 0 to 12 dB, 1 dB steps
Insertion loss at 0 dB: 0.2 dB + 2.3 dB/GHz
Maximum SWR: 1.2 to 250 MHz, 1.3 to 500 MHz, 1.5 to 1 GHz
Repeatability life: 0.03 dB maximum, 0.5 million cycles per section
Maximum RF input power: 0.5 W (average), 350 W (peak)
Connector type: BNC female
Programming connector: 7-pin
Attenuator sections are inserted and removed by cam-actuated microswitches which keep lead lengths short. This design minimizes stray capacitances and inductances, and keeps phase shift to a minimum. The Agilent 355E is a compact and rugged unit in which the component parts are rigidly positioned and well-shielded so that neither stray pickup nor signal leakage is a problem. It may be connected with the Agilent 355F in series to provide precision attenuation in 1 dB steps from 0 to 132 dB. Either terminal may be connected as input or output. Remote programming with rapid switching is simple via a 7-pin connector.
The 355E is a step attenuator from Agilent. Attenuators are a type of radio frequency (RF) test equipment that’s useful during RF design. When an engineer needs to reduce (attenuate) the level of an electronic signal, he or she uses an attenuator. Attenuation can protect circuit stages from receiving signal levels that are too high. RF attenuators may be fixed, switched, or variable, depending on their capabilities and applications.
Additional Features:
- Frequency range: DC to 1 GHz
- Attenuation range: 0 to 12 dB, 1 dB steps
- Insertion loss at 0 dB: 0.2 dB + 2.3 dB/GHz
- Maximum SWR: 1.2 to 250 MHz, 1.3 to 500 MHz, 1.5 to 1 GHz
- Repeatability life: 0.03 dB maximum, 0.5 million cycles per section
- Maximum RF input power: 0.5 W (average), 350 W (peak)
- Connector type: BNC female
- Programming connector: 7-pin
Attenuator sections are inserted and removed by cam-actuated microswitches which keep lead lengths short. This design minimizes stray capacitances and inductances, and keeps phase shift to a minimum. The Agilent 355E is a compact and rugged unit in which the component parts are rigidly positioned and well-shielded so that neither stray pickup nor signal leakage is a problem. It may be connected with the Agilent 355F in series to provide precision attenuation in 1 dB steps from 0 to 132 dB. Either terminal may be connected as input or output. Remote programming with rapid switching is simple via a 7-pin connector.
