Tunable attenuator
AssigneeNXP B.V.
InventorsPierre Pascal Savary, Mohamad El Ozeir, Stephane Damien Thuriés
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Abstract
In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, a tunable attenuator is provided, comprising: one or more transformer windings configured to facilitate attenuating a signal; one or more conductive loops provided underneath the transforming windings; a controller configured to control an amount of current flowing through the conductive loops, thereby providing a tunable attenuation of said signal. In accordance with a second aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding method of producing a tunable attenuator is conceived.
Claims20
A tunable attenuator, comprising:
- one or more transformer windings configured to facilitate attenuating a signal;
- one or more conductive loops provided underneath the transforming windings;
- a controller configured to control an amount of current flowing through the conductive loops, thereby providing a tunable attenuation of said signal, wherein the conductive loops comprise one or more apertures for accommodating a controllable element.
A tunable attenuator, comprising:
- one or more transformer windings configured to facilitate attenuating a signal;
- one or more conductive loops provided underneath the transforming windings, wherein the conductive loops comprise one or more apertures for accommodating a controllable element;
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- a controller configured to control an amount of current flowing through the conductive loops, thereby providing a tunable attenuation of said signal, and wherein the controller is configured to control the amount of current flowing through the conductive loops via said controllable element.
A method of producing a tunable attenuator, the method comprising providing the attenuator with:
- one or more transformer windings configured to facilitate attenuating a signal;
- one or more conductive loops provided underneath the transforming windings;
- a controller configured to control an amount of current flowing through the conductive loops, thereby providing a tunable attenuation of said signal, wherein the controller is configured to control the amount of current flowing through the conductive loops in dependence on a measured temperature.
A method of producing a tunable attenuator, the method comprising providing the attenuator with:
- one or more transformer windings configured to facilitate attenuating a signal;
- one or more conductive loops provided underneath the transforming windings, wherein the conductive loops comprise one or more apertures for accommodating a controllable element;
- a controller configured to control an amount of current flowing through the conductive loops, thereby providing a tunable attenuation of said signal, wherein the controller is configured to control the amount of current flowing through the conductive loops via said controllable element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.