Digital Attenuator Box RF2036

8 channel Attenuator Box

The RF2036 Attenuator Box is a high performance, digitally controlled, 8-channel RF attenuator system. It is intended for any automated RF testing where high accuracy signal power control is needed. The RF2036 offers very good attenuation accuracy, high dynamic range and speed.

The high performance of the attenuator box is obtained through a high precision attenuator design, along with extensive factory calibration procedures. Although the nominal setting is done with a 1 dB granularity, the actual attenuation is fed back from the attenuator. For the frequency range up to 6 GHz, this yields knowledge of the actual attenuation within +/-0.25 dB.

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Product Sheet

Applications

The RF2036 is intended for any testing where accurate RF power control is needed over a wide dynamic range. Typical applications include transmitter, receiver as well as system level testing of mobile, WLAN and Bluetooth devices:

  • During all phases of product development
  • For (pre-)conformance testing/homologation
  • Production testing / Quality assurance

Features

  • 8 individually controlled RF channels
  • Attenuation setting: Web-interface / API
  • 100 MHz to 8 GHz frequency range
  • Attenuation steps of 1 dB
  • Each channel individually calibrated
  •  0.5 dB attenuation accuracy (to 6 GHz)
  • 2 W maximum input power
  • 19” rack mountable, 3U height

Specifications

Supply voltage 100-240 VAC, 50/60 Hz
Operating frequency 100 MHz – 8 GHz
Impedance 50 Ohm
Return loss >10 dB (any port)
Insertion loss 7.5 dB (typical)
Attenuation step size 1 dB
Attenuation accuracy 0.5 dB (up to 6 GHz)

1 dB (6 to 8 GHz)

Attenuation range 6-96 dB @ 0.1-4 GHz

8-90 dB @ 4-6 GHz

12-80 dB @ 6-7 GHz

12-60 dB @ 7-8 GHz

X-channel isolation >100 dB
Dimensions 450x133x320 mm
Connectors 50 ohm SMA(F)
Power Consumption < 40 W

Control Options

  • Web interface for manual operations
  • Textual (SCPI-like) API
  • Binary API

Ordering

RF2036 8 Channel Attenuator Box

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