Fixed Coaxial Attenuators
Model 279
Medium Power, SMK Connectors
dc to 40.0 GHz
10 Watts
TEST DATA: Swept data plots of attenuation and SWR
from 50 MHz to 40 GHz.
CONNECTORS: SMK (2.92mm) Male/Female connectors
- mate nondestructively with SMAꢀper MIL-C-39012, 3.5mm
and other 2.92mm connectors.
Connector Options
Type/Description
1
2
SMK (2.92mm), Female
SMK (2.92mm), Male
CONSTRUCTION: Black, finned aluminum body, gold
plated beryllium copper contacts.
WEIGHT: 200 g (8.0 oz.) maximum
Features
PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS:
o
o
o
Compact Construction - Lowest size/power ratio.
Precision injection molded connectors.
Designed to meet environmental requirements of
MIL-DTL-3933.
Specifications
NOMINAL IMPEDANCE: 50 Ω
FREQUENCY RANGE: dc to 40.0 GHz
MAXIMUM DEVIATION OVER FREQUENCY:
Nominal
ATTN (dB)
Deviation (dB)
+ 1.5
Dash No.
Connector Type
SMKFemale/Female
SMK Female/Male
SMK Male/Female
SMK Male/Male
DIM A
11
12
21
22
6, 10, 20, 30
MAXIMUM SWR:
Frequency (GHz)
dc - 18
18 - 40
NOTE: All dimensions are given in mm (inches) and are
nominal, unless otherwise specified.
SWR
1.20
1.35
MODEL NUMBER DESCRIPTION:
Example:
POWER RATING (mounted horizontally): 10 watts aver-
age (unidirectional) to 25°C ambient temperature, derated
linearly to 2 Watts @ 125°C. 200 watts peak (5 μsec pulse
width; 5% duty cycle). Maximum power into output port is 5
Watts.
POWER COEFFICIENT: <0.002 dB/dB/watt
TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT: <0.0004 dB/dB/°C
TEMPERATURE RANGE: -55 °C to 125 °C
279 - XX - XX
Connector Options
Attenuation
Value (dB)
Basic
Model
Number
-11 Female/Female
-12 Female/Male
-21 Male/Female
-22 Male/Male
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Revision Date: 2/22/2013