BR9153FP is a broadband 6-bit GaAs IC digital attenuator in a low-cost leadless surface-mount package. This single positive control line per bit digital attenuator incorporates off chip AC ground capacitors for near DC operation, making it suitable for a wide variety of RF and IF applications. Covering DC to 8GHz, the insertion loss is less than 2.0dB typical. The attenuator bit values are 0.5(LSB), 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16dB for a total attenuation of 31.5dB. Six TTL/CMOS control inputs are used to select each attenuation state. A single Vdd bias of +5V/+3.3V is required.