Patent ID: 8736344

Claim:
A system comprising: a transmission path; a plurality of variable attenuators coupled to the transmission path in parallel, each variable attenuator comprising: at least one transistor having an open configuration for at least substantially preventing the flow of current through the at least one transistor and a closed configuration for at least partially allowing the flow of current through the at least one transistor; and a resistive component coupled to the at least one transistor and configured to couple with the transmission path, the resistive component configured to at least partially mitigate non-linear effects when the at least one transistor transitions from the open configuration to the closed configuration, the at least one transistor and the resistive component configured to at least partially attenuate a signal transmitted along the transmission path when the at least one transistor is in the closed configuration, wherein at least one variable attenuator of the plurality of variable attenuators are configured to facilitate at least partially attenuating the signal without utilizing a pi-impedance network, wherein the at least one transistor of respective variable attenuators of the plurality of variable attenuators are scaled by cube root of two in sequence.