Patent ID: 7304550

Claim:
An attenuator comprising: a first divider circuit comprising a first resistance coupled between a first output node and a reference voltage, a first capacitance coupled between the first output node and the reference voltage, a second resistance coupled between a first input node and the first output node, and a second capacitance coupled between the first input node and the first output node; and two or more second divider circuits each comprising a third resistance coupled between a second output node and the reference voltage, a third capacitance coupled between the second output node and the reference voltage, a fourth resistance coupled between a second input node and the second output node, and a fourth capacitance coupled between the second input node and the second output node, wherein each of the two or more second divider circuits are coupled in series and the first divider circuit is coupled to a second output node of the last second divider circuit in the series, and wherein the first divider circuit further includes a fifth capacitance and a first switch for selectively coupling the fifth capacitance in parallel with the first resistance, and wherein said two or more second divider circuits further include two or more second switches for selectively coupling the third capacitance in parallel with the third resistance.