Attenuation

Attenuation refers to a loss introduced by a circuit or component. Many electronic circuits, sometimes called stages, reduce the amplitude of a signal rather than increase it. If the output signal is lower in amplitude than the input, the circuit has loss, or attenuation. Like gain, attenuation is simply the ratio of the output to the input. The letter A is used to represent attenuation as well as gain:

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