diff --git a/elasticai/creator/base_modules/autograd_functions/step_function_inputs.py b/elasticai/creator/base_modules/autograd_functions/step_function_inputs.py
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+++ b/elasticai/creator/base_modules/autograd_functions/step_function_inputs.py
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+from typing import Any, cast
+
+import torch
+
+
+class StepFunctionInputs(torch.autograd.Function):
+    @staticmethod
+    def jvp(ctx: Any, *grad_inputs: Any) -> Any:
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def forward(ctx: Any, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> torch.Tensor:
+        if len(args) != 4:
+            raise TypeError(
+                "apply() takes exactly four arguments "
+                "(inputs: torch.Tensor, minimum: float, maximum: float, steps: int)"
+            )
+        inputs: torch.Tensor = args[0]
+        minimum, maximum, steps = cast(tuple[float, float, int], args[1:4])
+
+        if steps < 2:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Number of steps cannot be less than or equal to 1 (steps == {steps})."
+            )
+
+        input_lut = torch.linspace(minimum, maximum, steps).flip(dims=[0])
+        clipped_inputs = inputs.clamp(min=minimum, max=maximum)
+        outputs = clipped_inputs.detach().apply_(
+            lambda x: input_lut[int(sum(input_lut >= x) - 1)]
+        )
+
+        return outputs
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def backward(ctx: Any, *grad_outputs: Any) -> Any:
+        return *grad_outputs, None
diff --git a/elasticai/creator/base_modules/tanh.py b/elasticai/creator/base_modules/tanh.py
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+++ b/elasticai/creator/base_modules/tanh.py
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+from typing import cast
+
+import torch
+
+from elasticai.creator.base_modules.arithmetics import Arithmetics
+from elasticai.creator.base_modules.autograd_functions.step_function_inputs import (
+    StepFunctionInputs,
+)
+
+
+class Tanh(torch.nn.Tanh):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        arithmetics: Arithmetics,
+        num_steps: int,
+        sampling_intervall: tuple[float, float] = (-5, 5),
+    ) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+        self._arithmetics = arithmetics
+        self.num_steps = num_steps
+        self.sampling_intervall = sampling_intervall
+
+    def forward(self, inputs: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+        step_inputs = cast(
+            torch.Tensor,
+            StepFunctionInputs.apply(inputs, *self.sampling_intervall, self.num_steps),
+        )
+        quantized_step_inputs = self._arithmetics.quantize(step_inputs)
+        outputs = torch.nn.functional.tanh(quantized_step_inputs)
+        return self._arithmetics.quantize(outputs)
diff --git a/tests/base_modules/autograd_functions/test_step_function_inputs.py b/tests/base_modules/autograd_functions/test_step_function_inputs.py
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+++ b/tests/base_modules/autograd_functions/test_step_function_inputs.py
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+from collections.abc import Iterable
+from typing import cast
+
+import pytest
+import torch
+
+from elasticai.creator.base_modules.autograd_functions.step_function_inputs import (
+    StepFunctionInputs,
+)
+from tests.tensor_test_case import assertTensorEqual
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "minimum,maximum,steps,inputs,outputs",
+    [
+        (-3, 3, 2, range(-4, 5), [-3, -3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3]),
+        (-3, 3, 3, range(-4, 5), [-3, -3, 0, 0, 0, 3, 3, 3, 3]),
+        (-5, -2, 3, range(-6, 0), [-5, -5, -3.5, -2, -2, -2]),
+        (2, 5, 3, range(1, 7), [2, 2, 3.5, 5, 5, 5]),
+    ],
+)
+def test_inputs_correctly_mapped_to_step_function_inputs(
+    minimum: float,
+    maximum: float,
+    steps: int,
+    inputs: Iterable[float],
+    outputs: Iterable[float],
+) -> None:
+    actual_outputs = cast(
+        torch.Tensor,
+        StepFunctionInputs.apply(
+            torch.tensor(inputs, dtype=torch.float32), minimum, maximum, steps
+        ),
+    )
+    assertTensorEqual(list(outputs), actual_outputs)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("steps", [1, 0])
+def test_raises_error_when_steps_less_than_or_equal_one(steps: int) -> None:
+    inputs = torch.tensor([1, 2], dtype=torch.float32)
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        StepFunctionInputs.apply(inputs, -1, 1, steps)
diff --git a/tests/base_modules/test_tanh.py b/tests/base_modules/test_tanh.py
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+++ b/tests/base_modules/test_tanh.py
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+import pytest
+import torch
+
+from elasticai.creator.base_modules.float_arithmetics import FloatArithmetics
+from elasticai.creator.base_modules.tanh import Tanh
+from tests.tensor_test_case import assertTensorEqual
+
+
+def test_single_sample() -> None:
+    tanh = Tanh(arithmetics=FloatArithmetics(), num_steps=2)
+    inputs = torch.tensor([-10, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 10])
+    assertTensorEqual(
+        expected=[-1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 1, 1, 1, 1],
+        actual=tanh(inputs),
+    )