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SIMULATIONS OF NOISE-PARAMETER VERIFICATION USING CASCADE WITH ISOLATOR OR MISMATCHED TRANSMISSION LINE

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Author(s)

James P. Randa, Ken Wong, Roger Pollard

Abstract

Results are presented for simulations of a verification process for noise-parameter measurements. The verification process consists of first measuring separately both a passive device and the amplifier or transistor of interest (the DUT) and then measuring the tandem configuration of passive device plus DUT. The results of the measurements of the tandem configuration are then compared to the predictions obtained by cascading the noise parameters and S-parameters of the two individual components. In order that the comparisons be meaningful, uncertainties are computed for both predictions and simulated measurements.
Proceedings Title
ARFTG 70TH MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT SYMPOSIUM
Conference Dates
November 27-30, 2007
Conference Location
Tempe, AZ, USA

Keywords

Amplifier noise, measurement uncertainties, noise measurements, noise parameters, transistor noise, verification methods.

Citation

Randa, J. , Wong, K. and Pollard, R. (2007), SIMULATIONS OF NOISE-PARAMETER VERIFICATION USING CASCADE WITH ISOLATOR OR MISMATCHED TRANSMISSION LINE, ARFTG 70TH MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT SYMPOSIUM, Tempe, AZ, USA, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=32814 (Accessed October 7, 2024)

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Created November 29, 2007, Updated October 12, 2021