Origin of 1/fPM and AM noise in bipolar junction transistor amplifiers

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 326-334

  Walls, Fred L ^a   Ferre Pikal, Eva S ^a   Jefferts, Steven R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PHASE MODULATION; THERMAL NOISE;

BIPOLAR JUNCTION TRANSISTOR AMPLIFIERS; COMMON EMITTER AMPLIFIERS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 0031099921     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.585117     Document Type: Article

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