On the Noise Properties of Balanced Amplifiers

IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 390-392

  Kerr, A R ^a  

^a NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplifier noise; Amplifiers; Balanced amplifiers; Impedance matching; Isolators; Mixers; Noise

Indexed keywords

IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); MICROWAVE ISOLATORS; MIXER CIRCUITS; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

BALANCED AMPLIFIERS;

MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0032208750     PISSN: 10518207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/75.736255     Document Type: Article

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