A method for the analytical calculation of noise parameters of linear two-ports with crosscorrelated noise sources

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Fundamental Theory and Applications

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1019-1022

  Principato, Fabio ^a   Ferrante, Gaetano ^a   Mantegna, Rosario Nunzio ^a  

^a INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amplifier noise; Correlation; Random noise

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ADMITTANCE; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

LINEAR-TWO-PORTS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 0032639442     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/81.780382     Document Type: Article

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