A technique for differential noise figure measurement of differential LNAs

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1298-1303

  Belostotski, Leonid ^a   Haslett, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS); Differential low noise amplifier (LNA); Differential noise figure; LNA; Noise measurement; Square Kilometre Array (SKA)

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY METAL-OXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR (CMOS); DIFFERENTIAL LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIER (LNA); DIFFERENTIAL NOISE FIGURE; LNA; NOISE MEASUREMENT; SQUARE KILOMETRE ARRAY (SKA);

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; AUDIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; RADIO TELESCOPES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; TELESCOPES;

NOISE FIGURE;

EID: 59049083099     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2008.917673     Document Type: Article

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