A technique for differential noise figure measurement with a noise figure analyzer

IEEE Microwave Magazine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 158-161

  Belostotski, Leonid ^a   Haslett, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGILENT; COMMON NETWORKS; NEW APPROACHES; SINGLE-ENDED;

AUDIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; NOISE FIGURE; PORTS AND HARBORS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 59049090802     PISSN: 15273342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MMM.2008.930757     Document Type: Article

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