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Phase noise and the Y-factor noise figure

Noise figure is a critical performance parameter that defines radio receiver component performance. Accurate measurements of noise figure let you select components and optimize receive chain tradeoffs ...
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Modulation roundup: error rates, noise, and capacity

Subscribe here to receive similar articles over e-mail whenever Krishna Pillai publishes an article on his site. The article compares various digital modulation schemes like BPSK, QPSK, PAM, 16PSK, ...
Electronic Design

Let your digital receiver measure its own noise figure

Modern digital receiver/exciters (DREX) used in radar and communications systems are capable of significant self-testing in a production factory environment. Long past are the days where the analog ...
Electronic Design

Signal Sources – Looking Into Noise-Figure Measurement Uncertainty

With today's applications requiring lower and lower noise-figure amplifiers, noise-source uncertainty becomes a bigger and bigger concern. Microwave modeling software ...