• DocumentCode
    1093581
  • Title

    Accurate expression for the noise temperature of common emitter microwave transistors

  • Author

    Van Der Ziel, Alder ; Bosman, G.

  • Author_Institution
    University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
  • Volume
    31
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1984
  • fDate
    9/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1280
  • Lastpage
    1283
  • Abstract
    The standard equivalent II network noise treatment of microwave transistors with constant parameters suffers from two defects: 1) There is a considerable input conductance at high frequencies that varies as ω2and has full thermal noise associated with it; it increases the noise figure. 2) There is a considerable correlation between input noise and output noise at high frequencies, it reduces the noise figure, and its effect predominates. Both effects are taken into account in our treatment, and a final expression for F_{\\min} - 1 is derived that is easily evaluated. Due to the fact that the two errors partly compensate each other, the older equivalent II network with constant elements is accurate within 20 percent up to the cutoff frequency fT.
  • Keywords
    Capacitance; Circuit noise; Cutoff frequency; Equivalent circuits; Microwave transistors; Noise figure; Noise generators; Noise reduction; Temperature; Thermal conductivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9383
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/T-ED.1984.21700
  • Filename
    1483985