• DocumentCode
    1848375
  • Title

    Noise Behavior of an Amplifier in Compression

  • Author

    Geens, Alain ; Rolain, Yves

  • Author_Institution
    Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Dept. ELEC/TW); Pleinlaan 2; B-1050 Brussels (Belgium), Phone : +32.2.629.29.79; Fax : +32.2.629.28.50; e-mail : Alain.Geens@vub.ac.be
  • Volume
    37
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    15-16 June 2000
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    8
  • Abstract
    The noise behavior of an amplifier in compression is studied. For an amplifier input consisting of a CW signal and amplified thermal noise, the signal-to-noise ratios at the input and at the output are determined. The amplitude of the CW signal is shown to influence the noise behavior. This influence will first be shown to exist and will next be quantified by means of a typical hardware setup.
  • Keywords
    Bandwidth; Hardware; Linearity; Noise figure; Noise level; Power amplifiers; Power system modeling; Signal to noise ratio; Testing; White noise;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    ARFTG Conference Digest-Spring, 55th
  • Conference_Location
    Boston, MA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5686-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ARFTG.2000.327412
  • Filename
    4120104