Title : 
Measuring the on wafer noise figure of a W-band LNA - an application
         
        
            Author : 
Burns, John Gregory ; Fudem, Howard ; Murphy, Michael R.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Northrop Grumman Corp., Linthicum, MD, USA
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A method to measure the noise figure of a three stage W-band low noise amplifier (LNA) is described. Measurement results of noise figure and s-parameter gains are compared.
         
        
            Keywords : 
MMIC amplifiers; S-parameters; integrated circuit noise; microwave measurement; MMIC; W-band LNA; low noise amplifier; noise figure measurement; s-parameter gain; Equations; Gain measurement; Laboratories; Loss measurement; Low-noise amplifiers; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Probes; Scattering parameters; Testing;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
ARFTG Conference Digest, 2005. Spring 2005. 65th
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-8858-5
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ARFTGS.2005.1500566