Title : 
Applying the active antenna impedance to achieve noise match in receiving array antennas
         
        
            Author : 
Maaskant, R. ; Woestenburg, E.E.M.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Netherlands Found. for Res. in Astron., Rotterdam
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this paper it is demonstrated that the active instead of the passive antenna reflection coefficient is the key parameter in realizing low-noise receiver designs.
         
        
            Keywords : 
active antenna arrays; receiving antennas; active antenna impedance; array antennas; low-noise receiver designs; noise match; Acoustic reflection; Active noise reduction; Antenna arrays; Impedance; Noise figure; Phase noise; Phased arrays; Receivers; Receiving antennas; Reflector antennas;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2007 IEEE
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Honolulu, HI
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-0877-1
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-0878-8
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/APS.2007.4396892