Title :
An IMPATT Pump for a Low Noise Parametric Amplifier
Author :
Smith, T. ; Smilowitz, B. ; Irvin, G. ; Kaminsky, R.
Abstract :
Noise measurements have been made on an IMPATT pumped S-band parametric amplifier. For the properly adjusted pump, no significant increase in noise temperature was observed for interfering signal levels up to -40 dBm, 20 MHz from the noise measurement frequency.
Keywords :
Frequency; Gunn devices; Iris; Low-noise amplifiers; Modulation; Noise level; Noise measurement; Oscillators; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1974 S-MTT International
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1974.1123552
