• DocumentCode
    2660706
  • Title

    Low Noise and Linear FET Amplifiers for Satellite Communications

  • Author

    Mercer, P. ; Cowan, D.A. ; Bell, A.B.

  • fYear
    1977
  • fDate
    21-23 June 1977
  • Firstpage
    468
  • Lastpage
    471
  • Abstract
    FET Amplifiers with ambient noise figures as low as 4.8 dB at 12 GHz, 35 dB gain and intercept points as high as +28 dBm have been developed for use in communications satellites. Predicted mean time to failure is in excess of 10/sup 6/ hours.
  • Keywords
    Artificial satellites; Energy consumption; FETs; Gain; Low-noise amplifiers; Noise figure; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Satellite communication; Scattering parameters; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 1977 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA, USA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.1977.1124493
  • Filename
    1124493