• DocumentCode
    918917
  • Title

    The microwave radiometer as a simple sensitive propagation receiver

  • Author

    Penzias, A.A.

  • Volume
    59
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    1971
  • Firstpage
    1267
  • Lastpage
    1269
  • Abstract
    It is shown that for propagation experiments in which only the amplitude of the received signal is required, a suitably designed microwave radiometer provides a sensitivity essentially equal to that of the more complicated phase-locked receiver.
  • Keywords
    Bandwidth; Detectors; Filters; Frequency; Low-frequency noise; Microwave propagation; Microwave radiometry; Noise generators; Noise level; Phase noise;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PROC.1971.8387
  • Filename
    1450317