NOISE-FIGURE MEASUREMENT OF RECEIVING ACTIVE MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS

Authors
AN H NAUWELAERS B VANDECAPELLE A
Citation
H. An et al., NOISE-FIGURE MEASUREMENT OF RECEIVING ACTIVE MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS, Electronics Letters, 29(18), 1993, pp. 1594-1596
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
29
Issue
18
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1594 - 1596
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1993)29:18<1594:NMORAM>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A novel technique for the measurement of the noise figure is proposed for an amplifier embedded in a receiving active microstrip antenna, wh ere direct measurement is impossible. The proposed technique is a comb ination of the transducer power gain measurement of the amplifier and the absolute noise power measurement of the active antenna. The measur ed results of a receiving active microstrip antenna show the validity of the measurement technique. This enables the characterisation of the noise performance of active antennas.