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Noise Design Methods

This document summarizes noise design methods for RF circuits. It introduces noise parameters such as noise factor and noise figure. It describes how the noise factor varies with source reflection coefficient according to noise circles with constant noise figures centered on the Smith chart. Minimum noise factor occurs at a particular source reflection coefficient. The document provides equations for calculating the noise factor and noise circles based on device noise parameters.

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Noise Design Methods

This document summarizes noise design methods for RF circuits. It introduces noise parameters such as noise factor and noise figure. It describes how the noise factor varies with source reflection coefficient according to noise circles with constant noise figures centered on the Smith chart. Minimum noise factor occurs at a particular source reflection coefficient. The document provides equations for calculating the noise factor and noise circles based on device noise parameters.

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Noise Design Methods

RF Circuits

Ph.D. John Jairo Pantoja A. Universidad Nacional de Colombia


Bogotá D.C.
April 2016

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Noise Design Methods

Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Noise Parameters
3. Constant Noise Figure Circles
4. References

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1. Introduction
Si= Input signal power
Si So=G·Si So= Output signal power
Ni= Standard input thermal noise
No= Total output noise power
N= Amplifier excess noise power
Ni No=G·Ni+N G= Amplifier power gain

Si / Ni N
Noise factor F 1
S o / No G
Noise figure NF  10 log F (dB)
(Ni=kT0B=-174dBm/Hz+Bandwidth(dBHz) @ T=T0=290°K)

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2. Noise Parameters
2
4rn S  min
F(S )  Fmin  2 2
(1  S ) 1  min
Noise Parameters
Fmin : Minimum noise factor @ S= min
rn= Rn/Z0 : Normalized noise resistance
min=|min|qmin
Minimum-noise source reflection
coefficient @ F= Fmin

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2. Noise Parameters

Bias
Frequency
dependent
dependent

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3. Constant Noise Figure Circles

Let F= Fi  Fmin
|S- CFi| = rFi
A given F corresponds to a constant noise
figure circle in the S-Plane

min 1 2 2
CFi  rFi  Ni  Ni (1  min )
1  Ni 1  Ni
Fi  Fmin 2
where Ni  1  min
4rn

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3. Constant Noise Figure Circles

1.0
Swp Max

0.8
Noise Circles
NFmin-3dB

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4GHz

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0
2.
4 NFmin-2dB
0. 0
3.
NFmin-1dB 4.
0
5.0
0.2
NFmin 10.0

10.0
0.2

0.4

0.6
0.8
1.0

2.0

3.0
4.0
5.0
min
0

-10.0
2
-0.

S-Plane
0
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Swp Min
-0.8

-1.0

4GHz

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4. References

[1] G. González, Microwave transistor amplifiers: analysis


and design: Prentice Hall, 1997.

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