Title :
An IMPATT Pump for a Low-Noise Parametric Amplifier (Short Papers)
Author :
Smith, Thane ; Smilowitz, Bernard ; Irvin, Gerald ; Kaminsky, Richard
fDate :
12/1/1974 12:00:00 AM
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 :
Bandwidth; Frequency modulation; Gunn devices; Low-noise amplifiers; Noise level; Noise measurement; Oscillators; Power amplifiers; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors;
Journal_Title :
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMTT.1974.1128491
