Title :
The Design of Cascaded-Amplifier Transmission Systems
Author_Institution :
Jerrold Electronics Corporation
Abstract :
A method is developed for the design of cascaded-amplifier systems where noise and nonlinear distortion may accumulate, at different rates. The amplifiers may operate at levels other than the "midway" level to achieve results not possible with the conventional approach.
Keywords :
Distortion measurement; Distributed amplifiers; Low-noise amplifiers; Noise level; Noise measurement; Noise reduction; Nonlinear distortion; Pulse modulation; Repeaters; Signal to noise ratio;
Journal_Title :
Broadcasting, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TBC.1974.266147
