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Measurement Method of Noise Correlation Matrix Using Relative Noise Ratio

상대적인 잡음비를 이용한 잡음상관행렬 측정방법

  • Lee, Dong-Hyun (Department of Radio Science & Engineering, Chungnam University) ;
  • Yeom, Kyung-Whan (Department of Radio Science & Engineering, Chungnam University)
  • Received : 2016.03.31
  • Accepted : 2016.05.11
  • Published : 2016.06.07
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Abstract

In general, noise measurement results show larger random ripple than those of the network analyzer. The reason for the lager random ripple of the noise measurements is considered that the general noise measurements uses absolute measured noise powers, while the network analyzer measures using a ratio of the measured powers. In this paper, a novel measurement method of noise correlation matrix using relative noise ratios is proposed. Proposed method measures the five noise powers of DUT for the five input impedance variations and the four relative noise ratios are formed using the five measured noise powers. The four noise ratios are used to compute the noise correlation matrix and noise parameters. The resulting noise parameters for a 0.5 dB attenuator show good agreements with theoretical values calculated by S-parameters. Also, the noise parameters of an active DUT with a noise figure of less than 1 dB are measured and the measured results show a small random ripple as expected and their values are physically acceptable. In conclusion, the proposed method can be applied to the noise parameter measurements for DUT with a noise figure below 1 dB.

일반적으로 잡음 측정결과는 회로망분석기의 측정결과에 비해 상당히 큰 불규칙 리플을 보인다. 이에 대한 주 원인은 회로망분석기는 측정 시에 상대적인 전력의 비를 이용하고, 잡음 측정은 절대적인 잡음전력 측정에 의존하기 때문이다. 본 논문에서는 잡음측정의 불규칙 리플을 최소화하기 위해서 상대적인 잡음비를 이용한 새로운 잡음상관행렬 측정방법을 제안하였다. 제안된 방법은 5개의 입력에 대해 측정된 잡음전력들 중 하나를 기준으로 4개의 상대적인 잡음비를 통해 불규칙 리플을 최소화하고, 이를 이용하여 잡음상관행렬 및 잡음 파라미터를 측정하는 방법이다. 제안된 방법을 이용한 잡음파라미터 측정결과, 수동 DUT인 0.5 dB 감쇠기의 경우, S-파라미터를 이용하여 계산되어진 잡음 파라미터의 이론값과 거의 일치하는 결과를 보였다. 그리고 1 dB 이하의 잡음지수를 갖는 능동 DUT에 대해서도 신뢰할 수 있는 잡음파라미터 측정이 가능함을 보였다.

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