The Essential Noise Figure Measurement Guide - Measuring Noise Figure with Signal Analyzers - Part 2
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Introduction
Optimizing your device performance is of upmost importance. System parameters such as sensitivity, bit error ratio (BER), and most importantly, noise figure, represent system parameters that characterize the ability of a receiving system to process low-level signals.
Lowering your receiving system’s noise figure is an economical and quick way to significantly improve your device’s performance. The first step to improving your receiving system’s performance is characterizing its behavior with a noise figure measurement.
The second part of this two-part series on noise figure will teach you how to make your own noise figure measurements on your device under test (DUT) using a signal analyzer, noise source, and dedicated noise figure application.
Part 1 of this series introduced noise figure and why you need to measure it as well as the Y-Factor Noise Figure and Gain measurement method.