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Novel Calibration Method of Noise Figure Analyzer and Measurement of Noise Correlation Matrix

잡음지수분석기의 새로운 교정방법과 잡음상관행렬 측정

  • Lee, Dong-Hyun (Department of Radio Science & Engineering, Chungnam University) ;
  • Yeom, Kyung-Whan (Department of Radio Science & Engineering, Chungnam University)
  • Received : 2018.03.22
  • Accepted : 2018.06.08
  • Published : 2018.07.31
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Abstract

The conventional calibration method for a noise figure analyzer is to use a noise source. This method is accompanied by a significant irregular ripple in the measurement results, because it does not consider the mismatch of the noise source and noise figure analyzer during calibration. A novel calibration method of the noise figure analyzer is proposed that considers the mismatch between the noise power and noise figure analyzer. A novel noise correlation matrix measurement technique using this method is also proposed. The method determines the noise correlation matrix and the gain of the uncorrected noise figure analyzer using uncorrected noise powers. Then, having determined the gain and noise correlation matrix, the effects of noise figure analyzers were corrected in the measurement results of the noise correlation matrix for the device under test (DUT). Through the proposed method, the measured noise parameters of a DUT showed the same degree of irregular ripples as the result of using the relative noise ratio.

잡음지수분석기의 일반적인 교정방법은 잡음전원을 이용하는 방법이다. 이 방법은 교정 시 잡음전원과 잡음지수분석기의 부정합을 고려하지 않기 때문에 측정결과에서 심각한 불규칙 리플을 동반한다. 본 논문에서는 잡음전원과 잡음지수분석기의 부정합을 모두 고려한 새로운 잡음지수분석기의 교정 및 이를 이용한 새로운 잡음상관행렬 측정방법을 제안한다. 제안하는 방법은 uncorrected 잡음전력을 이용, 교정하지 않은 잡음지수분석기의 이득과 잡음상관행렬을 결정하였다. 그리고 결정된 이득과 잡음상관행렬을 이용, DUT에 대한 잡음상관행렬 측정결과에서 잡음지수분석기의 영향을 교정하였다. 제안된 방법을 통해, 측정된 DUT의 잡음파라미터는 상대적인 잡음비를 이용한 측정 결과와 같은 정도의 불규칙 리플을 보였다.

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