Ebook: Noise in Radio-Frequency Electronics and Its Measurement

Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Symbols -- Introduction -- 1. Background Noise in Electronics -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Spontaneous fluctuations in electronic components -- 1.2.1. Introduction -- 1.2.2. Thermal noise -- 1.2.3. Shot noise -- 1.2.4. Generation / recombination noise -- 1.2.5. Excess noise -- 1.3. Noise factor -- 1.3.1. Definition -- 1.3.2. Reference temperature for the noise factor -- 1.3.3. Importance of the noise factor in telecommunications -- 1.4. Noise in two-ports -- 1.4.1. Representation of noise in two-ports