Accurate Noise Figure Measurements for Highly Mismatched Preamplifiers

Daniel Højrup Johansen; Juan D. Sánchez-Heredia; Vitaliy Zhurbenko; Jan Henrik Ardenkjær-Larsen

Accurate Noise Figure Measurements for Highly Mismatched Preamplifiers

Daniel Højrup Johansen, Juan D. Sánchez-Heredia, Vitaliy Zhurbenko, Jan Henrik Ardenkjær-Larsen

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Abstract

A method reducing the uncertainty of noise figure measurements of highly mismatched preamplifiers is presented. In many cases when measuring the noise figure of preamplifiers for MRI receive arrays the uncertainty is approximately ±0.4 dB. Since the noise figure of the preamplifier is also in this range, a more accurate method is needed. Here we show an increase of 59 % in noise figure accuracy by adding an attenuator between the noise source and preamplifier.

Original language	English
Publication date	2018
Number of pages	2
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	Joint Annual Meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB 2018 - Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris, France Duration: 16 Jun 2018 → 21 Jun 2018 https://www.ismrm.org/18m/

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Conference	Joint Annual Meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB 2018
Location	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles
Country	France
City	Paris
Period	16/06/2018 → 21/06/2018
Internet address	https://www.ismrm.org/18m/

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