Specifications and Measurement of Local Oscillator Noise in Integrated Circuit Base Station Mixers

EBook Description: Residual phase noise from local oscillators (LO) can be degraded by additive noise of on-chip local oscillator drivers/buffers in integrated circuit mixers. Reciprocal mixing of strong RF signals with the LO noise degrades the receiver sensitivity.

For any given piece of RF/Microwave hardware there
has to be a specification, which defines the electrical,
mechanical and environmental performance of the
equipment

Smith chart tutorial1

For lower frequency circuits, lumped elements are normally used instead of transmission lines.

Smith chart tutorial2

For lower frequency circuits, lumped elements are normally used instead of transmission lines.

Smith chart tutorial3

For lower frequency circuits, lumped elements are normally used instead of transmission lines.

dBm volts watts conversion table

Table of dBm volts watts conversion.

RF Basics

� Building blocks in RF system and basic performances
� Device characteristics in RF application
� Low noise amplifier design
� Mixer design
� Oscillator design

RF Basic 1

Notes on RF Basic.

Radio Receivers, from crystal set to stereo

It is hard to imagine what would the modern world look like without the permanent exchange of huge quantity of information. It is being transferred by various means (newspapers, telephone, the Internet etc.), however, the fastest way of doing it, and sometimes the only one, is by radio, where transfer is being done by electromagnetic waves, traveling at the speed of light.

Understanding Electronic Components

All components are illustrated and the circuit-symbol is explained in detail. Both simple and complex examples are provided for the beginners. These include resistors, capacitors, transformers, transistors, integrated circuits, etc and each has its own symbol to represent it in an electrical or electronic diagram - called a circuit diagram.

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