A coaxial noise standard for the 1 GHz to 12.4 GHz frequency range
Abstract
The design and construction of a coaxial thermal noise standard is described. The standard is designed to operate at the boiling point of liquid nitrogen with a noise temperature accurate to + or - 1 K in the frequency range from 1 GHz to 12.4 GHz.
- Publication:
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Final Report National Bureau of Standards
- Pub Date:
- March 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984nbs..rept.....D
- Keywords:
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- Electromagnetic Noise;
- Microwaves;
- Noise Temperature;
- Standards;
- Beryllium Oxides;
- Calibrating;
- Dielectric Properties;
- Error Analysis;
- Communications and Radar