High Institute For Engineering & Technology, AL-Obour: Sheet 5
High Institute For Engineering & Technology, AL-Obour: Sheet 5
Sheet 5
Problem 4.1: Determine the value of the noise voltage that is developed in a 200
resistor working at an ambient temperature of 22oC and capable of carrying the
frequency range of 60 KHz to 108 KHz.
Problem 4.2: Consider a 75 resistor maintained at room temperature of 290K.
Assuming a bandwidth of 1 MHz, calculate the following:
a- The root-mean-square (RMS) value of the voltage appearing across the
terminals of each resistor due to thermal noise.
b- The maximum available noise power delivered to a matched load.
Problem 4.3: Given the parameters for the three voltage amplifiers indicated below,
determine the following:
a- The order in which the amplifiers must be connected.
b- The overall lowest noise figure for the cascaded system.
c- The effective noise temperature for each amplifier.
d- The overall effective noise temperature for the cascaded system.
Amp A
F = 2.5 dB
G = 44 dB
Amp B
F = 1.7 dB
G = 16 dB
Amp C
F = 1.2 dB
G = 8 dB
Problem 4.4: Consider the receiver shown below, which consist of a lossy waveguide,
low-noise RF amplifier, frequency down-converter (mixer), and IF amplifier. The
antenna temperature is 50K.
a- Calculate the equivalent noise temperature for each of the four components,
assuming a room temperature T = 290K.
b- Calculate the effective noise temperature of the whole receiver.
Low-noise
amplifier
F = 3 dB
L = 7 dB
Frequency
down-converter
F = 4.77 dB
G = 7 dB
F = 2.3 dB
G = 10 dB
Intermediate
frequency
amplifier
F = 7 dB
G = 37 dB