Assignment On Noise Calculations
Assignment On Noise Calculations
1. What is the S/N at the output of an amplifier whose NF = 10 dB and the input S/N = 25 dB?
2. A network has a loss of 20 dB. What power ratio corresponds to this loss?
3. The input current of a network is 190 uA and the output is 1.3 uA. The loss in dB is _________.
5. If four networks connected in series have gains of -0.5 dB, -0.3 dB, -2 dB and 6.8 dB, the overall gain is
6. If you have available number of power amplifiers with a gain of 100 each, how many such amplifiers do you need to cascade to give
an overall gain of 60 dB?
7. The input is 1 W and the network loss is 27 dB, the output is _______.
8. A filter has a voltage gain of -12 dB. If the input voltage is 48 volts, the output voltage is
9. An amplifier operating over a 4 MHz BW has a 100 ohm input resistance and is operating at 300K. Determine the noise power
generated.
10. An amplifier with an input resistance of 1000 Ω is operating over a 4 MHz bandwidth. Calculate the rms noise voltage if the amplifier
is operating at 27 C.
11. Determine the noise current for a diode with a forward bias of 3.5 mA over a 100 kHz BW.
12. Determine the open circuit noise current in 1 Hz of bandwidth at 290 K for a diode biased at 1mA.
13. Two resistors, 20 KΩ and 50 kΩ at ambient temperature. Calculate, for a bandwidth equal to 100 kHz, the thermal noise voltage
for the two resistors connected in parallel.
14. Calculate the noise voltage at the input of a TV RF amplifier using a device that has a 200-Ω equivalent noise resistance and a 300-
Ω input resistor. The bandwidth of the amplifier is 6 MHz and the temperature is 17 C.
15. Given a 3 stage system with an input power Pin=-26 dBm and the power gains of the 3 stages of Ap1=23 dB, Ap2=-3dB, Ap3=16dB,
determine the output power Pout in dBm and watts.
16. Determine the overall noise factor and noise figure for 3 cascades of amps with the ff parameters:
A1 = 10 dB
A2 = 10 dB
A3 = 20 dB
NF1 = 3 dB
NF2 = 6 dB
NF3 = 10 dB