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Figure 21 illustrates the unco<strong>de</strong>d BER, which stands for Bit Error Rate, versus the<br />

Es/N0, which is the energy of a symbol Es normalized to the noise power N0, in the case of a<br />

16 QAM modulation. Assuming that the symbol and the sampling periods are equal, Es/N0<br />

then corresponds to the SNR.<br />

The required BER <strong>de</strong>pends on the communication system. However, this figure shows<br />

that BER strongly <strong>de</strong>pends on the SNR. To reach bit error rates of 10 -4 or 10 -5 , SNR of 18 to<br />

20dB are nee<strong>de</strong>d. Besi<strong>de</strong>s, it is worth pointing out that a 1dB variation at these SNRs leads to<br />

a factor 10 variation on the BER. Hence, noise is a very critical issue in our applications.<br />

Figure 21. BER versus Es/N0 in case of a 16QAM modulation<br />

As explained in APPENDIX A, the noise factor (or the noise figure) is a way to<br />

measure the <strong>de</strong>gradation of the SNR by a system between its input and its output. Applying<br />

Friis’ formula to a receiver system ma<strong>de</strong> of a LNA of gain GLNA and of noise factor FLNA, and<br />

consi<strong>de</strong>ring the noise factor of the rest of the receiver chain Frest, it can be written that:<br />

F<br />

F<br />

rest<br />

receiver = FLNA<br />

+ . (I.5)<br />

G LNA<br />

Thus, the receiver noise factor is strongly <strong>de</strong>pen<strong>de</strong>nt on the noise and the gain of the<br />

first stage LNA. To get a very low Freceiver, it is required to have a high gain with a very low<br />

noise factor, and this stage is performed by an LNA. When FLNA is low while GLNA is high, the<br />

noise constraints over the rest of the receiver chain, <strong>de</strong>scribed by the noise factor Frest, can be<br />

relaxed.<br />

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