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Millimeter Wave Measurements - NTMS

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W5HN<br />

North<br />

Texas<br />

<strong>NTMS</strong><br />

Although DSB noise figure measurements<br />

provide an average noise figure at LO +/-<br />

IF, it was felt that with all the low frequency<br />

gain of the WA1MBA amplifier that some<br />

sort of filtering was required to keep from<br />

saturating the mixer. This was accidentally<br />

verified on the bench when the LO was<br />

inadvertently turned off and I was still able<br />

to make a noise figure measurement!<br />

But….. where to find a filter<br />

Microwave<br />

Society<br />

WWW.<strong>NTMS</strong>.ORG 23

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