Determining noise temperature of a noise source using calibrated noise sources and an RF attenuator
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Tae-Weon Kang; Jeong-Hwan Kim; Joo-Gwang Lee; Jeong-Il Park; Dae-Chan Kim
- Source
- CPEM 2010 Precision Electromagnetic Measurements (CPEM), 2010 Conference on. :745-746 Jun, 2010
- Subject
- Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Temperature
Radio frequency
Attenuators
Electromagnetic measurements
- Language
- ISSN
- 0589-1485
2160-0171
A calibration system for noise sources is implemented in the frequency range of 18 GHz to 26.5 GHz. For the Y-factor method, a diode noise source and one with an RF attenuator are used as standard noise sources. Measured results and evaluated uncertainty are presented.