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Course Announcement: MEAS403 - Basic RF and Microwave Noise Measurement

MATH110 - Introduction to Measurement Concepts is complete. This is part of the in the measurement training series.

In this course the following will be covered:

• Definition of Noise Temperature
• Difference between Noise Temperature and Physical Temperature
• Definition of Excess Noise Ratio (ENR)
• Y-factor technique for noise measurement
• The use of adapters and attenuation in noise measurement
• The effect of reflections in noise measurement
• Putting it all together - an example system
• Definition of Noise Factor and Excess Noise Ratio
• Definition of Noise Figure
• The Noise Factor of Cascaded 2-ports
• Measurement of Noise Figure

The prerequisites for this course are completion of EE104 or prior understanding of basic RF and microwave measurements, and complex arithmetic, and MEAS101.