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k = Boltzmanns constant = 1.38 x 10
-23
Figure 2.2: White noise (a) power
spectrum (b) autocorrelation
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GAUSSIAN PROCESS
Gaussian process is important in
communication systems.
The main reason is that thermal
noise in electrical devices
produced by movement of
electrons due to thermal
agitation is closely modeled by a
Gaussian process.
Due to the movements of
electrons, sum of small currents
of a very large number of
sources was introduced.
Since majority sources are
independent, hence the total
current is sum of large number
of random variables.
Therefore the total currents has
Gaussian distribution.
Figure 2.5: Histogram of some
noise voltage measurements
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Properties of Thermal Noise
Thermal noise is a stationary process
Thermal noise is a zero-mean process
Thermal noise is a Gaussian process
Thermal noise is a white noise with power spectral density
S
X
(f)=kT/2=S
n
(f)=N
0
/2.
It is clear that power spectral density of thermal noise
increase with increasing the ambient temperature,
therefore, keeping electric circuit cool makes their
noise level low.
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NOISE POWER
Noise power is given as
and can be written as
P
N
= kTB [W]
where
P
N
= noise power,
k = Boltzmanns constant (1.38x10
-23
J/K)
B = bandwidth,
T = absolute temperature (Kelvin)(17
o
C or 290K)
0
0
2
B
N
B
N
P df
N B
=
=
}
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NOISE VOLTAGE
Figure 2.4 shows the
equivalent circuit for a
thermal noise source.
Internal resistance R
I
in series
with the rms noise voltage V
N
.
For the worst condition, the
load resistance R = R
I
, noise
voltage dropped across R =
half the noise source
(V
R
=V
N
/2) and
The noise power P
N
,
developed across the load
resistor = kTB
V
N
/2
V
N
/2
V
N R
R
I
Noise Source
The mathematical expression :
Figure 2.4: Noise source equivalent
circuit
( )
2
2
2
/ 2
4
4
4
N
N
N
N
N
V
V
P kTB
R R
V RkTB
V RkTB
= = =
=
=
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OTHER NOISE SOURCES
There are 3 other noise mechanisms that contribute to internally
generated noise in electronic devices.
1. Generation-Recombination Noise - The result of free carriers
being generated and recombining in semiconductor material. Can
consider these generation and recombination events to be random.
This noise process can be treated as shot noise process.
2. Temperature-Fluctuation Noise The result of the fluctuating heat
exchange between a small body, such as transistor, and its
environment due to the fluctuations in the radiation and heat-
conduction processes. If a liquid or gas is flowing past the small
body, fluctuation in heat convection also occurs.
3. Flicker Noise It is characterized by a spectral density that
increases with decreasing frequency. The dependence on spectral
density on frequency is often found to be proportional to the
inverse first power of the frequency. Sometimes referred as one-
over-f noise.
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Example 2.2
Calculate the thermal noise power available from any resistor at
room temperature (290 K) for a bandwidth of 1 MHz. Calculate also
the corresponding noise voltage, given that R = 50 O.
Ans
a) Thermal noise power b) Noise voltage
W
kTB N
15
6 23
10 4
10 1 290 10 38 . 1
=
=
=
V
RkTB V
N
895 . 0
10 4 50 4
4
15
=
=
=
=
=
( )
dBm
N
dBm
134
10 1
10 4
log 10
3
17
=
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) ( 127 . 0
10 4 100 4
4
17
rms V
RkTB V
N
=
=
=
=
=
=
V
kTB R V
N
6
3 23 3
2 2
10 95 . 8
10 100 290 10 38 . 1 10 50 4
4
=
=
=
O
3 3 3
10 70 10 50 10 20 = +
V
kTB R V
T Ntotal
5
3 23 3
10 06 . 1
10 100 290 10 38 . 1 10 70 4
4
=
=
=
O =
+
k 28 . 14
10 10 50 20
10 ) 50 20 (
3 3
3
V
k
kTB R V
T Ntotal
78 . 4
10 100 290 10 38 . 1 29 . 14 4
4
3 23
=
=
=
+ =
n
n
T
A A A
F
A A
F
A
F
F F
Amplifier 1
A
P1
NF
1
Amplifier 2
A
P2
NF
2
Amplifier 3
A
Pn
NF
n
S
i
N
i
(dB)
Input Output
S
o
N
o
S
i
N
i
= +
NF
T
Figure 2.9: Noise figure of cascaded amplifiers
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Where
F
T
= total noise factor for n cascaded amplifiers
F
1
, F
2
, F
3
n
= noise factor, amplifier 1,2,3n
A
1
, A
2
. A
n
= power gain, amplifier 1,2,..n
Notification remarks
Change unit of all noise factors F and power gains A from
[dB] to [unitless] before insert its into Friss formula
equation.
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Example 2.9
The input signal to a telecommunications receiver consists of 100 W
of signal power and 1 W of noise power. The receiver contributes an
additional 80 W of noise, N
D
, and has a power gain of 20 dB.
Compute the input SNR, the output SNR and the receivers noise figure.
Ans.
a) Input SNR =
Input SNR(dB) =
] [ 20 100 log 10 dB =
] [ 100 unitless
10 1
10 100
N
S
6 -
-6
i
i
=
=
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b) The output noise power = internal noise + amplified input noise
The output signal power = amplified input signal
Output SNR=
Output SNR(dB) =
] [ 10 8 . 1
) 10 1 100 ( 80
4
6
W
W W N A N N
i p D out
=
+ = + =
] [ 10 1
10 100 100
2
6
W
S A S
i p out
=
= =
] [ 56 . 55
10 1.8
10 1
4 -
-2
unitless
N
S
out
out
=
=
] [ 45 . 17 56 . 55 log 10 dB =
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c) Noise Figure NF =
56 . 55
100
log 10
] [
] [
log 10 =
unitless SNR output
unitless SNR input
] [ 55 . 2 dB =
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Example 2.10
For a non-ideal amplifier and the following parameters,
determine
Input signal power = 2 x 10
-10
W
Input noise power = 2 x 10
-18
W
Power Gain = 1,000,000
Internal Noise (N
d
) = 6 x 10
-12
W
a. Input S/N ratio (dB)
b. Output S/N ratio (dB)
c. Noise factor and noise figure
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Ans
a) Input SNR
Input SNR(dB) =
b) The output noise power
The output signal power
Output SNR(dB)
] [ 10 1
10 2
10 2
8
18 -
-10
unitless
N
S
i
i
=
=
] [ 80 100000000 log 10 dB =
] [ 10 8
) 10 2 10 1 ( 10 6
12
18 6 12
W
N A N N
i p D out
=
+ = + =
] [ 10 2
10 2 10 1
4
10 6
W
S A S
i p out
=
= =
] [ 74 log 10 dB
10 8
10 2
12 -
-4
=
=
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c)
Noise factor F =
Noise figure NF =
] [ 4
25000000
100000000
] [
] [
unitless
unitless SNR output
unitless SNR input
= =
] [ 02 . 6 4 log 10 dB =
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Example 2.11
For three cascaded amplifier stages, each with noise figures of 3 dB and
power gains of 10 dB, determine the total noise figure.
Ans.
Change all noise figure and power gain from [dB] unit to [unitless]
Power gain
Noise Factor
Using Friss formula ,
Total noise factor
Total noise figure NF
T
=
] [ 10 10
10
10
3 2 1
unitless A A A = = = =
] [ 2 10
10
3
3 2 1
unitless F F F = = = =
] [
1 1
2 1
3
1
2
1
unitless
A A
F
A
F
F F
T
+
+ =
] [ 11 . 2
10 10
1 2
10
1 2
2
unitless =
+ =
] [ 24 . 3 11 . 2 log 10 dB =
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EQUIVALENT NOISE TEMPERATURE (T
e
)
The noise produced from thermal agitation is directly proportional
to temperature, thermal noise can be expressed in degrees as well
as watts or dBm.
Mathematically,
where T = environmental temperature (kelvin)
N = noise power (watts)
K = Boltzmanns constant (1.38 x 10
-23
J/K)
B = bandwidth (hertz)
KB
N
T =
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T
e
is a hypothetical value that cannot be directly measured
Convenient parameter often used . Its also indicates reduction in the
signal-to-noise ratio a signal undergoes as it propagates through a
receiver.
The lower the T
e
, the better the quality of a receiver.
Typically values for T
e
, range from (20 K 1000 K) for noisy receivers.
Mathematically,
Where T
e
=equivalent noise temperature (kelvin)
T = environmental temperature (290 K)
F = noise factor (unitless)
Conversely, F can be represented as a function of T
e
:
( ) 1 = F T T
e
T
T
F
e
+ =1
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Example 2.12
Determine,
a) Noise figure for an equivalent noise temperature of 75 K.
b) Equivalent noise temperature for noise figure of 6 dB.
Ans.
a) Noise factor
Noise figure NF =
b) Noise factor
Equivalent noise temperature
] [ 258 . 1
290
75
1 1 unitless
T
T
F
e
= + = + =
] [ 1 258 . 1 log 10 dB =
] [ 4 )
10
6
log( )
10
log( unitless anti
NF
anti F = = =
] [ 870
) 1 4 ( 290 ) 1 (
K
F T T
e
=
= =
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NOISE MEASUREMENTS
To work with noise in communications systems, it
must be measured in a meaningful way.
Noise is a random process & does not have a single
value or an equation to describe it.
The root mean square (rms) value of the noise is
the most important fact.
rms value is formed by taking the square root of the
average of the individual noise voltages, which have
been squared.
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Consider a series of 10 noise values measured with a
voltmeter as -0.3, 1.0, 0.2, 0.5, 0.6, -0.6, 0.3, 0.1, -0.15
and 0.9 V.
They are squared so that the negative values become
positive, & then these squared values are averaged.
The sum of the squares is
The average is
( ) ( )
2 2
2
2 2 2 2
2
1 . 0 3 . 0 6 . 0 6 . 0 5 . 0 2 . 0 1 3 . 0 + + + + + + + =
( )
2
2
9 . 0 15 . 0 .... + +
2
0325 . 3 V =
2
30325 . 0
10
0325 . 3
V = =
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The square root of this mean is
Example 2.13
Noise values in mV as follows are measured at various
times: 10, -100, 35, -57, 90, 26, 26, -10, -15 and -20.
What is the rms noise value?
Squaring each value, we have:
100 + 10,000 + 1225 + 3249 + 8100 + 676 + 676 + 100 +
225 + 400 = 24,751 (mV)
2
The average value is 24,751/10 = 2475.1 (mV)
2
.
The rms value = 49.75 mV.
V 55 . 0 30325 . 0 = =