A new accurate calibration for a noise‐figure meter

A method for the parameter measurement of a noise-figure meter is proposed. It permits us to perform noise-figure measurement without a tuner. The only assumption lies in the correlation term of the noise model. Variation of the noise source with the temperature is taken into account. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 47: 173–175, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.21116

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