Noise investigation of an active non-foster matching network for small antennas

Matching networks with Non-Foster elements seem to be useful for the matching of small antennas. This paper presents the advantages and disadvantages of such a non-Foster matching network with active elements. Therefore a comparison with a conventional matching network regarding signal performance only and in addition regarding signal-to noise (SNR) performance for automotive application in the FM frequency range is made. In contrast to other publications a severe SNR disadvantage of the non-Foster network results.

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