An educational tool for RF LNA analysis based on an implementation of the Smith Chart in Excel

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dc.contributor.authorMcCarthy, Kevin G.
dc.contributor.funderIrish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technologyen
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-10T09:34:08Z
dc.date.available2020-01-10T09:34:08Z
dc.date.issued2012-06
dc.date.updated2020-01-10T09:22:28Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper describes a simple tool for the analysis and design of single-stage Radio Frequency Low Noise Amplifiers based on standard Smith-Chart procedures that has been implemented in Excel. The tool allows the user to enter the transistor's s-parameters and details of the source and load networks and to interactively explore the effects of these quantities on design variables such as gain, noise figure and stability. It also facilitates the design of two-element matching networks to transform the source and load impedances to optimum values to achieve the desired gain and noise performance.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationMcCarthy, K. G. (2012) 'An educational tool for RF LNA analysis based on an implementation of the Smith Chart in Excel', IET Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC 2012), Maynooth, Ireland, 28-29 June. doi: 10.1049/ic.2012.0203en
dc.identifier.doi10.1049/ic.2012.0203en
dc.identifier.endpage6en
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-84919-613-0
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/9478
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherInstitution of Engineering and Technologyen
dc.relation.urihttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/6621182
dc.relation.urihttps://digital-library.theiet.org/content/conferences/10.1049/ic.2012.0203
dc.relation.urihttp://2012.issc.ie/
dc.rights© 2012, Institution of Engineering and Technology. This paper is a postprint of a paper submitted to and accepted for publication in IET Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC 2012) and is subject to Institution of Engineering and Technology Copyright. The copy of record is available at the IET Digital Library: https://digital-library.theiet.org/content/conferences/10.1049/ic.2012.0203en
dc.subjectRF Educationen
dc.subjectLNAen
dc.subjectSmith Charten
dc.subjectMatchingen
dc.subjectExcelen
dc.titleAn educational tool for RF LNA analysis based on an implementation of the Smith Chart in Excelen
dc.typeConference itemen
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