Noise wave analysis of Dicke and noise injection radiometers: Complete S parameter analysis and effect of temperature gradients

The performance analysis of microwave radiometers is often simplified assuming that most/all circuits are perfectly matched and that all are at the same physical temperature. However, the increasing performances demanded to future instruments makes necessary to assess their performance including all...

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Autor: Camps Carmona, Adriano José|||0000-0002-9514-4992
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/10234
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/10234
https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2009RS004198
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Microwave receivers
Signal theory (Telecommunication)
Radiometry
Microones
Senyal, Teoria del (Telecomunicació)
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Radiocomunicació i exploració electromagnètica::Circuits de microones, radiofreqüència i ones mil·limètriques
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Sumario:The performance analysis of microwave radiometers is often simplified assuming that most/all circuits are perfectly matched and that all are at the same physical temperature. However, the increasing performances demanded to future instruments makes necessary to assess their performance including all these effects: actual complex S-parameters of the different subsystems (non-zero insertion losses, finite matching, finite isolation….), physical temperature gradients etc. in view to devise a software correction, when it is not possible to warrant them by design. A full noisewave analysis is presented in this paper.