Low Noise Amplifiers

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"Cooled,low noise microwave FET amplifiers are used extensively in radio telescopes,sattelite earth stations,and radar systems to minimize noise added to the signal by the receiver...." Quoted from:
Techniques of Microwave Noise Measurement on Cooled Transistors
Eric C. Valk
Phd. Thesis Fall,1990
The University of Alberta Department of Electrical Engineering

A number of low noise amplifiers were made here using the Weinreb design in the schematic, some used the Mitsubishi MGF 1412 GaAs FET.

Dr. Valk went to S.E.D. systems in Saskatchewan after completing his studies here.

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