Re: [time-nuts] low phase noise, noise floor and noise figure amplifier at 400MHz

2020-01-10 Thread Bruce Griffiths
The phase noise specifications for an amplifier are meaningless if the input signal level isnt specified. Bruce > On 11 January 2020 at 03:27 Leon Pavlovic wrote: > > > The HP K22 had a specified noise figure as <7.5dB (I'm guessing its NF is > not around 1dB) and the measured noise floor

Re: [time-nuts] low phase noise, noise floor and noise figure amplifier at 400MHz

2020-01-10 Thread Lifespeed
-Original Message- From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@lists.febo.com] On Behalf Of John Miles Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2020 10:23 PM To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' Subject: Re: [time-nuts] low phase noise, noise floor and noise figure amplifier at

Re: [time-nuts] low phase noise, noise floor and noise figure amplifier at 400MHz

2020-01-10 Thread Leon Pavlovic
The HP K22 had a specified noise figure as <7.5dB (I'm guessing its NF is not around 1dB) and the measured noise floor -175dBc/Hz at 10kHz and up at 400MHz from the datasheet. Since I've had a need for a low-gain (2-4dB) isolation amp at the 100-500MHz range, I've experimented with a cascode