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Specification-Governed Telecommunication and High-Frequency-Electronics Aspects of Low-Noise Amplifier Research

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Millimeter-Wave Low Noise Amplifiers

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The first part of this chapter focuses on placing millimeter-wave research in the context of telecommunication. The second part focuses more strongly on some high-frequency amplifier electronics that were neglected in Chap. 1. In essence, this chapter aims to illustrate the convergence of communications, circuits and antennas, which is necessary in millimeter-wave LNA research. These apparently unrelated aspects of LNA research can furthermore be treated in a single chapter because they set the research constraints (i.e., result in design specifications). For example, there may be a requirement for a 60 GHz communication network deploying a certain type of modulation, but with a particular gain and noise figure; this, once again, illustrates the multidisciplinary nature of LNA research.

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Božanić, M., Sinha, S. (2018). Specification-Governed Telecommunication and High-Frequency-Electronics Aspects of Low-Noise Amplifier Research. In: Millimeter-Wave Low Noise Amplifiers. Signals and Communication Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69020-9_2

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