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karthik

Post subject: Phased array noise temperature

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 10:54 pm

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I would like to know if anyone has experience modeling the noise temperature of an active phased array antenna. The structure that I am trying to model is a patch antenna array with each element of the array backed by an LNA, phase shifter and a digital attenuator. Any pointers will be greatly appreciated.

Karthik

Posted 11/12/2012

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