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Practical Noise-Figure Measurement and Analysis for Low-Noise Amplifier Designs Application Note 1354 Table of contents Introduction Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Understanding and accurately measuring noise figure (NF) in low-noise elements has become particularly The design process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 important to the development of next-generation Software modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 communications systems. This application note Functional requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 examines the process of making practical noise- Selecting a device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 figure (NF) measurements of low-noise amplifiers Raw device modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 (LNAs)