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Analysis of noise in cascaded non‐linear stages
Author(s) -
Larsen Torben
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
international journal of circuit theory and applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.364
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1097-007X
pISSN - 0098-9886
DOI - 10.1002/cta.4490210409
Subject(s) - uncorrelated , cascade , noise (video) , computer science , mathematics , algorithm , control theory (sociology) , statistics , engineering , artificial intelligence , control (management) , chemical engineering , image (mathematics)
This paper presents a method to analyse noise in cascaded non‐linear stages based on Volterra series for multiport systems. the cascaded stages are partitioned such that internal noise sources from different stages are uncorrelated and linear loading between all stages can be assumed. This partitioning scheme implies that the ensemble average of the magnitude‐squared output response from the last stage in the cascade can be determined as a sum of noise contributions from the individual stages. the method allows both unmodulated (independent) and modulated (dependent) noise sources. A special case of the theory and two related examples are presented to illustrate the method.