IEEE North Jersey Section

Agenda: Everyone is invited to join in a Celebration with Dr Iwama, Calling all Life Members to join and to be recognized. Please indicate if you are a Life Member in the Registration response. Speakers will include 1. Irwin Gerszberg of AT&T Labs 2. Dr Peter Vetter, President of Nokia Bell Labs. 3. Dr Timothy Lee Boeing Fellow, IEEE-USA President 2025; 4, Margaret J Lyons, PE IEEE Senior Member, Radio Club of America Secretary. The event will include Technical talks, Lunch, Museum Tours, a Watch Party, Cupcakes, and Cookies. Students, teachers, community members, Young Professionals... everyone is invited. There will be photographs at "The Spirit of Communication" and at the Telstar Museum Display with Leaders and Luminaries. Please send a PowerPoint Message for the occasion to be displayed around the building and to become part of the Event Playlist. Bldg: A, AT&T Science and Technology Innovation Center and Museum, 200 South Laurel Avenue , Middletown, New Jersey, United States, 07748

This webinar covers the practical aspects of measuring noise figures on a vector network analyzer (VNA) using the cold source technique. It builds on the concepts introduced earlier in this noise figure series. First, we review the method of the cold source noise figure measurement, pointing out the various parameters the VNA needs to measure in order to calculate the noise figure. This leads naturally to a discussion of measurement challenges, where we find some things are easy to control and measure while others are more difficult. We introduce best practices and techniques for each task to improve the noise figure measurement results. Demonstrations follow, where the instrument is configured for a noise figure measurement, then calibrated, and finally, the noise figure of a low noise amplifier is measured. Co-sponsored by: IEEE North Jersey Section Speaker(s): Michael (Mike) Leffel, Noha Ibrahim Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/426644