EDN

VNA platform measures noise from 70 kHz to 125 GHz

Noise figure measurement capability is available for Anritsu Company’s VectorStar MS4640 and ME7838A analyzers. Option MS4640A-041 equips VectorStar to be the only VNA family with 70 kHz to 125 GHz ...
EDN

Signal to noise: calculating the high-resolution-audio reality-to-hype ratio, part 2

Part 1 of this article series discussed the theoretical benefits of high-resolution audio’s large sample sizes and the degree to which the limitations of real-life equipment, recording studios, and ...
Electronic Design

Use A Signal Analyzer To Measure Power Supply, Regulator, and Reference Noise

Noise from the power supply, linear regulators, and voltage references is a major contributor to the limitations of system performance, especially in instrumentation and communications products. In ...
Electronic Design

Control Ambient Noise Through Isolation and Cancellation

The most obvious way to get rid of ambient noise is to employ some form of passive or active noise cancellation (ANC). The type of ANC we’re familiar with today was coined in 1989 by Dr. Amar Bose ...