Abstract
A recently developed radiometer system NCS1 is used to calibrate thermal noise temperature at any frequency between 1.0 GHz and 12.0 GHz. Any cryogenic noise source can be measured; the upper limit of noise temperatures measured without a loss of accuracy is estimated to be about 105 K. For a typical hot noise source with the noise temperature of 8400 K and a reflection coefficient magnitude of 0.1, the expanded uncertainty is ≈ 1.8%, and the system sensitivity ≈ 2 K. Implemented in Type N connector, it can be easily modified to calibrate noise sources with other coaxial connectors or waveguide flanges.
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