Low Noise Characteristics of CoCrPt/Cr Medium with Cu Interlayer

Investigating the Joining of Ni3Al Intermetallic Compound, using Transient Liquid Phase (TLP) Method with Cu Interlayer

In this study, joining of Ni3Al intermetallic compounds using the transient liquid phase (TLP) process with Cu interlayer was investigated. The binding process was carried out in a vacuum furnace at a temperature of 1050 °C for different times of 30, 60, 90 and 120 minutes. The effect of time variation on microstructure and mechanical properties of the joint zone was investigated. The EDS analy...

Low Frequency Noise Characteristics of Multimode and Singlemode Laser Diodes

Low-frequency and Tonal Characteristics of Transformer Noise

Electricity substations and their associated transformers are necessary for community power needs. In NSW these substations are often located in rural areas where background noise is low. Noise ‘hum’ from the transformers can be an issue for residents located nearby to the substation, and the tonal and low-frequency nature of the noise can add to the annoyance. The NSW Industrial Noise Policy a...

Design of an S-band Ultra-low-noise Amplifier with Frequency Band Switching Capability

In this paper, an ultra-low-noise amplifier with frequency band switching capability is designed, simulated and fabricated. The two frequency ranges of this amplifier consist of the 2.4 to 2.5 GHz and 3.1 GHz to 3.15 GHz frequency bands. The designed amplifier has a noise figure of less than 1dB, a minimum gain of 23 dB and a VSWR of less than 2 in the whole frequency band. The design process s...

Linear IC detectors for low to medium SNR ill-conditioned communication systems with unknown noise variance

In this paper, we introduce two new linear parallel interference cancellation (LPIC) detectors that are suitable for low to medium signal-to-noise ratio ill-conditioned communication systems and do not require knowledge of the noise variance but perform close to the linear minimum mean square error detector, which needs such information. Particularly, we focus in this work on fast linear parall...