ODUNGE STANS
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Outline the factors that determine the sensitivity of a radio receiver.
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Factors Determining Radio Receiver Sensitivity:
1. Antenna Characteristics:
- Antenna gain: Higher gain antennas collect more signal energy, improving sensitivity.
- Antenna directionality: Focuses the signal in the desired direction, reducing noise.
- Antenna impedance matching: Mismatches between antenna and receiver can result in signal loss.
2. Receiver Front-End:
- Low-noise amplifier (LNA): Amplifies the weak signal before further processing, minimizing noise.
- Image rejection ratio: Rejects unwanted signals that fall within the receiver's intermediate frequency range.
- Mixer and local oscillator: Stability, linearity, and noise performance of these components impact receiver sensitivity.
3. Intermediate Frequency (IF) Section:
- Bandwidth: Narrower bandwidth reduces adjacent channel interference, improving sensitivity.
- IF gain: Amplifies the signal to a level compatible with the detector.
4. Detector:
- Type of detector (e.g., envelope detector, synchronous detector): Different detectors have varying sensitivities and noise characteristics.
- Threshold level: Determines the minimum signal level required for detection.
5. Post-Detection Processing:
- Filtering: Removes unwanted noise and interference.
- Automatic gain control (AGC): Maintains a constant output level, ensuring reliable signal reception.
- Signal processing algorithms: Enhance the signal-to-noise ratio and improve sensitivity.
6. System Design Factors:
- Noise figure: Measures the amount of noise added by the receiver system.
- Spurious signal rejection: Minimizes unwanted signals that can desensitize the receiver.
- Intermodulation distortion: Prevents interferences caused by mixing of multiple signals.
- Temperature stability: Temperature variations can affect receiver performance.
1. Antenna Characteristics:
- Antenna gain: Higher gain antennas collect more signal energy, improving sensitivity.
- Antenna directionality: Focuses the signal in the desired direction, reducing noise.
- Antenna impedance matching: Mismatches between antenna and receiver can result in signal loss.
2. Receiver Front-End:
- Low-noise amplifier (LNA): Amplifies the weak signal before further processing, minimizing noise.
- Image rejection ratio: Rejects unwanted signals that fall within the receiver's intermediate frequency range.
- Mixer and local oscillator: Stability, linearity, and noise performance of these components impact receiver sensitivity.
3. Intermediate Frequency (IF) Section:
- Bandwidth: Narrower bandwidth reduces adjacent channel interference, improving sensitivity.
- IF gain: Amplifies the signal to a level compatible with the detector.
4. Detector:
- Type of detector (e.g., envelope detector, synchronous detector): Different detectors have varying sensitivities and noise characteristics.
- Threshold level: Determines the minimum signal level required for detection.
5. Post-Detection Processing:
- Filtering: Removes unwanted noise and interference.
- Automatic gain control (AGC): Maintains a constant output level, ensuring reliable signal reception.
- Signal processing algorithms: Enhance the signal-to-noise ratio and improve sensitivity.
6. System Design Factors:
- Noise figure: Measures the amount of noise added by the receiver system.
- Spurious signal rejection: Minimizes unwanted signals that can desensitize the receiver.
- Intermodulation distortion: Prevents interferences caused by mixing of multiple signals.
- Temperature stability: Temperature variations can affect receiver performance.
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