DESIGN OF SINGLE END LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER

SKILL REPORT

Submitted by

JAYAPRABHA S (171EC177)

Submitted to

Dr SAMPATH P, PROFESSOR,
ECE DEPARTMENT.

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICSANDCOMMUNICATION
ENGINEERING
BANNARIAMMANINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
(An Autonomous Institution AffiliatedtoAnnaUniversity,Chennai)

SATHYAMANGALAM-638401
INTRODUCTION
Scattering parameters, or S-parameters, describe the behavior of individual components, or
networks of components in linear electrical networks. Measurements of S- parameters for components
in an electrical network may be used to model performance, simulate behavior, design matching
networks, etc. This MATLAB example connects to and configures a Keysight (Agilent) PNA
(N5222A) to measure the S-parameters of a low noise amplifier (LNA). The instrument used in this
example is running firmware version A.09.90.02. The Standard Commands for Programmable
Instruments (SCPI) for the PNA in this example may need to be modified if you are using a different
instrument or firmware. The SCPI command set for most instruments is available in the instrument
programmer's manual from your instrument vendor.

SOFTWARE REQUIRED
MATLAB R2016a

REQUIREMENTS
To execute this example you need a Keysight (Agilent) PNA connected to your device under
test. The parameters in this example are specific to the measurements for the low-noise amplifier we
are using and will likely need to be modified to make measurements on your device under test. This
example uses functions from the Instrument Control Toolbox and the RF Toolbox.
INSTRUMENT CONNECTION AND CONFIGURATION
Define the parameters used to configure the instrument before you make the measurement. In
this example we connect to a Keysight (Agilent) PNA using a VISA interface to an instrument on a
TCPIP network. Based on your measurement of interest, you may need to modify some of the
following parameters.

MEASUREMENT SETUP
Set up the instrument to make the 2-port S-parameter measurements.
RETRIVE MEASUREMENT DATA
The instrument can return the measured data in a variety of formats. The most efficient way to
transfer the S-parameter measurements is using IEEE 488.2 block format.

DISPLAY ANY ERROR

 Display the instrument errors to the user if any of the preceding SCPI commands caused an
instrument error.

CLEANUP INSTRUMENT CONNECTIONS

Clean up any connections to the instrument after measurements are complete.

FORMAT DATA INTO SPARAMETER OBJECTS FOR USE BY RF

TOOLKIT
The RF Toolbox has objects that can be used to store measurements such as the S- parameter
measurements obtained from the instrument. The objects can be created by reading in measurements
from standard file formats, or, by initializing the object with measurement data.

WRITE OUT THE MEASURED DATA INTO A TOUCHSTONE FILE

Touchstone files are a standard file format used to store S-parameter measurement data. RF
Toolbox provides standard functions to read and write touchstone files from MATLAB. The S-
parameter measurements can be used directly in MATLAB for design purposes, such as this
example on designing matching networks for a low-noise amplifier.

VISUALIZE THE MEASUREMNT DATA IN MATLAB

 MATLAB can be used to visualize the data in a number of ways. For an easy comparison with
what is displayed on the screen of the instrument, plot the frequency vs. complex magnitude of the S-
parameter data.

OUTPUT

CONCLUSION
This example shows you how to automate the measurement of S-parameter data from a
Keysight Technologies® (formerly Agilent Technologies®) network analyzer using MATLAB and
Instrument Control Toolbox. Using Instrument Control Toolbox, it is possible to control a wide range
of test & measurement hardware such as signal analyzers, RF signal generators, oscilloscopes, etc.
from within MATLAB. MATLAB can be used to visualize the measurement data or use the
measurements to analyze and design digital and RF systems using the library of functions in the
Signal Processing Toolbox™, DSP System Toolbox™, Communications Toolbox™ and RF
Toolbox.