noise experiment
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Preamp Analysis frequency domain
• Procedure:
1. Set its gain to 500V/V, input to gnd
2. Change the cutoff frequency of low-pass filter in preamp to see its output spectrum
• Observations:
1. Independent of the cutoff frequency, the high frequency thermal noise is always around -81dBVrms
2. When the cutoff frequency is between 1KHz to 10KHz, there are two plateaus with the second one as -81dBVrms
Preamp Analysis frequency domain cont.
• Conclusions:
1. Since the thermal noise in the first plateau is from the preamp input while the second is from preamp itself, we need to adjust the cutoff frequency to make the first plateau appear.
2. Also, we need the first plateau to be as long as possible to get rid of the roll-off effect from either flicker noise and preamp cutoff frequency.
1/f noise
thermal noise due to preamp input
thermal noise due to preamp
fL
Noise Analysis frequency domain
• Setup detail:
1. No pole introduced in preamp
2. Device works in room temperature 73F
3. VGS=0.4V
Pole (detector induced*)
Noise Analysis Integration Method
• Region 1:
1. noise highly depends on the temperature
2. This temperature dependence is from the channel noise
• Region 2: noise is almost independent of the temperature
This happens because RD sits outside oven.
• No matter what is the reason, measuring temperature from 73F to 83F can tell us the channel noise dependence on the temperature
Noise Analysis vs Temperature frequency domain T=73F(296K)
• After averaging using two frequencies and five resetting, -55.023 dBVrms noise power spectrum density is derived and it equals to 3.146uV/sqrt(Hz).
• Since preamp gain is 500V/V, the equivalent noise spectrum density from the detector is 3.146u/sqrt(500), which is 0.1407uV/sqrt(Hz)
fL = 56.5KHz
Noise Analysis vs Temperature frequency domain T=83F(301.5K)
• After averaging using two frequencies and five resetting, -53.872 dBVrms noise power spectrum density is derived and it equals to 4.1uV/sqrt(Hz).
• Since preamp gain is 500V/V, the equivalent noise spectrum density from the detector is 4.1u/sqrt(500), which is 0.18336uV/sqrt(Hz)
fL = 47.616KHz
Noise Analysis vs Temperature frequency domain T=93F(307K)
• After averaging using two frequencies and five resetting, -53.792 dBVrms noise power spectrum density is derived and it equals to 4.1764uV/sqrt(Hz).
• Since preamp gain is 500V/V, the equivalent noise spectrum density from the detector is 4.1u/sqrt(500), which is 0.18677uV/sqrt(Hz)
fL = 45.4KHz
Noise actually drops in this temperature
Noise Analysis vs Temperature frequency domain theoretic result
Channel Noise
Loading resistance noise
Frequency domain experiment result: