simple transistor noise calculation and simulation

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Hi,
i am looking for simple noise calculation of the transistor and cross verification through cadence simulation. I went through many equations, derivations, but did not find any simple example, which has a simple transistor with its calculation and verification. If any one know, please share. thanks.
 

Hi,

the way you ask .. lets me assume (that´s all I can do without you giving more details) you did not read or did not understand the documents.

It´s like asking: what´s the easiest way to build a formula 1 car.

There are so much parameters to your question, that a simple answer like "V_noise = n * applied_voltage" is not possible.

The answer surely depends on
* what type of transistor you use, like BJT, MOSFET...
* transistor parameters
* what frequency bandwidth you are interested in
* what output measure you expect like V_pp, I_RMS ...
* circuit, voltages, currents, nodes ....
* and many more...

If there was such a simple answer .... why would one use the difficult ones described in the documents?

Klaus
 

Simple to do with a simulator (Simetrix) :



Regards, Dana.
 

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Hi,

the Simetrix results ... Is this uV pp or RMS?
I guess they would differ at least by a factor of 5.

Klaus
 

Here is output noise at collector and device alone noise.




The prior table is accumulated noise over the frequency range simulated. The plot is "per-root-Hertz"


Regards, Dana.
 
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What type of noise you talk about ?? Johnsson ? Flicker ? Shot Noise ? Random Walk ? Pop-Corn ? Pink ??
Noise is a huge chapter.
 

Random walk, Pink are external sources unless stipulated in Spice, and I see for BJT
spice has no such parameter for either, just one for flicker. PopCorn not "normally"
speced for a BJT, or for that matter most OpAmps.

In the prior sims the BJT does have a flicker parameter, and I am in process of confirming
Johnson is also evaluated in sim....


Regards, Dana.
 

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