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c0=299792856; % [m/s] light speed

T0=290; % [Kelvin] room temperature
Tp=300
k_boltz=1.380649e-23 % [J/K] Boltzmann constant
k_boltz_dB=10*log10(k_boltz)

k_dB2dBm=30

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f0=4e9 % [Hz] carrier lambda0 =

lambda0=c0/f0 % [m] carrier wavelength 0.074948214000000
BW =
BW=1e6 % [Hz] bandwidth 1000000
BW_dB=10*log10(BW) BW_dB =
60
GadB=26 % [dB] transmitter antenna gain GadB =
Ga=10^(GadB/10) 26
Ga =
etha_rad=.9 % antenna efficiency 3.981071705534973e+02
Tp=300 % [Kelvin] antenna physical temperature etha_rad =
Tb=200 % [Kelvin] equivalent background brightness temperature on antenna main beam 0.900000000000000
Lt_dB=1.5 % [dB] feet attenuation Tp =
Lt=10^(Lt_dB/10) 300
% Tt=(Lt-1)*T0 % mind the actual feed phy temp [Kelvin] feed NF to equivalent (noise) temperature Tb =
200
Grf_dB=20 % [dB] receiver LNB RF gain Lt_dB =
Grf=10^(Grf_dB/10) 1.500000000000000
Lt =
NFrf_dB=3 % [dB] receiver LNB noise factor 1.412537544622754
NFrf=10^(NFrf_dB/10) Grf_dB =
Trf=(NFrf-1)*T0 % [Kelvin] RF amplifier NF to equivalent (noise) temperature 20
Grf =
Lm_dB=6 % [dB] mixer insertion loss 100
Lm=10^(Lm_dB/10) NFrf_dB =
% Tm=(Lm-1)*T0 % ACTIVE DEVICE do not NF to T with just L 3
NFrf =
NFm_dB=7 % [dB] mixer noise factor 1.995262314968880
NFm=10^(NFm_dB/10) Trf =
Tm=(NFm-1)*T0 % [Kelvin] mixer NF to equivalent (noise) temperature 2.886260713409750e+02
Lm_dB =
Gif_dB=30 % [dB] IF amplifier gain 6
Gif=10^(Gif_dB/10) Lm =
3.981071705534972
NFif_dB=1.1 % [dB] IF amplifier noise factor NFm_dB =
NFif=10^(NFif_dB/10) 7
Tif=(NFif-1)*T0 % [Kelvin] IF amplifier NF to equivalent (noise) temperature NFm =
5.011872336272722
Si_dBm=-80 % [dBm] received power on antenna port Tm =
1.163442977519089e+03
Gif_dB =
30
Gif =
1000
NFif_dB =
1.100000000000000
NFif =
1.288249551693134
Tif =
83.592369991008866
Si_dBm =
-80

Input SNR

Trec=Trf+Tm/Grf+Tif*Lm/Grf % Receiver noise temperature Trec =

3.035883733058641e+02

the antenna feed physical temperature is not T0 but the antenna physical temperature Tp

Tt=(Lt-1)*Tp Tt =
1.237612633868263e+02
Ta=etha_rad*Tb+(1-etha_rad)*Tp % antenna (noise) temperature Ta =
210
Nin=k_boltz*BW*Ta % [W] input noise Nin =
Nin_dBm=10*log10(Nin)+30 % [dBm] input noise 2.899362900000001e-15
Nin_dBm =
SNRin_dB=Si_dBm-Nin_dBm -1.153769742258785e+02
SNRin_dB =
35.376974225878485

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Output SNR
Gsys cancels out when going straight for SNR calculation but it's a figure of merit for any system:

Gsys_dB=Grf_dB+Gif_dB-Lt_dB-Lm_dB Gsys_dB =
42.500000000000000

Equivalent System noise temperature

Tsys=Ta+Tt+Lt*Trec % [Kelvin] equivalent system noise temperature Tsys =

7.625912387923076e+02
Tsys_dB=10*log10(Tsys) Tsys_dB =
28.822918114726473

Total noise

Nsys_dB=k_boltz_dB+BW_dB+Tsys_dB % [dBW] system generated noise Nsys_dB =

-1.397762490584912e+02
Nsys_dBm=Nsys_dB+k_dB2dBm % [dBmW] Nsys_dBm =
-1.097762490584912e+02

and the output SNR is

SNRout_dB=Si_dBm+Gsys_dB-(k_boltz_dB+BW_dB+Tsys_dB+k_dB2dBm+Gsys_dB) SNRout_dB =
29.776249058491203

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Where is the whole collection of exercises?

This exercise is part of the collection of exercises Microwave Engineering POZAR 4th ed solved with MATLAB available in this website:
https://jgb2012.wixsite.com/microwave-eng-matlab

How can one get the main literature reference?

For instance from:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Microwave-Engineering-David-M-Pozar/dp/0470631554

What about the solutions manual?

It's freely available https://www.scribd.com/doc/176505749/Microwave-engineering-pozar-4th-Ed-solutions-manual

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