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12 lines
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Cascade is a program for analyzing the noise and distortion
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performance of a cascade of elements in an electronic system. A
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typical application of cascade is the analysis of a receiver. A text
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description of the receiver block diagram consisting of things like
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amplifiers, mixers, and filters is entered into cascade. Each element
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is characterized by its gain and optionally noise figure, and third
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order intercept point. The program then analyzes the system and
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produces a report detailing the performance at each stage.
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A summary is produced which shows the relative contributions to the
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total system performance of each block. This allows easy
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identification of what limits system performance.
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