//Example 12.20 //Note: MAXIMA SCILAB TOOLBOX REQUIRED FOR THIS PROGRAM //Program to obtain an expression for the total noise figure for the //system clear; clc ; close ; //Symbolic representation syms F G k M; //Given data //F_to = F1*G1 + F2*G2 + F3*G3 +......+ FM*GM //For Identical Repeaters : //F1*G1 = F2*G2 = F3*G3 =......= FM*GM = F*G(say) x=F*G; F_to = symsum(x,k,1,M); //Displaying The Results in Command Window disp (F_to,"TOTAL NOISE FIGURE: F_to = "); disp ("At the output from the first amplifier repeater, a degradation in SNR of F*G occurs followed by a decrease of 1/M");