Amplifier noise
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| DRAFT DEFINITION |
| Amplifier noise |
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| White noise comprising random signal fluctuations whose power spectrum contains all frequencies equally over a specified bandwidth or pink noise where the frequencies diminish in a specified fashion over a specified range. |
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| Reference(s):
IUPAC. Analytical Division. Compendium of Analytical Nomenclature (the Orange Book). Definitive Rules, 1979. Compiled by J. Inczdy, T. Lengyel, A. M. Ure. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). On-line corrected version: http://www.iupac.org /publications/analytical compendium (2000). |
| This is an unofficial draft definition presented for information and comment. |
Orange Book
| ORANGE BOOK DEFINITION
IUPAC. Analytical Division. Compendium of Analytical Nomenclature (the Orange Book). Definitive Rules, 1979 (see also Orange Book 2023) |
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This can be of two kinds. White noise is random signal fluctuations whose power spectrum contains all frequencies equally over a specified bandwidth whereas in pink noise the frequencies diminish in a specified fashion over a specified range. |
| IUPAC 1997 Orange Book Chapter 12 |
| Index of Orange Book Terms |
