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A
| ACPR |
| adjacent channel |
| AM |
| AML |
| amplitude-shift keying (ASK) |
| amplitude droop |
| angle modulation |
| antenna |
| array (antenna) |
| aural carrier |
B
| balun |
| baseband |
| bite error rate (BER) |
| BNC |
| bolometer |
| bridging amplifier |
| broadband |
| burst timing |
C
D
E
F
G
| group delay |
H
| headend |
| HF |
I
| I/Q modulation |
| immunity |
| information signal |
| ingress |
| interference |
| intermediate frequency (IF) |
| IQ data |
| IQ gain imbalance |
J
| J1113 |
K
| K-band |
| K-type connector |
L
| L-band |
| leakage |
| LF |
| lidar |
| LNA |
M
N
| NEXT |
| noise figure |
| N-type connector |
O
| on-off keying (OOK) |
| open area |
P
Q
| QAM waveform, ideal |
| QAM waveform, practical |
| quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) |
| quadrature error |
| quadrature modulation |
| quadrature-amplitude modulation (QAM) |
| quadrature-phase shift keying (QPSK) |
R
S
T
| tilt compensation |
| time delay reflectrometry |
| TOI |
| Touchstone file |
| transmitter spectrum |
U
| UHF |
W
| vestigial sideband |
| VHF |
| visual carrier |
| VLF |
| voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) |
| VSWR |
W
| waveform synthesizer |
X
| X-band |
Y
| YIG |
Z
| zero index (quadrature) |
Refer to the RF & Communications Resources page and RF Homepage for additional information about RF terminology, fundamentals, and National Instruments RF products.
This glossary is part of the National Instruments Measurement Fundamentals series. Each tutorial in this series teaches you a specific topic of common measurement applications by explaining the theory and giving practical examples. For the complete list of tutorials, return to the NI Measurement Fundamentals main page.
Reader Comments | Submit a comment »
need more terminologies...
Could you please include an explanation for
both the terms:
Linear power and Saturated power as seen in
power amplifier specifications please?
- yi.a.cheng@imperial.ac.uk - Nov 7, 2006
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