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RF & Communications Terminology and Glossary

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Refer to the RF & Communications Resources page 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, will teach 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.

A

ACPR
adjacent channel
AM
AML
amplititude-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

C/N
cable television
carrier
carrier amplitude modulation
carrier frequency
carrier phase angle
carrier to noise ratio (C/N)
Carson's Rule
C-band
CCDF measurement
center frequency
CISPR-11
coax
coaxial cable
composite second-order beat (CSO)
compositive triple beat (CTB)
conducted emission (energy)
conducted emission (testing)
conducted susceptibility
continuous sweep mode
converter
CSO
CTB

D

DAB
DANL
dBc
dBc/Hz
DC offset
DDS
delay line
demodulate
deviation error
differential gain
digital modulation
digital radio
dipole
direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS)
dominant modulating frequency
Doppler frequency
downconverter
DSBSC
DSSS

E

EHF
electric field strength
electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
electromagnetic interference
electromagnetic spectrum
ELF
EMC
EMC tester
EMF
EMP (electromagnetic pulse)
equal-level FEXT
ERL
ERMES
ERP (RF)
error vector maginitude (EVM)

F

FEXT (far end cross talk)
field strength
field strength meter (FSM)
FM
frequency deviation
frequency error, FSK
frequency error, QM
frequency modulation
frequency-shift keying (FSK)
FSM
F-type connector

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

magnetic field strength
magnitude error, FSK
magnitude error, QM
MF
microwave
microwave synthesizer
minimum shift keying (MSK)
mixer
MMIC
modulated wave
modulation
modulation depth
modulation distortion
modulation error ratio (MER)
modulation index
modulation phase angle
monopole

N

NEXT
noise figure
N-type connector

O

on-off keying (OOK)
open area

P

PAM
phase angle
phase deviation
phase error
phase modulation
phase noise
phase noise meter
phase-locked loop (PLL)
phase-shift keying (PSK)
pilot carrier
pilot subcarrier
PM
power splitter
pulse amplitude modulation
pulse modulation
pulse width modulation
PWM

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

radar
radiated emission compliance
radiated susceptibility
radiation pattern
radio-frequency interference (RFI)
RBW
return loss
RF
RF inductor
RF multiplexer
RF signal generator
RFI (interference)
rho

S

S-band
scalar network analyzer
scattering parameters
self-terminating
SHF
sideband
signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)
signal-to-quatization-noise ratio (SQNR)
SLM (RF)
SMA
SMB
SMC
Smith chart
S-parameters
spectral density
spread spectrum signal
spurious signals
SSB
standing wave ratio
susceptibility
symbol rate

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 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, will teach 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.


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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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