Notion of noise
Noise in electrical measurements
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Notion of noise
Noise in electrical measurements

Author : Gérard CHOUTEAU

Publication date: March 10, 1997, Review date: May 20, 2022 | Lire en français

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1. Notion of noise

1.1 Definition

Noise is any signal other than the desired signal in a measurement chain.

It is characterized by two quantities:

  • its amplitude ;

  • its noise spectral density dP /df (which, for a continuous spectrum, represents the noise power P per unit frequency f ).

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1.2 Signal-to-noise ratio S /B

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