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Noise Figure

Posted on January 25, 2020 by Ain
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The noise factor of a device or circuit is simply SNR ( input)/SNR(output) where these are power quantities. The Noise Figure is the logarithm of the noise factor i.e N.F = 10Log( Noise factor). Please visit our website for more technical content.

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