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;dBm | ;dBm | ||
:Power expressed in milliWatt in dB values. | :Power expressed in milliWatt in dB values. | ||
: | :* 1 mW = 0 dBm | ||
: | :* 2 mW = 3 dBm | ||
: | :* 100 mW = 20 dBm | ||
: | :* 1 W = 30 dBm | ||
: | :* 100 W = 50 dBm | ||
;dBOhm | ;dBOhm | ||
:Resistance expressed in Ohm in dB values. | :Resistance expressed in Ohm in dB values. | ||
: | :* 1 Ohm = 0 dBOhm | ||
: | :* 2 Ohm = 6 dBOhm | ||
: | :* 10 Ohm = 20 dBOhm | ||
;DGPS | ;DGPS | ||
Revision as of 17:08, 5 October 2024
- AD
- Analog to Digital
- AGL
- Above Ground Level
- ALSE
- Absorber Lined Shielded Enclosure
- AMN
- Artificial Mains Network
- CAL
- CALibration
- CDN
- Coupling/Decoupling Network
- CE
- Conducted Emission
- Conformité Européenne - Complying to European regulations
- COR
- Correction
- CI
- Conducted Immunity
- dB
- Decibel
- dBm
- Power expressed in milliWatt in dB values.
- 1 mW = 0 dBm
- 2 mW = 3 dBm
- 100 mW = 20 dBm
- 1 W = 30 dBm
- 100 W = 50 dBm
- dBOhm
- Resistance expressed in Ohm in dB values.
- 1 Ohm = 0 dBOhm
- 2 Ohm = 6 dBOhm
- 10 Ohm = 20 dBOhm
- DGPS
- Differential Global Positioning System. An improvement to GPS, where small GPS errors are corrected by a broadcasted radio signal.
- DUT
- Device Under Test. This is equivalent to the term EUT (Equipment Under Test). RadiMation® always uses the term EUT.
- EFT
- Electrical Fast Transients
- EMC
- ElectroMagnetic Compatibility
- ERP
- Effectively Radiated Power
- EPAC
- Electrically Power Assisted Cycles
- ESD
- ElectroStatic Discharge
- EV
- Electric Vehicle
- GPIB
- General Purpose Industrial Bus: A communication system used to 'remote control' test and measurement equipment.
- GPS
- Global Positioning System
- HCP
- Horizontal Coupling Plane
- HV
- High Voltage
- LISN
- Line Impedance Stabilisation Network
- LLF
- Limit Line File
- LOC
- Location
- LV
- Low Voltage
- MB
- Multiband. Tests that allow more flexible test configurations, where multiple bands with different settings can be specified in a single TSF.
- MU
- Measurement Uncertainty
- OATS
- Open Area Test Site
- PC
- Personal Computer
- PE
- Protective Earth
- PI
- Pulsed Immunity
- RBW
- Resolution BandWidth
- RE
- Radiated Emission
- RGP
- Reference Ground Plane
- RI
- Radiated Immunity
- RS232
- A serial communication system, often used to control small equipment connected to a PC.
- SEQ
- Sequence
- TME
- Test and Measurement Equipment
- TSF
- Test Setup File
- USB
- Universal Serial Bus: A modern serially controlled communication system, found on all new PC's
- VCP
- Vertical Coupling Plane
- VISA
- The Virtual Instrument Software Architecture (VISA) is a standard for configuring, programming, and troubleshooting instrumentation systems comprising GPIB, VXI, PXI, Serial, Ethernet, and/or USB interfaces.