Terminology

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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
EUT
Equipment Under Test
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.
Megabyte: 1 million bytes.
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
UFA
Uniform Field Area
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 is a standard for configuring, programming, and troubleshooting instrumentation systems comprising GPIB, VXI, PXI, Serial, Ethernet, and/or USB interfaces.