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Signals and Noise
ch 5 A-B
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Undergraduate 3
09/07/2011

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Term
Chemical Noise
Definition
anything that affect the chemistry ofthe system being analyzed.
Ex: Temperature, Pressure, chemical equilibrium, humidity
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Instrumental Noise
Definition
associated with instrument components.
Ex: input transucer, signal processing elements,output transducer
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Thermal Noise/ Johnson Noise
Definition
cause by thermal agitation of electrons or other charge carriers in reistors, capacitors, radiation transducers, electrochemical cells, and other resistive elements. This leads to voltage fluctuation. dissappears only at absolute zero. Thermal noise can be decreased by narrowing the bandwidth, and decreasing temperature
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Shot Noise
Definition
encountered when electrons or other charged particles cros a junction.
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Flicker Noise
Definition
noise magnitude is inversely proportional to the frequency of the signal being obsrved. causes are not understood but becomes significant at lower frequencies (100hz)
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Environmental Noise
Definition
noise arising from the surroundings . instrument can pick up stray electromagnetic radiation and convert it to an electrical signal.
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Key Ideas
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signals are converted to frequency ranges with low environmental noise to reduce noise.
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