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FrankJ777
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I know the power spectral density, PSD, of noise is:
[itex]\frac{N_{0}}{2}[/itex]
from where do we get N[itex]_{0}[/itex] ?
Is that the RMS value of the noise? Is it related to noise power and noise temperature as in the following:
N=kTB, where k = Boltzmann’s constant, T is noise temperature, and B is bandwidth.
I know that PSD is Fourier transform of the autocorrelation function, and that it must have been derived from a random process, but I don't see where we get N[itex]_{0}[/itex] in the first place and what it represents exactly. I'm trying to understand noise better, but the text I'm using jumps around quite a bit on the subject of noise.
Thanks a lot.
[itex]\frac{N_{0}}{2}[/itex]
from where do we get N[itex]_{0}[/itex] ?
Is that the RMS value of the noise? Is it related to noise power and noise temperature as in the following:
N=kTB, where k = Boltzmann’s constant, T is noise temperature, and B is bandwidth.
I know that PSD is Fourier transform of the autocorrelation function, and that it must have been derived from a random process, but I don't see where we get N[itex]_{0}[/itex] in the first place and what it represents exactly. I'm trying to understand noise better, but the text I'm using jumps around quite a bit on the subject of noise.
Thanks a lot.