Glossary of Terms
Glossary of terms associated with the description and use of our Test Instrumentation range of products.
ARA聽 鈥 Active Receive Antenna
Bilog鈩 鈥撀 Industry standard passive wideband antenna combining biconical and log-periodic elements
BNC聽鈥 A bayonet fitting type of RF connector used for terminating coaxial cable
CCC聽鈥 Cable Coupling Clamp
CGE聽鈥 Comb Generator Emitter
CISPR聽鈥 Special International Committee on Radio Interference (abbreviated聽CISPR from the French name of the organization, Comit茅 international聽sp茅cial des perturbations radio茅lectriques)
CNE聽鈥 Comparison Noise Emitter
DAE聽鈥 Dipole Antenna Elements
Direct Output聽鈥 The output power of a device measured directly at the connector聽(conducted output)
EIRP聽鈥 Effective Isotropic Radiated Power
EMC聽鈥 Electromagnetic Compatibility
EN聽鈥 EuroNorm 鈥 European Standards
EUT聽鈥 Equipment Under Test
FAR聽鈥 Fully Anechoic Room (the same as an anechoic chamber)
FUT聽鈥 Filter Under Test
HFG聽鈥 Harmonics and Flicker Generator
IEC聽鈥 International Electrotechnical Commission
ISO聽鈥 International Standards Organisation
LISN聽鈥 Line Impedance Stabilisation Network
OATS聽鈥 Open Area Test Site
Pst聽鈥 Perception of Flicker, short term. A measure of flicker severity expressed聽as irritation, with an Pst value of 1 being threshold of irritation
RF聽鈥 Radio Frequency
Radiated Output聽鈥 The radiated electric field of a device measured at a specified distance
S11 S12 S21 S22听鈥撀Transmission and reflection coefficients for a filter
SAC聽鈥 Semi Anechoic Room
SMA聽鈥 Threaded RF connector 鈥淪ubMiniature version A鈥
SS & FL聽鈥 Steady State and Fluctuating harmonics modes on HFG01 as specified by EN/IEC 61000-3-2
VSWR聽鈥 Voltage Standing Wave Ratio
YRS聽鈥 York Reference Source multimode Comb and Noise Generator emitter
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