Here is the key to many of the abbreviations used throughout this document:
| ADC |
Analog-to-Digital Converter |
| AUT |
Amplifier Under Test |
| CW |
Continuous Wave |
| DANL |
Displayed Average Noise Level |
| DSB |
Double Sideband |
| DUT |
Device Under Test |
| ENR |
Excess Noise Ratio |
| ESD |
Electrostatic Discharge |
| GSG |
Ground-Signal-Ground |
| IF |
Intermediate Frequency |
| IM |
Intermodulation |
| IMD |
Intermodulation Distortion |
| ISS |
Impedance Standard Substrate |
| NA |
Network Analyzer |
| NF |
Noise Figure |
| NFM |
Noise Figure Meter |
| RBW |
Resolution Bandwidth |
| RFC |
RF Choke Inductor |
| SA |
Spectrum Analyzer |
| SG |
Signal Generator |
| SNA |
Scalar Network Analyzer |
| SNR |
Signal-to-Noise Ratio |
| SOLT |
Short-Open-Load-Thru |
| SSB |
Single Sideband |
| TOI |
Third-Order Intercept |
| TRL |
Thru-Reflect-Line |
| TRM |
Thru-Reflect-Match |
| VBW |
Video Bandwidth |
| VNA |
Vector Network Analyzer |
| VSWR |
Voltage Standing Wave Ratio |
| YIG |
Yitrium Iron Garnet |
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