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Calibration uncertainty for the NIST PM/AM noise standards

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Author(s)

Archita Hati, Craig W. Nelson, Neil Ashby, David A. Howe

Abstract

NIST provides an on-site calibration service of the accuracy of phase modulation (PM) noise, amplitude modulation (AM) noise and noise floor of the measurement systems at a customer's site using one or more portable PM/AM secondary noise standards. In this document, we describe the calibration procedure for an additive type of noise standard and derive the total (or combined) uncertainty associated with its PM and AM reference noise levels.
Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) - 250-90
Report Number
250-90
NIST Pub Series
Special Publication (NIST SP)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

Download Paper

https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.250-90

Keywords

AM noise, Calibration uncertainty, Noise standard, PM noise
Physics

Citation

Hati, A. , Nelson, C. , Ashby, N. and Howe, D. (2012), Calibration uncertainty for the NIST PM/AM noise standards, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.250-90 (Accessed October 13, 2025)

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Created July 31, 2012, Updated November 10, 2018
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