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maximum usable sensitivity [3 records]

Record 1 1982-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
OBS

if the gain is sufficient to enable the signal level and the signal-to-noise ratio necessary for normal operation to be satisfied simultaneously.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
OBS

si le gain est suffisant pour que le niveau de signal et le rapport signal/bruit nécessaires pour un service normal puissent être satisfaits simultanément (...)

Spanish

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Record 2 1982-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
OBS

in this case the gain, being adjusted to a maximum, enables the necessary output level to be satisfied without regard to the output noise level; ...

Key term(s)
  • maximum usable sensitivity

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
OBS

dans le cas (...) ou le gain est insuffisant (...), étant réglé à sa valeur maximale, il permet de satisfaire (...) au niveau de sortie nécessaire indépendamment du niveau des bruits à la sortie; (...)

Spanish

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Record 3 1980-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Waveguides
DEF

... minimum input signal (expressed as the e.m.f. of the carrier), which must be applied in series with the specified source impedance (dummy antenna), to the input of the receiver to obtain at the output the desired signal level and the amount of signal distorsion or mutilation permissible in normal operation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Guides d'ondes
DEF

[...] la valeur minimale du signal (exprimée en f.e.m. de l'onde porteuse) qu'il faut appliquer à l'entrée, en série avec une impédance déterminée (antenne fictive), pour obtenir à la sortie le niveau du signal nécessaire pour un service normal et la valeur admissible de la distorsion ou de la mutilation du signal; [...]

Spanish

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