The Electrical Engineering Handbook

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Noise in Analog and Digital Systems

Erik A. McShane and Krishna Shenai,     Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Analog (Small-Signal) Noise

2.2.1. Noise Categories

2.2.2. White Noise

2.2.3. Pink Noise

2.3. Digital (Large-Signal) Noise

2.3.1. Noise Categories

2.3.2. Series Resistance

2.3.3. Dynamic Charge Sharing 2.3.4 Noise Margins

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2.1 Introduction

Noise from an analog (or small-signal) perspective is a random time-varying signal that is generated in all passive and active electronic devices. It can be represented as either a current or a voltage, i_n(t) or v_n(t). Over a fixed time period, t, the average value of noise ...