Title : 
A model for 1/f noise
         
        
        
            Author_Institution : 
Phys.-Tech. Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, West Germany
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
As in many other fields, 1/f noise plays an important role in precise electromagnetic measurements. Starting from the assumption that noise is generated by fluctuations of a parameter, subject to a diffusion equation, a model is developed which for samples of finite size produces a 1/f spectrum over a wide frequency range.
         
        
            Keywords : 
measurement theory; modelling; random noise; 1/f noise; diffusion equation; electromagnetic measurements; measurement theory; model; parameter fluctuation; random noise; Connectors; Fluctuations; Mathematical model; Microwave circuits; Microwave integrated circuits; Noise;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/TIM.1981.6312419