DocumentCode
922934
Title
Another view of dimensions and dB
Author
Ward, William ; Barrow, B.B.
Volume
60
Issue
6
fYear
1972
fDate
6/1/1972 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
743
Lastpage
743
Abstract
It was recently proposed to express watts per hertz in decibels as dBJ, or decibels referred to one joule. We point out in this letter that there is broad freedom a) to calculate logarithms and b) to assign dimensions. From this viewpoint, it makes sense to express Anything in decibels as dBA, or decibels referred to one Anything. Standards experts please note!
Keywords
Communication standards; Density measurement; Modems; Noise measurement; Particle measurements; Power measurement; Radar cross section; Radio frequency; System performance; Turning;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Proceedings of the IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9219
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/PROC.1972.8752
Filename
1450682
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