reference noise temperature (T0)

A specified absolute temperature to be assumed as a noise temperature at the input ports of a network when calculating certain noise parameters and for normalizing purposes. (Ref. IEC 747‑1.)

NOTE A reference noise temperature of 290 K is considered to be standard in the USA.

References

JESD77-B, 2/00
JESD99B, 5/07
RS-311-A, 11/81

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