My previous column introduced readers to a new parameter, third-order intermodulation (IM3), which is the sideband splatter from a DTV transmitter into both adjacent channels. This splatter is limited ...

Link-budget analysis in radio-receiver design determines whether the noise and distortion performance of the system meets the design specifications. The analysis attempts to cascade the specifications ...

Distortion comes in two basic classes: Linear distortion, which is not an oxymoron; and nonlinear distortion, which includes all other distortions except noise. Noise is quite another matter and is ...