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shot noise

(Schottky noise) The random emission and velocity of electrons from a cathode, which was discovered by Walter Schottky. See Schottky.

shot noise [′shät ‚nȯiz]

(electronics)

Noise voltage developed in a thermionic tube because of the random variations in the number and the velocity of electrons emitted by the heated cathode; the effect causes sputtering or popping sounds in radio receivers and snow effects in television pictures. Also known as Schottky noise; shot effect.

Shot Noise

random changes (fluctuations) in voltage and current relative to their mean value in the circuits of amplifiers, radios, and other electronic devices; caused by the shot effect in vacuum electronic and semiconductor instruments. For example, shot noise appears as acoustic noise in the loudspeaker of a radio, “snow” on a television screen, and “grass” on a radar screen. Shot noise is the basic component of the internal noises of electronic devices, which cause the distortion of weak signals and limit the sensitivity of amplifiers.

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No references found	According to Sims' own laboratory testing, use of the Super Quads can reduce shot noise by up to 80 percent. Silence is golden by Berg, Christian / Petersen's Bowhunting Normal convergence of multidimensional shot noise and rates of this convergence. Limit distributions of some stereological estimators in Wicksell's ... by Heinrich, Lothar / Image Analysis and Stereology The 90 or so contributions fall into general topics such as theoretical and experimental frontiers in noise and fluctuations, enhanced and suppressed shot noise, noise and coherence, the constructive role of noise, noise in biological systems, and noise in complex systems and non-Gaussian fluctuations. Unsolved problems of noise and fluctuations; proceedings by SciTech Book News	Shostakovich Shostakovich, Dmitri Shostakovich, Dmitrii Shostakovich, Dmitrii Dmitrievich Shostakovich, Dmitry Shostakovskii, Mikhail Shostakovskii, Mikhail Fedorovich Shostka Shot shot bit shot blasting shot boring shot break shot capacity shot copper shot depth shot drill Shot Drilling Shot Effect shot elevation Shot Exploder shot feed shot group shot hole shot mill Shot Noise shot pattern shot peening shot point shot put shot rock shot tongs shot tower Shot Tower Historical State Park Shot, Hunting shot-firing cable shot-firing circuit shot-firing curtain shot-sawn finish Shota Grigorevich Nishnianidze Shota Nishnianidze Shota Rustaveli shotblasting shotcrete shotcrete gun Shotcreting Shotemor, Shirinsho shotgun shotgun cartridge shotgun debugging shotgun house	shot hole shot hole shot holes shot holes shot in the arm shot in the arm shot in the arm shot in the arm shot in the dark shot in the dark shot in the dark shot in the dark Shot in the Dark Photography shot in the foot shot in the foot shot in the foot shot in the foot shot in the foot Shot Indicating Resetting Trigger shot it out shot it out shot it out shot it out Shot locker shot metal shot mill shot mouth off shot mouth off shot mouth off shot mouth off Shot Noise Shot Noise Level Shot of a cable Shot Of The Day shot on goal Shot on Sight Shot on Video shot pattern Shot peening Shot Point Shot Point Shot prop shot put shot put shot put Shot putt Shot putt shot putter shot putter Shot rock Shot rock Shot samples Shot Spot shot the breeze shot the breeze shot the breeze shot the breeze shot the bull shot the bull shot the bull shot the bull

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According to Sims' own laboratory testing, use of the Super Quads can reduce shot noise by up to 80 percent.

Silence is golden by Berg, Christian / Petersen's Bowhunting

Normal convergence of multidimensional shot noise and rates of this convergence.

Limit distributions of some stereological estimators in Wicksell's ... by Heinrich, Lothar / Image Analysis and Stereology

The 90 or so contributions fall into general topics such as theoretical and experimental frontiers in noise and fluctuations, enhanced and suppressed shot noise, noise and coherence, the constructive role of noise, noise in biological systems, and noise in complex systems and non-Gaussian fluctuations.

Unsolved problems of noise and fluctuations; proceedings by SciTech Book News