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shot noise

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Collins Dictionary of Astronomy © Market House Books Ltd, 2006

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.
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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.
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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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