Axcera 6476B, Operation Manual

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REFERENCE 6476B BROADBAND BOOSTER
ABBREVIATIONS/ACRONYMS
A/D Analog to digital
AC Alternating Current
AFC Automatic Frequency Control
ALC Automatic Level Control
AM Amplitude modulation
AGC Automatic Gain Control
AWG American wire gauge
BER Bit Error Rate
BW Bandwidth
DC Direct Current
D/A Digital to analog
dB Decibel
dBm Decibel referenced to 1 milliwatt
dBmV Decibel referenced to 1 millivolt
dBw Decibel referenced to 1 watt
FEC Forward Error Correction
FM Frequency modulation
Hz Hertz
ICPM Incidental Carrier Phase Modulation
I/P Input
IF Intermediate Frequency
LED Light emitting diode
LSB Lower Sideband
MPEG Motion Pictures Expert Group
O/P Output
PLL Phase Locked Loop
PCB Printed circuit board
QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
RF Radio Frequency
SAW Surface Acoustic Wave
SNR Signal to Noise Ratio
USB Upper sideband
VCXO Voltage Controlled Crystal Oscillator
VSB Vestigial Sideband
VSWR Voltage Standing-wave Ratio