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Innovator CHV400BTD ATSC Transmitter Introduction
Technical Manual, Rev. 0 10
ABBREVIATIONS/ACRONYMS
AC
Alternating Current
AFC
Automatic Frequency
Control
ALC
Automatic Level Control
AM
Amplitude Modulation
AGC
Automatic Gain Control
ARD
A-line, Regenerative
Translator, Digital
ATD
A-line, Transmitter,
Digital
ATSC
Advanced Television
Systems Committee (Digital)
AWG
American Wire Gauge
BER
Bit Error Rate
BRD
B-line, Regenerative
Translator, Digital
BTD
B-line, Transmitter,
Digital
BW
Bandwidth
COFDM
Coded Orthogonal Frequency
Division Multiplexing
modulation scheme
DC
Direct Current
D/A
Digital to Analog
DSP
Digital Signal Processing
DTV
Digital Television
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
FPGA
Field Programmable Gate
Array
Hz
Hertz
ICPM
Incidental Carrier Phase
Modulation
I/P
Input
IF
Intermediate Frequency
LED
Light emitting diode
LSB
Lower Sideband
LDMOS
Lateral Diffused Metal Oxide
Semiconductor Field Effect
Transistor
MPEG
Motion Pictures Expert
Group
NTSC
National Television
Systems Committee (Analog)
O/P
Output
PLL
Phase Locked Loop
PCB
Printed Circuit Board
QAM
Quadrature Amplitude
Modulation
SMPTE Society of Motion Picture
and Television Engineers
VSB
Vestigial Side Band