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dB 10 log10 (x)
where x is unitless!
Pout
=G
Pin
⎛ P ⎞
P (dBw ) 10 log10 ⎜ ⎟
⎝1W ⎠
⎛ P ⎞
P (dBm ) 10 log10 ⎜ ⎟
⎝ 1 mW ⎠
Make sure you are very careful when doing math with
decibels!
Standard dB Values
10log10 ⎡⎣ 2n ⎤⎦ = n 10log10 [ 2 ] 3n
G = 2n ↔ G (dB ) 3n
⎡x ⎤
10log10 ⎢ ⎥ = 10log10 [ x ] − 10log10 [ y ]
⎢⎣ y ⎥⎦
Pout = G Pin
Pout G Pin
=
1mW 1mW
⎡ P ⎤ ⎡ G Pin ⎤
10log10 ⎢ out ⎥ = 10log10 ⎢ ⎥
⎣⎢ 1mW ⎦⎥ ⎢⎣ 1mW ⎥⎦
⎡ P ⎤ ⎡ P ⎤
10log10 ⎢ out ⎥ = 10log10 [ G ] + 10log10 ⎢ in ⎥
⎢⎣ 1mW ⎥⎦ ⎢⎣ 1mW ⎥⎦
10log10 [ x + y ] = ????
PT = P1 + P2
= 4.0 mW + 10.0 mW
= 14.0 mW
⎛ 14.0 mW ⎞
PT (dBm ) = 10 log10 ⎜ ⎟ = 11.46 dBm
⎝ 1 . 0 mW ⎠
⎡ 4mW ⎤ ⎡ 10mW ⎤
6 dBm + 10 dBm = 10log10 ⎢ ⎥ + 10log10 ⎢ ⎥
⎢⎣ 1mW ⎥⎦ ⎢⎣ 1mW ⎥⎦
⎡ 40 mW 2 ⎤
= 10log10 ⎢ ⎥
⎢⎣ 1mW 2 ⎥⎦
= 16 dB relative to 1 mW2
1. 1 .0 ↔ 0 dB
2. 0.0 ↔ − ∞ dB
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