Thermal noise and Johnson–Nyquist noise theory

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Thermal noise and Johnson–Nyquist noise theory is the foundational framework in electrical engineering and physics that quantifies the random voltage and current fluctuations arising from the thermal agitation of charge carriers in resistive components.

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instanceOf noise theory ⓘ
physical theory ⓘ
appliesTo conductors in thermal equilibrium ⓘ
electrical resistors ⓘ
resistive components ⓘ
assumes classical regime where hf << k_B T for white spectrum approximation ⓘ
thermal equilibrium ⓘ
contrastsWith flicker noise ⓘ
shot noise ⓘ
dependsOn absolute temperature in kelvin ⓘ
measurement bandwidth in hertz ⓘ
resistance value ⓘ
describes Johnson–Nyquist noise ⓘ
random current fluctuations in resistors ⓘ
random voltage fluctuations in resistors ⓘ
thermal noise ⓘ
explainsCause thermal agitation of charge carriers ⓘ
field electrical engineering ⓘ
physics ⓘ
givesFormula i_rms^2 = 4 k_B T B / R ⓘ
v_rms^2 = 4 k_B T R B ⓘ
isIndependentOf applied DC voltage ⓘ
average current through the resistor ⓘ
material composition of ideal resistor ⓘ
isTypeOf equilibrium noise theory ⓘ
fundamental noise theory in electronics ⓘ
noiseSpectralDensityFormula S_I(f) = 4 k_B T / R ⓘ
S_V(f) = 4 k_B T R ⓘ
predicts frequency-independent noise power spectral density at low frequencies ⓘ
white noise spectrum over low and moderate frequencies ⓘ
relatedTo Johnson noise ⓘ
Nyquist theorem ⓘ
fluctuation–dissipation theorem ⓘ
white noise ⓘ
relatesQuantity absolute temperature ⓘ
electrical resistance ⓘ
measurement bandwidth ⓘ
noise power ⓘ
states mean-square noise voltage is proportional to bandwidth ⓘ
mean-square noise voltage is proportional to resistance ⓘ
mean-square noise voltage is proportional to temperature ⓘ
symbolForConstant k_B ⓘ
usedIn communication system noise analysis ⓘ
low-noise amplifier design ⓘ
noise figure determination ⓘ
radio astronomy system design ⓘ
receiver sensitivity calculations ⓘ
thermal noise limit calculations for sensors ⓘ
usesConstant Boltzmann constant ⓘ

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Harry Nyquist → notableWork → Thermal noise and Johnson–Nyquist noise theory ⓘ
Harry Nyquist → notableWork → Thermal agitation of electric charge in conductors (1928 paper) ⓘ
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Harry Nyquist → hasConceptNamedAfter → Nyquist noise ⓘ
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