| baud |
symbol
rate |
Note
that "baud rate" is like saying "symbol rate
rate" which doesn't make any sense, does it? Thanks, Mike! |
| BAW |
bulk
acoustic wave |
Similar
to surface acoustic wave technology. |
| BER |
bit
error rate |
|
| BFN |
beam-forming
network |
A system
of power combiners and phase shifters that is used to steer
an array. |
| BiCMOS |
bipolar
complementary metal-oxide semiconductor |
The
RF devices that are used in SiGe. |
|
BIT
|
built-in test
|
Refers to output signals
that are generated by a piece of hardware whose only function
is to help you determine if your hardware is working.
|
|
BITE
|
built-in test equipment
|
See above. Alternately,
a verb, as in “reality BITEs”.
|
|
BJT
|
bipolar junction transistor
|
A good old-fashioned semiconductor
device recently made useful into the lower microwave frequencies.
|
|
Bluetooth
|
Bluetooth
|
A wireless networking
convention named after a dead Danish king
|
|
BNC
|
bayonet N-type connector
|
A type of RF connector
from the dark ages (useful only to UHF frequencies).
|
|
BOM
|
bill of materials
|
The whole ball of wax
required to assemble all of your widgets.
|
|
BPF
|
band-pass filter
|
A two-port network that
rejects signals outside of a certain frequency band.
|
| BPSK |
binary
frequency-shift keying |
|
| BSOM |
beats
the (stuffing) out of me |
Who
busted the scope probe? BSOM! |
| BW |
bandwidth |
|
| BWO |
backward
wave oscillator |
|
