| NA | network analyzer | Test equipment used to measure S-parameters of a part. See also ANA. |
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| NADC | North American digital cellular | -- |
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| NAMPS | narrow band advanced mobile phone service | Analog cell phone standard. |
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| NDF | Normalized Determinant Function | -- |
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| NDT | non-destruct testing | Qual procedures that don't wreck your hardware. |
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| NEXT | near end cross talk | -- |
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| NF | nano-Farad | A unit of capacitance, 10E-9 Farads. |
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| NF | noise figure | A measurement of how much a component degrades the signal-to-noise ratio of a system. |
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| NF | Near field | A type of antenna measurement https://www.microwaves101.com/encyclopedias/antenna-measurements |
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| NFM | noise figure meter | Test equipment for measuring noise figure and sometimes gain. |
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| NGT | not greater than | Sometimes used in specifications. |
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| NH | nano-Henry | A unit of inductance, 10-9 Henries. |
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| NIP | N-type/intrinsic/P-type | The opposite diode structure of PIN. |
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| NL | nonlinear | -- |
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| NLT | not less than | Sometimes used in specifications. |
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| NLT, NLTL | Nonlinear transmission line | Used in comb generators. |
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| NPR | noise power ratio | Another measurement of power amplifier linearity. |
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| NRE | non-recurring cost | This is how you recover the money you lose when you sell piece parts at a loss to force your competition out of business. |
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| NTC | negative temperature coefficient | A thermistor with resistance value decreasing with temperature. |
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| NTE | not to exceed | Sometimes used in specifications. What's the opposite of NTE? not to deceed??? |
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