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Dynamic range — the ladder

One essay so far against this idea. A ladder is the distinct arguments that stand against one idea, and this one has room to grow.
  1. 1e-81e-71e-61e-51e-41m10m100m1amplitude (volts)Johnson noise of 1 kΩ: 501.6 nV1% distortion, exponential: 1.03 mV1% gain error, exponential: 7.30 mVlinear step, unity follower: 79.58 mV66.3 dB of rangesolved, then checked — a floor and a ceiling, both computed66 dB between them

    A floor and a ceiling

    Every other boundary on this site is a ceiling. This one puts a floor underneath and measures the distance between them — 4.00 nanovolts per root hertz at the bottom, one per cent of harmonic distortion at 1.03 millivolts at the top, and 66.3 decibels of range in a ten-kilohertz measurement. Both ends are computed, neither is on a datasheet, and the arrangement of the stages decides which one moves.

    rung 3 · noise

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