Intermodulation Distortion: A species of Distortion that results when one set of frequencies is superimposed on, or is modified by, another to produce a third frequency not present in the original signal. Quantifies the distortion products of nonlinearities in the unit under test that causes complex waves to produce beat frequencies, i.e., sum and difference products not harmonically related to the fundamentals.

 

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Intermodulation Distortion: A species of Distortion that results when one set of frequencies is superimposed on, or is modified by, another to produce a third frequency not present in the original signal. Quantifies th . . . View Full Definition

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