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Simple math question...
Mar 02nd, 2010, 7:54am
 
If you need to derive the gain of an differential output in db...
What you need to calculate is  

db(out-in) or
db(out)-db(in)

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Reply #1 - Mar 2nd, 2010, 8:03am
 
db(out)-db(in)
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Reply #2 - Mar 2nd, 2010, 1:31pm
 
dbm(out) - dbm(in) = dB gain

or

dbV(out) - dbV(in) = dB gain

If you want to be fussy about definition, dB is a ratio, so there is no such thing as "dB" of a singular measurement

Just to nitpick!!

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Reply #3 - Mar 2nd, 2010, 5:42pm
 
Turin wrote on Mar 2nd, 2010, 7:54am:
If you need to derive the gain of an differential output in db...
What you need to calculate is  

db(out-in) or
db(out)-db(in)

Thanks


db(out-in) is not correct.
Correct would be db(out/in). This is equivalent to db(out)-db(in).

Steve
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