the same amount of heat in the same load. Therefore, it directly relates to signal power. For purely sinusoidal signals, the RMS value is the familiar peak amplitude divided by the square root of two. However, for signals comprised either of harmonics or of noncoherent
content, this expression becomes increasingly invalid as the harmonic
content or noncoherency increases. Typically this is given in terms of a waveform's Crest Factor (CF), which is the ratio of its peak value to RMS value. Crest...
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