RF Semiconductors
Acronyms & Definitions
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Term
Definition
| AAL | ATM adaption layer |
| ACC | adaptive cruise control |
| ACK | acknowledgement |
| ACP | adjacent-channel power |
| ACPR | adjacent-channel power rejection |
| ACPR | adjacent-channel protection ratio |
| ACPW | asymmetrical coplanar waveguide |
| ACW | autonomous collision warning system |
| ACTS | Advanced Communications Technology and Services |
| ADC | analog-to-digital converter |
| ADEOS | advanced Earth observation satellite |
| ADM | add-drop multiplexer |
| ADPCM | adaptive differential pulse-code modulation |
| AIU | access interface unit |
| Al | aluminum |
| AM | amplitude modulation |
| AMF | automated module fabrication |
| AMI | alternate mark inversion |
| AMPS | Advanced Mobile Phone Service/ System |
| AN | access node |
| ANA | automatic network analyzer |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| AO | acoustic-optical |
| AON | all optical network |
| AOTF | acousto-optical tunable filter |
| AP | access point; adjunct processor |
| APC | American Personal Communications |
| APD | avalanche photo diode |
| APON | ATM-based broadband PON |
| APS | automatic protection switching |
| AR | antireflective |
| ARBF | adaptive radial basis function |
| ARDIS | Advanced Radio Information Service |
| ARFCN | absolute radio frequency channel number |
| ARMA | autoregressive moving average |
| ARO | active resonator oscillator |
| As | arsenic |
| ASAP | Airborne Shared Aperture Program |
| ATC | air traffic control |
| ATDE | adaptive time domain equalizer |
| ATE | automatic test equipment |
| ATM | asynchronous transfer mode |
| ATM | air traffic management |
| ATM | automated teller machine |
| TPC | automatic transmit power control |
| ATU | ADSL transceiver unit |
| AU | administrative unit |
| AUC | authentication center |
| AVI | automatic/advanced vehicle identification |
| AVLN | automatic vehicle location and navigation |
| AWG | arbitrary waveform generator |
| AWG | array waveguide grating |
| AWG | American Wire Gauge (standard) |
| AWGN | additive white Gaussian noise |
| AWNV | all-weather and night vision system |
