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Possible sources of electrical interference:
• TV or computer cathode ray tube (CRT) displays
• Electric welders
• Air conditioners
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• Brush-type motors
• Electrical Interference
• Relays and switches of all kinds
• Arcing and corona discharge in power line insulators
• Malfunctioning fl ourescent/neon lighting and automobile spark plugs
• Light dimmers
Intermodulation
• Occurs when a strong signal (i.e. communications tower), whose frequency is generally not near that of
• the wireless receiver, overloads some circuit in the receiver As a result, the circuit generates harmonics of the
• strong signal, which then combine in the receiver to create a new frequency
• The newly created frequency, called an Intermodulation Product, interferes with the wireless
• system in much the same way as other sources of interference
• For example, mounting a transmitter too close to a receiver can cause intermodulation. The signal from
• the transmitter is too strong due to its proximity to the receiver
RF Refl ection and Attenuation
• RF Refl ection and Attenuation
• Refl ection: RF signals bounce off a refl ective surfacE such as a wall or the ground
• Attenuation: When RF signals pass through solid objects, some of the signal power is absorbed. Thisloss of RF
energy is called Attenuation, which varies depending on the structure of the object
• An installation site’s physical construction and the obstacles on the site affect RF signals
• Walls, doors, fl oors, elevator shafts, people and other obstacles offer varying degrees of attenuation and refl ection
• This causes the RF radiation pattern to be irregular and unpredictable
• When an RF wave meets an obstacle, one of the following three phenomena occur:
• Refl ection
• Refl ection from walls, ceilings and fl oor surfaces can be partial or complete and cause multipath interference
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