Resistor thermal noise
Calculate Johnson noise and optional 1/f excess noise from a measured noise index.
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How it calculates
Model: en = √(4kTR); thermal RMS = en√(fH−fL); excess RMS = VDC × 10^(NI/20) µV/V × √log10(fH/fL)
Assumptions
- Excess noise assumes a 1/f spectrum and the manufacturer’s µV/V per frequency-decade index.
- 6.6×RMS is a statistical peak-to-peak estimate, not a guaranteed limit.
Worked example
These are the calculator's default inputs. Change any input above to recalculate.
Inputs
- Resistance
- 10000 Ω
- Temperature
- 25 °C
- Lower integration frequency
- 10 Hz
- Upper integration frequency
- 20000 Hz
- Include current noise
- off
- Noise index (µV/V per decade)
- -20 dB
- DC voltage across resistor
- 5 V
Results
- Thermal RMS
- 0.00000181424 V
- Thermal density
- 1.28318e-8 V/√Hz
- Excess RMS
- 0 V
- Total RMS
- 0.00000181424 V
- 6.6× RMS estimate
- 0.000011974 V