Last Updated: August 16, 2025
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What is a 30 dB gain means???
Puzzled..Earlier I use to be the same but its really simple to understand.It means:-
For every input PHOTON there will be 1000 PHOTON’s at output. That’s what Gain is..
X dB is 10x/10
You can verify the same with above formula…Make things Simpler.
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