Statistical studies of 1/f noise from carbon resistors
W. J. Moore · Journal of Applied Physics · 1974
The statistical behavior of the amplitude probability density for 1/f noise from carbon resistors has been investigated both experimentally and theoretically. It is found that some carbon resistors exhibit a 1/f noise which is in agreement with the behavior expected for a stationary normally distributed process, while other carbon resistors exhibit a type of pulse noise in addition to 1/f noise which serves to modify the measured statistical properties of the noise. It is concluded that 1/f noise itself is not significantly different from other noises in its statistical properties.