Thermal Noise Floor: Where -174 dBm/Hz Really Comes From

Every RF link budget starts at -174 dBm/Hz. The Boltzmann derivation behind that number, why 290 K is the reference, and how to scale it by bandwidth.

Spectrum diagram showing a wanted signal peak standing above the noise floor

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