The microwatt (µW) is equal to one millionth (10−6) of a watt. Important powers that are measured in microwatts are typically stated in medical instrumentation systems such as the EEG and the ECG, in a wide variety of scientific and engineering instruments and also in reference to radio and radar receivers. Compact solar cells for devices such as calculators and watches are typically measured in microwatts.
| Definition | Relation to SI units |
|---|---|
= 10-6 W |
| watt | microwatt | imperial ton of refrigeration | femtowatt | gigawatt | nanowatt | petawatt | picowatt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 000 000 | 0.0002539 | 1.0 × 1015 | 1.0 × 10-9 | 1 000 000 000 | 1.0 × 10-15 | 1 000 000 000 000 |
| 1.0 × 10-6 | 1 | 2.5387959760084 × 10-10 | 1 000 000 000 | 1.0 × 10-15 | 1 000 | 1.0 × 10-21 | 1 000 000 |
| 3,938.875 | 3 938 875 000 | 1 | 3.938875 × 1018 | 3.938875 × 10-6 | 3 938 875 000 000 | 3.938875 × 10-12 | 3.938875 × 1015 |
| 1.0 × 10-15 | 1.0 × 10-9 | 2.5387959760084 × 10-19 | 1 | 1.0 × 10-24 | 1.0 × 10-6 | 1.0 × 10-30 | 0.001 |
| 1 000 000 000 | 1.0 × 1015 | 253,879.5976008 | 1.0 × 1024 | 1 | 1.0 × 1018 | 1.0 × 10-6 | 1.0 × 1021 |
| 1.0 × 10-9 | 0.001 | 2.5387959760084 × 10-13 | 1 000 000 | 1.0 × 10-18 | 1 | 1.0 × 10-24 | 1 000 |
| 1.0 × 1015 | 1.0 × 1021 | 253,879,597,600.84 | 1.0 × 1030 | 1 000 000 | 1.0 × 1024 | 1 | 1.0 × 1027 |
| 1.0 × 10-12 | 1.0 × 10-6 | 2.5387959760084 × 10-16 | 1 000 | 1.0 × 10-21 | 0.001 | 1.0 × 10-27 | 1 |
| Symbol | Definition |
|---|---|
| ≡ | exactly equal |
| ≈ | approximately equal to |
| = | equal to |
| digits | indicates that digits repeat infinitely (e.g. 8.294 369 corresponds to 8.294 369 369 369 369 …) |
| 1 microwatts | = 1.0E-6 watts |
| 2 microwatts | = 2.0E-6 watts |
| 3 microwatts | = 3.0E-6 watts |
| 4 microwatts | = 4.0E-6 watts |
| 5 microwatts | = 5.0E-6 watts |