Title :
Effective waveform recorder evaluation procedures
Author :
Green, Philip J.
Author_Institution :
Sandia Nat. Lab., Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
The author describes a waveform-recorder evaluation system which is controlled by a Microvax II with instrumentation control through the IEEE-488 bus. Evaluation procedures are described with attention to the `pathological cases´ that can lead to significant misestimates of a digitizer´s performance. The aim of these evaluation procedures is consistency with the new Trial Waveform Digitizer Standard generated by the Waveform Measurements and Analysis Committee appointed by the Instrumentation and Measurement Society of the IEEE. Methods are discussed for measuring the effective-bits performance of a waveform digitizer and determining differential nonlinearity
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; automatic test equipment; automatic testing; electronic equipment testing; measurement standards; signal processing equipment; wave analysers; waveform analysis; IEEE; IEEE-488 bus; Instrumentation and Measurement Society; Microvax II; Trial Waveform Digitizer Standard; differential nonlinearity; effective-bits performance; waveform digitizer; waveform measurement; waveform recorder evaluation; Analog-digital conversion; Control systems; Frequency conversion; Instrumentation and Measurement Society; Instruments; Measurement standards; Oscilloscopes; Signal generators; Standards publication; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1990. IMTC-90. Conference Record., 7th IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.1990.66000
