• DocumentCode
    830285
  • Title

    Compensation of Random and Systematic Timing Errors in Sampling Oscilloscopes

  • Author

    Hale, Paul D. ; Wang, C.M. ; Williams, Dylan F. ; Remley, Kate A. ; Wepman, Joshua D.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO
  • Volume
    55
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2006
  • Firstpage
    2146
  • Lastpage
    2154
  • Abstract
    In this paper, a method of correcting both random and systematic timebase errors using measurements of only two quadrature sinusoids made simultaneously with a waveform of interest is described. The authors estimate the fundamental limits to the procedure due to additive noise and sampler jitter and demonstrate the procedure with some actual measurements
  • Keywords
    error compensation; error correction; jitter; measurement errors; noise; oscilloscopes; time bases; additive noise; error compensation; error correction; quadrature sinusoids; random error; sampler jitter; sampling oscilloscopes; systematic timing errors; Additive noise; Distortion measurement; Error correction; NIST; Noise measurement; Oscilloscopes; Phase measurement; Sampling methods; Time measurement; Timing jitter; Comb generator; jitter; sampling oscilloscope; timebase distortion (TBD); waveform metrology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9456
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIM.2006.880270
  • Filename
    4014711