An adaptive method for automatic calibration of interpolation time interval digitizer with picosecond resolution

Author

Pelka, Ryszard

Author_Institution

Warsaw Acad. of Technol., Poland

fYear

1990

fDate

11-14 June 1990

Firstpage

15

Lastpage

16

Abstract

An adaptive method is presented for real-time calibration of an interpolation time-interval digitizer (TID) with picosecond resolution. Reduction of calibration uncertainty to the level of 3 ps (RMS) has been achieved. Experimental results and comparison with some existing methods for TID calibration are also presented. The adaptive method was developed to solve a calibration problem that emerged in the course of developing an advanced TID for a satellite laser ranging systems.<>

Keywords

adaptive systems; analogue-digital conversion; calibration; computerised instrumentation; interpolation; measurement by laser beam; time measurement; adaptive method; automatic calibration; interpolation time interval digitizer; picosecond resolution; real-time calibration; satellite laser ranging; time measurement; Analog-digital conversion; Calibration; Counting circuits; Error analysis; Interpolation; Laser theory; Measurement errors; Measurement uncertainty; Satellites; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Precision Electromagnetic Measurements, 1990. CPEM '90 Digest., Conference on

Conference_Location

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CPEM.1990.109903

Filename

109903