• DocumentCode
    976970
  • Title

    Calibration and error analysis of a picosecond pulse waveform measurement system at NBS

  • Author

    Gans, William L.

  • Author_Institution
    National Bureau of Standards, Boulder, CO, USA
  • Volume
    74
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1986
  • Firstpage
    86
  • Lastpage
    90
  • Abstract
    The primary system used at NBS, Boulder, CO, to measure fast (picosecond-nanosecond range), repetitive, electrical pulse parameters consists essentially of a wide-band (dc-18 GHz) sampling oscilloscope interfaced to a minicomputer. This paper describes the major calibration and analysis techniques used to reduce the effects of errors inherent in this system, both deterministic and random in nature.
  • Keywords
    Calibration; Computer errors; Electric variables measurement; Error analysis; NIST; Oscilloscopes; Pulse measurements; Sampling methods; Space vector pulse width modulation; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PROC.1986.13408
  • Filename
    1457676