Delta time measurement accuracy The formula to calculate the maximum delta-time measurement accuracy (DTAmax) for a given
instrument setting and input signal is given below (assumes insignificant signal content above
Nyquist and insignificant error due to aliasing, overdrive recovery and overdrive interpolation):
N
typ
= typical input-referred noise spec (volts rms)
F
N
= 1.3 for instrument bandwidth ≤9 GHz; 1.5 for instrument bandwidth ≥10 GHz
SR
1
= slew rate around 1st point in measurement (1st edge)
SR
2
= slew rate around 2nd point in measurement (2nd edge)
F
I
= 1.2 × 10–2
t
r1
= rise time of first edge
t
r2
= rise time of second edge
t
j
= sample jitter/aperture uncertainty (about 100 fs for time durations less than 10 μs)
Peak-peak based on statistical accumulation of 500 waveforms.
DTA
MAX
pk-pk
(
seconds
)
=10 × (N
typ
× F
N
)
2
(
1
SR
1
)
2
+
(
1
SR
2
)
2
+ F
I
2
×
(
t
r1
2
+ t
r2
2
)
+ (2 × t
j
2
)
RMS is guaranteed regardless of data-gathering duration.
DTA
MAX
rms
(
seconds
)
= (N
typ
× F
N
)
2
(
1
SR
1
)
2
+
(
1
SR
2
)
2
+ F
I
2
×
(
t
r1
2
+ t
r2
2
)
+ (2 × t
j
2
)
The term under the square-root sign is the stability and is due to time interval error (TIE).
Trigger specifications
Specifications Horizontal and acquisition system (cont.)
192 DPO70000SX Series User