
Calibration and Verification
Introduction
3
3-3
3-1. Introduction
Use this chapter as a guide to calibration and for verification of the Scope Calibrator’s
performance to specifications.
3-2. Equipment Required for Calibration and Verification
Table 3-1 lists the equipment, recommended models, and minimum specifications
required for each calibration and verification procedure.
Table 3-1. Scope Calibrator Calibration and Verification Equipment
Wave Generator and Edge Amplitude Calibration, AC Voltage and TD Pulser Verification Minimum
Use Specifications
Instrument
Model
Digital
Multimeter
HP 3458A
Voltage
1.8 mV to
±
130 V p-p Uncertainty: 0.06%
Edge
4.5 mV to 2.75 V p-p Uncertainty: 0.06%
Adapter
Pomona #1269
BNC(f) to Double Banana Plug
Termination
Feedthrough 50
Ω
±
1% (used with Edge Amplitude
Calibration and AC Voltage Verification)
N to BNC Cable
(supplied with Scope
Calibrator)
Edge Rise Time and Aberrations Verification
High-Frequency
Digital Storage
Oscilloscope
Tektronix 11801 with
Tektronix SD-22/26
sampling head, or
Tektronix TDS 820 with
8 GHz bandwidth [1]
Frequency
8 to 20 GHz
Resolution
4.5 mV to 2.75 V
Attenuator
Weinschel 9-10 (SMA)
or Weinschel 18W-10 or
equivalent
10 dB, SMA (m/f)
Adapter
BNC(f) to SMA (m)
N to BNC Cable
(supplied with Scope
Calibrator)
DC and AC Voltage Calibration and Verification, DC Voltage Verification
Digital
Multimeter
HP 3458A
Adapter
Pomona #1269
BNC(f) to Double Banana Plug
Termination
Feedthrough 50
Ω
±
1%.
N to BNC Cable
(supplied with Scope
Calibrator)
[1] Note that Fluke Met/Cal certified procedures use the Tek 11801 scope.
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