Chapter 3 Specifications
Measurement Specifications (Continued)
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Operating Guide
3
Measurement Specifications (Continued)
HP 53131A—Worst Case RMS Resolution
Automatic or External Arming:
Time or Digit Arming:
The preceding graphs do not reflect the effects of trigger error. To place an upper bound on the added effect of this error term, determine the
frequency error from the appropriate graph and add a trigger error term as follows:
Automatic or External Arming
Time or Digit Arming
10
100
1000
10000 100000 1000000 1E
+
07
1E
+
08
1E
+
09
1E
+
10
Input Frequency (Hz)
1E
-
10
1E
-
8
1E
-
6
1E
-
4
1E
-
2
1E
+
00
1E
+
02
Frequency Error (Hz)
Auto Armed
1ms
1s
10s
Gate
Time
10ms
100ms
10
100
1000
10000 100000 1000000 1E
+
07 1E
+
08 1E
+
09 1E
+
10
Input Frequency
1E
-
10
1E
-
8
1E
-
6
1E
-
4
1E
-
2
1E
+
00
1E
+
02
Frequency Error (Hz)
1ms
Gate
Time
10ms
100ms
1s
10s
Frequency Error
2
Trigger Error
×
Gate Time
-----------------------------------------------
+
Frequency
or
Period
×
Frequency Error
4
2
×
Trigger Error
×
Gate Time
Number of Samples
×
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+
Frequency
or
Period
×
Summary of Contents for 53131A
Page 1: ...Operating Guide HP 53131A 132A 225 MHz Universal Counter ...
Page 2: ......
Page 26: ...xxiv Operating Guide ...
Page 41: ...1 Getting Started ...
Page 77: ...2 Operating Your Universal Counter Operator s Reference ...
Page 171: ...3 Specifications ...
Page 196: ... Manual Part Number 53131 90055 Printed in U S A MAY 1999 ...