Measurement Specifications - HP 53132A Assembly And Service Manual

Measurement Specifications

Frequency, Period
Channel 1 and 2 Range: 0.1 Hz to 225 MHz
Channel 3 Range:
Option 030 100 MHz to 3 GHz
Option 050 200 MHz to 5 GHz
Option 124 200 MHz to 12.4 GHz
(Period 2 or 3 selectable only via the HP-IB interface)
For Automatic or External Arming:
(and signals < 100 Hz using Timed Arming)
LSD Displayed:
Frequency
t
 
res ×
--------------------------- -
or
 
Gate Time
Period
RMS Resolution:
2 2
 ( ×
t + 2 Trigger Error
res

--------------------------------------------------------------------- -
 Gate Time
HP 53131A
t
res
typical 650 ps
see graphs for worst case resolution performance
For Automatic Arming:
Gate Time
where N = 1 for Ch1 or Ch2 Frequency < 1 MHz
4 for Ch1 or Ch2 Frequency > 1 MHz
128 for Ch3

±
Systematic Uncertainty:
Time Base Error

HP 53131A
t
acc
typical 350 ps
worst case 1.25 ns
Trigger: Default setting is Auto Trigger at 50%
The following graphs may also be used to compute errors for Period Measurements. To find the Period error (∆P), calculate the frequency of the
1
input signal ( ) and find the frequency error (∆F) from the chart. Then, calculate the period error as:
--- -
F =
P
Chapter 7 HP 53131A/132A Specifications
Measurement Specifications
4.44 ns to 10 s
0.33 ns to 10 ns
0.2 ns to 5 ns
80 ps to 5 ns
Frequency
) 
×

or

Period
HP 53132A
t
res
200 ps
N
--------------------------- -
=
Frequency
Frequency
t

± a cc ×
----------------------
or

Gate Time
Period
HP 53132A
t
acc
100 ps
500 ps
Assembly-Level Service Guide
For Time or Digits Arming:
LSD Displayed:
 ×
2 2 t
re s

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
×

Gate Time Number or Samples
RMS Resolution:
 × 2 ×
4 t + 2 Trigger Error
res

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ×
Gate Time Number or Samples
HP 53131A
t t
res jitter
typical 500 ps 50 ps
see graphs for worst case resolution performance
Number of Samples =
Gate Time x Frequency
Gate Time x 200,000

±
Systematic Uncertainty:
Time Base Error

HP 53131A
t
acc
typical 100 ps
worst case 300 ps
Trigger: Default setting is Auto Trigger at 50%
∆
Frequency

t
jitter ×

+ --------------------------- - or
Gate Time 
Period
Frequency
2 
t
jitte r

--------------------------- - x or
+
Gate Time 
Period
HP 53132A
t t
res jitter
225 ps 3 ps
(Frequency < 200 kHz)
(Frequency > 200 kHz)
Frequency
t

± a cc ×
----------------------
or

Gate Time
Period
HP 53132A
t
acc
10 ps
100 ps
∆
 F 
×
------ -
P = P
 
F
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