Calibration of sampling oscilloscopes with high-speed photodiodes

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3173-3180

  Clement, Tracy S ^a,b   Hale, Paul D ^a,b   Williams, Dylan F ^a,b   Wang, C M ^b   Dienstfrey, Andrew ^b   Keenan, Darryl A ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

High speed photodiode; Impulse response; Mismatch correction; Oscilloscope calibration; Sampling oscilloscope; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

HIGH-SPEED PHOTODIODE; MISMATCH CORRECTION; OSCILLOSCOPE CALIBRATION; SAMPLING OSCILLOSCOPE;

CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMPULSE RESPONSE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTODIODES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CATHODE RAY OSCILLOSCOPES;

EID: 33747259573     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.879135     Document Type: Article

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