Automated test and evaluation center for waveform digitizer systems and components

Author

Green, Philip J.

Author_Institution

Sandia Nat. Lab., Albuquerque, NM, USA

Volume

39

Issue

1

fYear

1990

fDate

2/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

101

Lastpage

105

Abstract

The author discusses instrumentation development efforts in which it is necessary to evaluate the performance of waveform digitizing systems with sampling rates from a few kilohertz to more than a gigahertz. The goal has been to develop an integrated system which can provide quantitative results on the performance of systems and subsystems. The author describes a system which is controlled by a Microvax II with instrumentation control through the IEEE-488 bus. The evaluation procedure is delineated in reference to a trial waveform digitizer standard generated by the Waveform Measurements and Analysis Committee appointed by the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society. Special emphasis is placed on the accurate measurement of effective-bit performance and differential nonlinearity

Keywords

analogue-digital conversion; automatic test equipment; automatic testing; computerised instrumentation; electronic equipment testing; wave analysers; IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society; IEEE-488 bus; Microvax II; Waveform Measurements and Analysis Committee; automatic testing; differential nonlinearity; effective-bit performance; integrated system; waveform digitizer; Analog-digital conversion; Automatic testing; Control systems; Frequency; Instruments; Measurement standards; Sampling methods; Standards publication; Switches; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/19.50425

Filename

50425