The Effect of Offset Voltage on the Kick-Out Pulses Used in the Nose-to-Nose Sampler Impulse Response Characterization Method

Published

May 1, 2000

Author(s)

Donald R. Larson, Nicholas Paulter

Abstract

The amplitude and bandwidth of kick-out pulses used in the nose-to-nose sampler impulse response characterization method were measured as a function of offset voltage. The amplitude is almost linear for offset voltages from -500 mV to 500 mV except for values from about -50 mV to 50 mV. Slight changes in bandwidth were observed for offset voltages from -250 mV to 250 mV with significant bandwidth loss observed for offset voltages outside this range.

Proceedings Title

Proc. IEEE Instrumentation and Technology Conference (IMTC)

Volume

3

Conference Dates

May 1-4, 2000

Conference Location

Baltimore, MD

Pub Type

Conferences

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Keywords

sampling, oscilloscope, gigahertz, nose-to-nose, kick-out, pulse

Citation

Larson, D. and Paulter, N. (2000), The Effect of Offset Voltage on the Kick-Out Pulses Used in the Nose-to-Nose Sampler Impulse Response Characterization Method, Proc. IEEE Instrumentation and Technology Conference (IMTC), Baltimore, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=5695 (Accessed October 23, 2025)