[time-nuts] Triangle Waves

Bruce Griffiths bruce.griffiths at xtra.co.nz
Tue Feb 2 19:32:33 UTC 2010


Bob Camp wrote:
> Hi
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> The DAC will quite nicely produce a trapezoid (or clipped triangle wave). It's certainly on the list.
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> I've had a lot of lunch time discussions with the NIST guys about their "obsession" with input levels. About all I can say is that I don't see the same sensitivities they do. I suspect a lot of the issue is that we're not using the exact same circuits / components.
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Some of their papers are annoyingly incomplete, in that the measurement 
setups used were incompletely specified.
> Matching the isolation amplifier to the mixer for efficient power transfer is something I do plan to look at. I suspect it's only good up to a certain point and then you get into trouble.
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> Lots of things to check ...
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> Bob
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Bruce




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