8845A/8846A 
Users Manual 
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8846A Accuracy 
Accuracy is given as ± % measurement 
Range Frequency 
24 Hour
(23 ±1 °C)
90 Days
(23 ±5 °C)
1 Year 
(23 ±5 °C)
Temperature 
Coefficient/ °C  
Outside 18 to 28 °C
3 – 5 Hz  0.1  0.1  0.1  0.005 
5 – 10 Hz  0.05  0.05  0.05  0.005 
10 – 40 Hz  0.03  0.03  0.03  0.001 
40 Hz – 300 kHz  0.006  0.01  0.01  0.001 
100 mV to 
1000 V
[1][2]
 
300 kHz – 1 MHz  0.006  0.01  0.01  0.001 
[1] Input >100 mV. For 10 – 100 mV, multiply percent measurement error by 10. 
[2] Limited to 8 X 10
7
 volt-Hertz 
8845A Accuracy 
Accuracy is given as ± % measurement 
Range Frequency 
24 Hour 
(23 ±1 °C)
90 Days
(23 ±5 °C)
1 Year 
(23 ±5 °C)
Temperature 
Compensation/ °C  
Outside 18 to 28 °C
3 – 5 Hz  0.1  0.1  0.1  0.005 
5 – 10 Hz  0.05  0.05  0.05  0.005 
10 – 40 Hz  0.03  0.03  0.03  0.001 
100 mV to 
750 V 
[1][2]
 
40 Hz – 300 kHz  0.006  0.01  0.01  0.001 
[1] Input >100 mV. For 10 – 100 mV, multiply percent measurement error by 10. 
[2] Limited to 8 X 10
7
 volt-Hertz 
Gate Time vs. Resolution 
Gate Time  Resolution 
0.01 5½ 
0.1 6½ 
1.0 6½ 
Additional Low Frequency Errors 
Error stated as percent of measurement for inputs >100 mV. For 10 – 100 mV, multiply percent by 10. 
Resolution 
Frequency 
6½ 5½ 4½ 
3 – 5 Hz  0  0.12  0.12 
5 – 10 Hz  0  0.17  0.17 
10 – 40 Hz  0  0.2  0.2 
40 – 100 Hz  0  0.06  0.21 
100 – 300 Hz  0  0.03  0.21 
300 Hz – 1 kHz  0  0.01  0.07 
> 1 kHz  0  0  0.02