HP 83480A - Period; Preshoot; Rise Time

Making Automatic Measurements
Front Panel Measure Section
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Period
For a pulse, this is the measurement of the rst detected edge to the next
detected edge. Edges can be dened as rising or falling, through a dened
threshold (middle). For an eye diagram measured with the color graded
database, the period is the time between crossing points.
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Preshoot
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Rise Time
Threshold levels (20% to 80%, 10% to 90%, or user-dened) are set in the
Dene Measure menu. The 20% to 80% thresholds are recommended for eye
diagram
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graded
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grade
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