7Tutorial
298 Keysight 34970A/34972A User’s Guide
Example: Calculating Measurement Error
Calculate the approximate measurement error for a pulse train input with a crest 
factor of 3 and a fundamental frequency of 20 kHz. The internal DMM is set to the 
1 V range. For this example, use the 90-day accuracy specifications of ± (0.05% of 
reading + 0.04% of range), as shown in Chapter 8. 
Error
sine 
= ±(0.05% + 0.04%) = ±0.09% 
Error
crest factor
 = 0.15% 
Error
bandwidth
 =   * 100 = 1.4% 
Total Error = 0.09% + 0.15% + 1.4% = 1.6%
3–
2
20000×
4 3.14159 1000000××
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