[time-nuts] Symmetricom 58532A and 58536A group delay figures

bg at lysator.liu.se bg at lysator.liu.se
Sun Sep 30 20:26:27 UTC 2012


With a warmed up tbolt and Lady Heather it is perfectly possible to
"measure/watch" the delay by swapping the splitter in and out of the
antenna cable chain.

--

   Björn

>>> Interesting that it's so far off from the 40 ns in the data sheet.
>
>> I think the usually quote worse case.
>
> Both data sheets said "typical".
>
>
> Worst case makes sense for things like delays through digital gates where
> you
> have to add up the total delay to see if your design will meet timing.
> But
> if you are trying to correct for actual delays, the typicals are probably
> more useful.
>
> Note that typicals can change over time if the manufacturer switches to a
> newer/cheaper/faster process, or you get a batch from a different vendor.
> The numbers in the data sheet may not match current reality.
>
>
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