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Calibrating high resolution measurements

US6266625A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 23, 1999
Grant dateJul 24, 2001
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Expiry dateMar 23, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG04G3/00
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

There is described a method and system for calibrating measurements, in particular for calibrating a high resolution counter against an accurate real time calibrated clock signal. The method comprising obtaining the calibrated low resolution clock measurement and the corresponding high resolution counter measurement and calculating a range of possible corrections to the counter measurement to align it with the clock measurement. The correction range is adjusted to make it consistent with a previously stored correction range and a value is taken from it to calibrate the counter measurement. If the calculated range and the stored range are inconsistent then only the calculated range is used. A further measurement of the clock or counter is taken to double check.

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