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Measurement apparatus, program, recording medium, and measurement method

US8706445B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 22, 2009
Grant dateApr 22, 2014
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Expiry dateSep 14, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M1/12
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided is a measurement apparatus that measures a characteristic of an AD converter, comprising a signal supplying section that supplies the AD converter with an analog input signal having a prescribed waveform; an acquiring section that acquires a digital output signal output by the AD converter as a result of sampling the analog input signal; a measured histogram generating section that generates a histogram of the digital output signal; and a range calculating section that calculates at least one of an analog value corresponding to a lower limit and an analog value corresponding to an upper limit of a prescribed digital range, based on at least one of (i) a frequency corresponding to digital values, in a measured histogram obtained by measuring the digital output signal, that are less than or equal to the digital range and (ii) a frequency corresponding to digital values in the measured histogram that are greater than or equal to the digital range.

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