At NASA we call this kind of answer MOTO - Master of the Obvious, but I can't think of any reason the dwell time would be other than the longer of the detector time constant or a small integer multiple of the broadband spike repetition period.
---------- >From: "Gordon,Ian" <ian.gor...@edwards.boc.com> >To: "'IEEE EMC & SAFETY PSTC'" <emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org> >Subject: DWELL TIME FOR AVERAGE DETECTORS >Date: Tue, Apr 30, 2002, 4:18 AM > > > Can anybody advise as to what dwell time should be used for an average > detector when measuring a broadband noise source? This time obviously > increases the total test time unnecessarily if set too high and reduces the > measurement accuracy if set too low. > Thanks > Ian Gordon > > > > ********************************************************************* > This footnote confirms that this e-mail message has been scanned for > the presence of known computer viruses by the MessageLabs Virus > Control Centre. However, it is still recommended that you use > local virus scanning software to monitor for the presence of viruses. > ********************************************************************* > > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > majord...@ieee.org > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com > Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org > Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ > Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list" > ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
