I recall it more historically relates to the motion of a
needle display. Kinda like a vu meter. Don't remember
about the decay time.
There is an analytical formula. Alas, I can't find my
copy. I think it came from some old HP app notes.
You are right in that the most important is the rise time.
- Robert -
On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:51:27 -0500
Ken Javor <[email protected]> wrote:
> The quasi-peak detector is characterized by a charging
> time constant and a
> discharge time constant. If I want to analytically
> determine the transfer
> function of the detector for a given pulse duration and
> duty cycle, do I
> only need consider the charging time constant? Is the
> discharge time just
> there to enable a recording device (plotter pen) adequate
> time to respond?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Ken Javor
>
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