National foreword
Cooperating organizations
1. Scope
2. Object
Section One - Definitions
3. Types of oscilloscopes
4. Terms fundamental to the sampling process
5. Cathode-ray tube
6. Terms related to the sampling loop
7. Terms related to the slewing process
8. Terms related to the presentation of the display
9. General terms concerning waveform
10. Terms concerning preparation of tests
11. Terms related to accuracy
12. Terms related to vertical (horizontal) deflection
13. Terms related to the time base
14. Terms related to display stabilization
15. Miscellaneous
Section Two - General test requirements
16. General
17. Combinations of an oscilloscope with different
accessories
18. Reference waveforms
19. Conditions for test location
Section Three - General test procedure
20. Test procedure
21. General conditions for test purposes
22. Particular conditions
23. Reference conditions and rated conditions of use
24. Determination of operating errors of oscilloscopes
25. Determination of the influence errors and the
variations of the vertical (horizontal) deflection
coefficient, of the time coefficient and of the
zero stability
Section Four - Errors of variations of deflection
coefficients and instability of the spot position
26. Errors of variations of deflection coefficients
27. Instability of the spot position
28. Frequency response and rectangular pulse or square
wave response
29. Positioning
30. Values of the elements of input impedance
31. Interaction between circuits of an oscilloscope
32. Apparent signal delay
33. Time positioning range
Section Five - Time base
34. General
35. Errors or variations of time coefficients
36. Expansion
Section Six - Display stabilization
37. Determination of display stabilization performance
38. Characteristics of synchronizing and triggering
circuits
39. Geometry, orthogonality error and phase difference
40. Calibrating devices
41. Electromagnetic radiation from oscilloscopes
42. Brightness
43. Luminance
44. Dot slash
45. Output signals related to the vertical (horizontal)
deflections of the spot
Section Eight - Method of expression of oscilloscope
characteristics
46. General
47. Tube
48. Types of sampling process
49. Functional units
50. Warm-up time
51. Operating conditions
52. Signal display
53. Time base
54. Display stabilization
55. Miscellaneous
Section Nine - Marking
56. Data presented on the sampling oscilloscope
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