Boonton 4540 Peak Power Meter User Manual - Manual (Page 233)

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter
Application Notes 6-5
6.2 Pulse Definitions
IEEE Std 194™-1977 Standard Pulse Terms and Definitions ―provides fundamental definitions for general use in time
domain pulse technology‖. Several key terms defined in the standard are reproduced in this subsection, which also defines the
terms appearing in the 4540 Series text mode display of automatic measurement results.
6.2.1 Standard IEEE Pulse
The key terms defined by the IEEE standard are abstracted and summarized below. These terms are referenced to the
standard pulse illustrated in Figure 6-4.
Figure 6-4.
IEEE Standard Pulse
(IEEE Std 194™-1977)
Note IEEE Std 194™-1977 Standard Pulse Terms and Definitions has been superceded by IEEE Std 181™-
2003. Many of the terms used below have been deprecated by the IEEE. However, these terms are widely
used in the industry and familiar to users of Boonton power meter s. For this reason, they are retained.