Tutorial
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Keysight 34970A/34972A User’s Guide
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AC Loading Errors
In the AC voltage function, the input of the internal DMM appears as a 1 M
Ω
resistance in parallel with 150 pF of capacitance. The cabling that you use to
connect signals to the instrument will also add additional capacitance and
loading. The table below shows the approximate input resistance at various
frequencies.
For low frequencies:
Error (%) =
Additional error for high frequencies:
Error (%) = 100 x
F = Input frequency
R
s
= Source resistance
C
in
= Input capacitance (150 pF) + Cable capacitance
Use low-capacitance cable when measuring high-frequency AC signals (see page
Input Frequency
Input Resistance
100 Hz
1 kHz
10 kHz
100 kHz
700 k
Ω
600 k
Ω
100 k
Ω
10 k
Ω
100
–
Rs
×
Rs 1 M
Ω
+
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1
1
2
π
F Rs Cin
×
×
×
(
)
2
+
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1
–
