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size of jitter

What size is the jitter of the cronologic TDCs?

cronologic answer:

Jitter refers to the deviation in the time it takes for data to arrive at each time window. It is often assumed that the jitter is at the FWMH value of 2 bins. This is not the case with our TDCs, as here jitter is not the limiting factor. Double-pulse resolution, on the other hand, is an important specification for most applications and is the limiting factor in terms of resolution. However, this is not directly related to the jitter of our measurement cards, as the jitter of our TDCs is significantly smaller than the bin size. Accordingly, the RMS error is so small that we do not consider it to be significant.

See also: bin-size, jitter, and RMS