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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 1990
Filed:
May. 12, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Todd M Beazley, Aloha, OR (US);
Assignee:
Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324 / ; 364484 ;
Abstract
A method for increasing the resolution of measurements taken using a counter-timer is provided that includes the steps of selecting a magnifier value and displaying the selected magnifier value on a CRT screen, performing a trial measurement with the counter-timer set at a fixed gate time and displaying the trial measurement result, calculating a new gate time from the magnifier value and trail measurement results, displaying the new gate time, and performing a second measurement with the counter-timer set to the new gate time and displaying the second measurement result.