Methodic error of conversion of analog signals into frequency-modulated pulse signals

Conclusions

For an equiprobable distribution of the position of the beginning of interval T_i on the time axis, Δ_m manifests itself as an uncorrelated random error.

If the pulse duration is negligible in comparison with the time interval between adjacent pulses, the ME of the error Δ_m is equal to zero for AFC's with uniform or nonuniform pulse sequences.

The RMSD of the error Δ_m varies with T_i, assuming a number of extremum values σ[Δ_m]_max. For the same values of T_i andf, σ[Δ_mn]_max exceeds σ[Δ_mu]_max by a factor of not more than 2. If the maximum allowable values of the RMSD of the methodic error Δ_m are assigned on the basis of experimental conditions, the minimum allowable measurement time of the secondary instrument which receives the AFC signal can be found by means of (7) and (11).