Time domain reflectometers
Time domain reflectometers are used to determine the characteristics of electrical or optical transmission lines by observing reflected pulses.
Links
- Time-domain reflectometer @ Wikipedia
- Tektronix 003-0700-00 Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) slide rule
Documents Referencing Time domain reflectometers
| Document | Class | Title | Authors | Year | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Scope 38 Jun 1966.pdf | Article | Tektronix Type 1S2 Makes Reflectometry Easy | 1966 | 1S2 • Time domain reflectometers | |
| Service Scope 45 Aug 1967.pdf | Article | Time-Domain Reflectometry Theory and the Testing of Coaxial Transmission Lines | 1967 | 1S2 • 547 • Time domain reflectometers | |
| 062-1244-00.pdf | Book | Measurement Concepts: Time-Domain Reflectometry Measurements | James A. Strickland • H. Allen Zimmerman • Gordon Long • George Frye | 1969 | Time domain reflectometers • 3S7 • 3T7 |
Patents that may apply to Time domain reflectometers
| Page | Title | Inventors | Filing date | Grant date | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patent US 3434049A | Time domain reflectometry system having a current source for locating discontinuities in a transmission line | George Frye | 1965-12-06 | 1969-03-18 | Time domain reflectometers |
| Patent US 4755742A | Dual channel time domain reflectometer | Agoston Agoston • John Rettig • Stan Kaveckis • John E. Carlson • Andrew E. Finkbeiner | 1986-04-30 | 1988-07-05 | Time domain reflectometers • SD-24 |
| Patent US 4743753A | Method and apparatus for carrying out fiber optic time domain reflectomery wherein Golay complementary sequences are applied | John Cheng • Jeffrey H. Goll • J. Nelson Edwards | 1986-09-05 | 1988-05-10 | Time domain reflectometers |
| Patent US 4989971A | Automatic mask trigger for an optical time domain reflectometer | Kevin B. McDonald | 1989-07-14 | 1991-02-05 | Time domain reflectometers |
| Patent US 6437578B1 | Cable loss correction of distance to fault and time domain reflectometer measurements | Linley Gumm | 2000-11-14 | 2002-08-20 | Time domain reflectometers |