Measurement Means and Methods

Dr. Hirata et al Engineering Report for the AES from April 1981, on a distortion measurement method that gives insight into the TYPE of non-linearity rather than a single distortion number: Non-linear Distortion Measurement Using Composite Pulse Waveform.

A different, but related type of transient testing by Southworth, from 1966 .

Contribution by John Curl related to the LT1166 bias chip. The measurements are here and here.

Notch filter Auto-tunes for audio applications - John R Ambrose (EDN July 2010)

HP 3577A application note for using the 3577 to do loop gain measurements of a feedback loop: HP PRODUCT NOTE 3577A-2

"Possible methods for the measurement of transient intermodulation distortion", Matti Otala and Eero Leinonen, Technical Research Center of Finland, 1976.

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