In message <3b0b-5b6dce00-7-74cd9280@7251666>, "Henk Peek" writes:

> The noise bandwidth of a HP3458 166ms measurement is 6Hz.

>> 2) If I look at the documentation of the HP3458, they reach 28bits at 166ms 
>> integration time.

Sorry but that does not mean what you guys think it means.

The clue that something interesting is going on, is the subtle
differences between Fig 9 on page 13 and Fig 7 on page 44 in the
HPJ issue.

The latter one says more about the raw ADC performance, but the
Y-axis: "ADC Aperture time", probably does not mean what you think
either.

The hint to that is in the first column on page 11: "The HP 3458A
resolves the first 4½ digits during runup and the final 4 digits
during rundown to achieve an 8½ digit reading...

The software really is very very clever, I can highly recommend
a close study of it.

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