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Other Sources of Measurement Error
Settling Time Effects
The multimeter can insert automatic measurement settling delays. These delays are adequate for res-
istance measurements with less than 200 pF of combined cable and device capacitance. This is par-
ticularly important when measuring resistances above 100 kΩ. Settling due to RC time constant effects
can be quite long. Some precision resistors and multi–function calibrators use large parallel capacitors
(1000 pF to 0.1 µF) with high resistor values to filter out noise currents injected by their internal circuitry.
Non–ideal capacitances in cables and other devices may have much longer settling times than expected
just by RC time constants due to dielectric absorption (soak) effects. Errors are measured when settling
after the initial connection and after a range change.
Loading Errors (AC volts)
In the AC voltage function, the input of the multimeter appears as a 1 MΩ resistance in parallel with 100
pF of capacitance. The cabling that you use to connect signals to the multimeter also adds capacitance
and loading. The table below shows the multimeter's approximate input resistance at various frequencies.
Input Frequency Input Resistance (kΩ)
100 Hz 941
1 kHz 614
10 kHz 137
100 kHz 15.7
For low frequencies, the loading error is:
At high frequencies, the additional loading error is:
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