Amateur Extra · FCC ELEMENT 4

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Amateur Extra · FCC Element 4 · answer reveals automatically

Which of the following limits the highest frequency signal that can be accurately displayed on a digital oscilloscope?

AnswerSampling rate of the analog-to-digital converter

The analog-to-digital converter must sample fast enough to represent the waveform accurately. Its sampling rate therefore limits the highest frequency a digital oscilloscope can display correctly.