What is rise time?

Rise time is the time taken for a signal to cross a specified lower voltage threshold followed by a specified upper voltage threshold . This is an important parameter in both digital and analog systems. In digital systems it describes how long a signal spends in the intermediate state between two valid logic levels.

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How is bandwidth and rise time related?

Historically, oscilloscope frequency response tended to approximately follow the rule: Bandwidth x risetime = 0.35 . This corresponds to a 1- or 2-pole filter roll-off in the frequency domain. Today, at the high end, most real-time digital oscilloscopes more closely follow this rule: Bandwidth x rise time = 0.45.

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