TID stands for time-interval digitizer. It is a highly specialized piece of test equipment used to measure the exact time elapsed between a start and stop pulse, converting that duration into a digital value with picosecond or even femtosecond resolution. Engineers rely on them in particle physics, laser ranging, and advanced clock jitter analysis where standard oscilloscopes lack the required precision.
We need to route the trigger outputs into the TID to measure the exact propagation delay across the fiber link.
Related terms
TDC
A time-to-digital converter is an instrument or circuit that measures the time interval between two events and outputs it as a digital value.
TIM
A time interval meter, an instrument used to measure the precise time elapsed between two events.
Clock skew
The time difference between a clock signal arriving at different parts of a circuit.