Differences in Guard Banding Strategies

A Beginner's Guide

In or out of tolerance? It seems to be a simple judgement to make but the method used to decide whether equipment complies with its specification may lead to different conclusions. Perhaps the first surprise is that there is more than one approach. This article by Marcy Lucano introduces and compares the possible techniques, from simple to complicated.

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Differences in Guard Banding Strategies