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US 11,454,524 B2Granted
Measurement apparatus and measurement method
AssigneeRohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
InventorThomas Günther
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a measurement apparatus and method. In particular, the present invention performs a data acquisition of data segments upon a predetermined condition is met. In order to analyze the acquired measurement data, it is further suggested to store information specifying the condition which has been met when acquiring the acquired data segment. Accordingly, a user can easily identify the condition which has caused the data acquisition of a data segment when analyzing the acquired measurement data.
Claims20
A measurement apparatus, comprising:
- a measurement interface adapted to receive a measurement signal;
- a measurement acquisition device coupled to a measurement device and adapted to analyze a signal received from the measurement interface to identify any one of a data acquisition condition for starting a data acquisition of the measurement signal out of multiple predetermined data acquisition conditions in the signal received from the measurement interface, and to acquire a number of data segments of the received measurement signal upon the identified data acquisition condition out of the multiple predetermined data acquisition conditions is met;
- a measurement memory adapted to store the acquired number of data segments;
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- a supplementary data memory adapted to store acquisition condition information specifying the acquisition condition out of the multiple predetermined data acquisition conditions, which is met for causing the data acquisition when the number of data segments of the received measurement signal is acquired,
- wherein each time when one of the data segments is acquired by the measurement acquisition device due to a data acquisition condition out of the number of multiple predetermined data acquisition conditions, the acquisition condition information related to the acquisition condition which is met is stored in the supplementary data memory, and
- wherein relationship information specifying a relationship between the data stored in the measurement memory and the acquisition condition information related to the acquisition condition stored in the supplementary data memory is stored in association with the data stored in the measurement memory or the information stored in the supplementary data memory,
- wherein the relationship information specifying the relationship between the data stored in the measurement memory and the acquisition condition information related to the acquisition condition makes it possible to determine the acquisition condition out of the multiple predetermined data acquisition conditions which has been met for causing the data acquisition of a data segment and/or to identify one or more data segments which have been acquired in response to a specific data acquisition condition out of the multiple predetermined data acquisition conditions
- wherein the stored acquisition condition information specifying the acquisition condition out of the multiple predetermined data acquisition conditions, which is met for causing the data acquisition when the number of data segments of the received measurement signal is acquired allows a user to identify the condition of the acquired data during post analysis.
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A measurement method, comprising:
- receiving a measurement signal by a measurement interface;
- analyzing a signal received from the measurement interface to identify any one of a data acquisition condition for starting a data acquisition of the measurement signal out of the multiple predetermined data acquisition in the signal received from the measurement interface;
- acquiring, by a measurement acquisition device, a number of data segments of the received measurement signal upon the identified data acquisition condition out of the multiple predetermined data acquisition is met,
- storing the acquired number of data segments in a measurement memory;
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- storing, in a supplementary data memory, acquisition condition information specifying the acquisition condition out of the number of the multiple predetermined data acquisition conditions, which is met for causing the data acquisition when the number of data segments of the received measurement signal is acquired, wherein each time when one of the data segments is acquired due to a data acquisition condition out of the number of multiple predetermined data acquisition conditions, the acquisition condition information related to the acquisition condition which is met is stored in the supplementary data memory, and
- wherein relationship information specifying a relationship between the data stored in the measurement memory and the acquisition condition information related to the acquisition condition stored in the supplementary data memory is stored in association with the data stored in the measurement memory or the information stored in the supplementary data memory,
- wherein the relationship information specifying the relationship between the data stored in the measurement memory and the acquisition condition information related to the acquisition condition makes it possible to determine the acquisition condition which has been met for causing the data acquisition of a data segment and/or to identify one or more data segments which have been acquired in response to a specific data acquisition condition
- wherein the stored acquisition condition information specifying the acquisition condition out of the multiple predetermined data acquisition conditions, which is met for causing the data acquisition when the number of data segments of the received measurement signal is acquired allows a user to identify the condition of the acquired data during post analysis.
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