Electronic instrument and signal analysis method

A signal analysis method of analyzing a signal received from a device under test, the signal analysis method comprising the following steps:

• transmitting, by a transmission circuit of an electronic instrument, a test signal to a device under test;
• processing, by the device under test, the test signal, thereby generating an output signal;
• receiving, by a receiver circuit of the electronic instrument, the output signal of the device under test;
• processing, by a processing circuit of the electronic instrument, the output signal, thereby obtaining at least one signal quality indicator, wherein the at least one signal quality indicator is indicative of a signal quality of the output signal;
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• determining, by the processing circuit, measurement data associated with the output signal,
• wherein the at least one signal quality indicator is indicative of a signal integrity of the output signal, and wherein the signal quality indicator is indicative of which portions of the measurement data are reliable and which portions of the measurement data are unreliable.

An electronic instrument, the electronic instrument comprising:

• a transmitter circuit configured to transmit a test signal to a device under test;
• a receiver circuit configured to receive an output signal from the device under test;
• a processing circuit configured to determine at least one signal quality indicator based on the output signal received from the device under test, wherein the at least one signal quality indicator is indicative of a signal quality of the output signal, wherein the processing circuit is configured to determine measurement data associated with the output signal, wherein the at least one signal quality indicator is indicative of a signal integrity of the output signal;
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• a visualization circuit configured to generate visualization data associated with the at least one signal quality indicator, wherein the visualization data further comprises information on the measurement data, such that the measurement data is visualized together with the at least one signal quality indicator.