Method of analyzing a signal and signal analysis device
AssigneeRohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsMarkus Freidhof, Philip Diegmann, Joel Woodward
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Abstract
A method of analyzing a signal is described. The method includes: setting a trigger condition to be applied; applying the trigger condition; acquiring at least two acquisitions associated with the input signal, each acquisition including a trigger event that matches the trigger condition set; determining a trigger time for each trigger event; storing a time stamp with each trigger event; and generating a histogram based on the time stamps stored, the histogram providing number of trigger events versus time. Further, a signal analysis device for analyzing a signal is described.
Claims18
A method of analyzing a signal, the method comprising:
- setting a trigger condition to be applied;
- applying the trigger condition;
- acquiring at least two acquisitions associated with the input signal, each acquisition comprising a trigger event that matches the trigger condition set;
- determining a trigger time for each trigger event;
- storing a time stamp with each trigger event;
- and
- generating a histogram based on the time stamps stored, the histogram providing number of trigger events versus time.
A signal analysis device for analyzing a signal, the signal analysis device comprising an input configured to receive an input signal to be analyzed by the signal analysis device;
- a trigger configured to apply a trigger condition set;
- an acquisition circuit configured to acquire at least two acquisitions associated with the input signal, each acquisition comprising a trigger event that matches the trigger condition set;
- a timing circuit configured to determine a trigger time for each trigger event such that a time stamp with each trigger event is stored;
- and
- a processing circuit configured to generate a histogram based on the time stamps stored, wherein the histogram provides number of trigger events versus time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.