Spectrum analyzer

A spectrum analyzer comprising:

• at least two stages of frequency converters wherein a frequency of a local oscillation signal supplied to a later stage frequency converter is swept while a frequency sweep of a local oscillation signal supplied to an earlier stage frequency converter is fixed to determine a frequency of an input signal to be measured;
• branch means for branching an output signal from the earlier stage frequency converter at a point prior to the later stage frequency converter;
• demodulation means for demodulating the signal from the earlier stage frequency converter which is branched by the branch means, wherein the input signal is a television signal and the demodulation means is means for demodulating a picture signal as well as a sync signal;
• sweep control pulse generating means responsive to the sync signal demodulated by the demodulation means for generating a sweep control pulse during a no-modulation interval contained in a vertical blanking interval of the television signal;
• means responsive to the sweep control pulse for generating a ramp voltage causing the frequency of the local oscillation signal supplied to the later stage frequency converter to be swept during the duration of the sweep control pulse so that components in the frequency band of the television signal may be extracted from the later stage frequency converter;
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• display means having a display panel for displaying the demodulated picture signal from the demodulation means in a time domain as well as a frequency spectrum of said input signal based on the thus extracted components in a frequency domain on the same display panel and simultaneously.

A spectrum analyzer comprising:

• at least two stages of frequency converters wherein a frequency of a local oscillation signal supplied to a later stage frequency converter is swept while a frequency sweep of a local oscillation signal supplied to an earlier stage frequency converter is fixed to determine a frequency of an input signal to be measured;
• branch means for branching an output signal from the earlier stage frequency converter at a point prior to the later stage frequency converter;
• demodulation means for demodulating the signal from the earlier stage frequency converter which is branched by the branch means;
• wherein the input signal is a time division multiplex signal and the demodulation means is means for demodulating each time slot signal in the time division multiplex signal;
• channel detecting means for generating a sweep control pulse for the interval of one time slot from the demodulation means;
• means responsive to the sweep control pulse for generating a ramp voltage causing the frequency of the local oscillation signal supplied to the later stage frequency converter to be swept during the duration of the control pulse so that components in the frequency band of the time division multiplex signal may be extracted from the later stage frequency converter;
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• display means for displaying a frequency spectrum of said time division multiplex signal based on the components in a frequency domain.

A spectrum analyzer comprising:

• an earlier stage frequency converter wherein an input signal to be measure is mixed with a first local oscillation signal generated by a first local oscillator so that a first intermediate frequency signal is extracted;
• a controller controlling said earlier stage frequency converter such that a frequency sweep of the first local oscillation signal supplied to said earlier stage frequency converter is fixed to tune to a frequency of an input signal to be measured;
• a later stage frequency converter supplied with the first intermediate frequency signal from said first stage frequency converter, wherein a frequency of a second local oscillation signal generated by a second local oscillator and supplied to the later stage frequency converter is swept, and the first intermediate frequency signal is mixed with said second local oscillation signal so that a second intermediate frequency signal is extracted:
• processing means for processing an output signal from said later stage frequency converter to obtain data of a frequency component of the signal under processing;
• branch means for branching an output signal from the earlier stage frequency converter at a point prior to the later stage frequency converter;
• demodulation means for effecting demodulation on the signal from the earlier stage frequency converter which is branched by the branch means;
• control means responsive to said demodulation means for controlling generation of the local oscillation signal supplied to the later stage frequency converter;
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• display means for displaying a frequency spectrum of said input signal in a frequency domain from the data of the processing means and monitoring an output signal from the demodulation means in a time domain simultaneously.

A spectrum analyzer comprising:

• a first frequency converter converting an input carrier signal to be measured which has been modulated by an input modulation signal into a first intermediate frequency signal by mixing with a first local oscillation signal generated by a first frequency sweep oscillator;
• a controller controlling said first frequency sweep oscillator such that a frequency of said first local signal is held suspended to such a fixed frequency as to tune the first frequency converter to the input carrier signal;
• a second frequency converter converting the first intermediate frequency signal into a second intermediate frequency signal by mixing with a second local oscillation signal generated by a second frequency sweep oscillator;
• said controller further controlling said second frequency sweep oscillator such that said second local oscillation signal is swept with a swept frequency range,
• processing means for processing the second intermediate frequency signal to obtain a component data of the input carrier signal within the swept frequency range;
• display means for displaying a frequency spectrum in a frequency domain based on the data from the processing means;
• demodulation means for effecting demodulation on the first intermediate frequency signal which is supplied thereto from a point prior to input of the second frequency converter thereby to obtain a demodulated signal representing the input modulation signal;
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• whereby said demodulated signal from said demodulation means is displayed by said monitor means in a time domain as well as the frequency spectrum of the input carrier signal in a frequency domain simultaneously.