HP 8753E manual Transform Option 010 Only

Transform (Option 010 Only)

This transform converts frequency domain information into the time domain when it is activated. The results resemble time domain reflectometry (TDR) or impulse-response measurements The transform uses the chirp-Z inverse fast Fourier transform (FFI’) algorithm to accomplish the conversion. The windowing operation, if enabled, is performed on the frequency domain data just before the transform. (A special transform mode is available

to “demodulate” CW sweep data, with time as the stimulus parameter, and display spectral information with frequency as the stimulus parameter.)

Format

This operation converts the complex number pairs into a scalar representation for display, according to the selected format. This includes group delay calculations. These formats are often easier to interpret than the complex number representation. (Polar and Smith chart formats are not affected by the scalar formatting.) Notice in Figure 6-2 that after formatting, it is impossible to recover the complex data.

Smoothing

This noise reduction technique smoothes noise on the trace. Smoothing is also used to set the aperture for group delay measurements.

When smoothing is on, each point in a sweep is replaced by the moving average value of several adjacent (formatted) points. The number of points included depends on the smoothing aperture, which can be selected by the user. The effect is similar to video filtering. If data and memory are displayed, smoothing is performed on the memory trace only if smoothing was on when data was stored into memory.

Format Arrays

The data processing results are now stored in the format arrays. Notice in Figure 6-2 that the marker values and marker functions are all derived from the format arrays. Limit testing is also performed on the formatted data. The format arrays are accessible via HP-IB.

Offset and Scale

These operations prepare the formatted data for display. This is where the reference line position, reference line value, and scale calculations are performed, as appropriate to the format.

Display Memory

The display memory stores the display image for presentation on the analyzer. The information stored includes graticules, annotation, and softkey labels If user display graphics are written, these are also stored in display memory. When a print or plot is made, the information is taken from display memory.

The display is updated frequently and synchronously with the data processing operations.

Application and Operation Concepts 6-7