Christopher R Larson

US Patent:

7751470, Jul 6, 2010

Filed:

Feb 7, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/053156

Inventors:

Steven W. Stanton - Aloha OR, US
John F. Turpin - Tigard OR, US
Christopher D. Larson - Portland OR, US

Assignee:

Tektronix, Inc. - Beaverton OR

International Classification:

H04B 3/46
H04B 17/00
G01R 23/16

US Classification:

375224, 375225, 375226, 375227, 375228, 702 67, 702 68, 702 69, 702 75, 702 76, 702189, 702190, 702193

Abstract:

Time correlation of signal to distortion characteristics is achieved by acquiring time domain data for a frequency band representing a communication signal, the communication signal having multiple channels. The time domain data is simultaneously converted to frequency and demodulation domain data in sequential time blocks. The frequency and demodulation domain data are processed to obtain respectively frequency and demodulation domain measurements. The resulting measurements are displayed simultaneously as a function of time for all the time blocks and/or for a selected one of the time blocks. An ACLRogram display provides a display having a time axis and a frequency axis in the form of bars spanning the frequency band for each time block with each bar being divided into frequency sub-bands representing a main channel and adjacent side channels, the shading of each segment of the bar representing a measurement value for that segment.