Signal Acquisition System Having a Compensation Digital Filter
First Claim
1. A signal acquisition system having a compensation digital filter comprising:
- a signal acquisition probe having probe tip circuitry coupled to a resistive center conductor signal cable;
a signal processing instrument having an input node coupled to the resistive center conductor signal cable of the signal acquisition probe and coupled to a compensation system disposed in the signal processing instrument via input circuitry; and
wherein the signal acquisition probe and the signal processing instrument have mismatched time constants at the input node with the compensation system having an input amplifier with feedback loop circuitry and a compensation digital filter providing pole-zero pairs for maintaining flatness over the signal acquisition system frequency bandwidth.
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Abstract
A signal acquisition system has a signal acquisition probe having probe tip circuitry coupled to a resistive center conductor signal cable. The resistive center conductor signal cable is coupled to a compensation system in a signal processing instrument via an input node and input circuitry in the signal processing instrument. The signal acquisition probe and the signal processing instrument have mismatched time constants at the input node with the compensation system having an input amplifier with feedback loop circuitry and a compensation digital filter providing pole-zero pairs for maintaining flatness over the signal acquisition system frequency bandwidth.
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18 Claims
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1. A signal acquisition system having a compensation digital filter comprising:
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a signal acquisition probe having probe tip circuitry coupled to a resistive center conductor signal cable; a signal processing instrument having an input node coupled to the resistive center conductor signal cable of the signal acquisition probe and coupled to a compensation system disposed in the signal processing instrument via input circuitry; and wherein the signal acquisition probe and the signal processing instrument have mismatched time constants at the input node with the compensation system having an input amplifier with feedback loop circuitry and a compensation digital filter providing pole-zero pairs for maintaining flatness over the signal acquisition system frequency bandwidth. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A calibration process for a signal acquisition system having a compensation digital filter wherein the acquisition system has a signal acquisition probe coupled to a signal processing instrument via a signal cable comprising the steps of:
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a) acquiring digital values of a broad frequency content signal as a calibration waveform using the signal acquisition probe and the signal processing instrument; b) determining at least a first measured error value between a broad frequency content signal reference calibration waveform stored in the signal processing instrument and the calibration waveform at a common location on the waveforms set by at least one of a time location and a frequency location; c) determining measured error factor having at least one of a register value and a filter tap value as a function of at least the first measured error value and the common location on the waveforms; d) applying measured error factor to at least one of a respective register value of an appropriate register in a plurality of registers in feedback loop circuitry of an input amplifier and a filter tap value in a plurality of taps in the compensation digital filter; e) repeating steps b), c), and d) for additional common locations on the waveforms; f) acquiring digital values of a broad frequency content signal as a calibration waveform using the signal acquisition probe and the signal processing instrument after determining the measured error value and measured error factor at the last common location on the waveform; g) comparing calibration specifications with the calibration waveform acquired in step f) to verify the calibration waveform is within calibration specifications; h) storing register values loaded in the plurality of registers in at least one of the feedback loop circuitry of the input amplifier and filter taps of the compensation digital filter for the calibration waveform within calibration specifications; and i) displaying successful result of the calibration process. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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