Synthetic instrument unit
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a reconfigurable synthetic instrument unit comprising;
at least one input port;
at least one output port;
conditioning logic to condition an input signal from the at least one input port to produce a conditioned signal;
a radio frequency (RE) down converter to selectively down convert the conditioned signal to produce a down converted signal;
a sampled RF down converter to selectively sample the conditioned signal to produce a sampled signal;
a pair of narrowband analog-to-digital (A/D) converters, wherein each of the narrowband A/D converters is configured to convert at least one signal of the group of the conditioned signal, the down converted signal and the sampled signal to produce a narrowband digital signal;
a pair of broadband A/D converters, wherein each of the broadband A/D converters is configured to convert at least one signal of the group of the conditioned signal, the down converted signal and the sampled signal to produce a broadband digital signal; and
signal processing logic to perform digital signal processing on at least one of the broadband digital signal and the narrow band digital signal, wherein digital components within the signal processing logic are configured to be connected together in a plurality of different configurations, wherein the conditioning logic, the RD down converter, the sampled RF down converter, the pair of narrowband A/D converters, the pair of broadband A/D converters and the signal processing logic include the ability to be configured to perform spectrum analysis at one time and include the ability to be configured at different time as a microwave transition analyzer (MTA).
3 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Systems and other embodiments associated with synthetic instrumentation are presented. A reconfigurable synthetic instrumentation unit comprises an input module, with dual input/output ports and conditioning logic to condition an input signal. An RF down converter selectively down converts the conditioned input signal. A sampled RF down converter selectively samples the conditioned input signal. A pair of narrowband A/D converters are configured to convert one of the conditioned signal, the down converted signal and the sampled signal to produce a narrowband digital signal. A pair of broadband A/D converters convert at least one of the conditioned signal, the down converted signal and the sampled signal to produce a broadband digital signal. Signal processing logic selectively performs digital signal processing on the broadband digital signal or the narrow band digital signal.
24 Citations
20 Claims
-
1. A system comprising:
-
a reconfigurable synthetic instrument unit comprising; at least one input port; at least one output port; conditioning logic to condition an input signal from the at least one input port to produce a conditioned signal; a radio frequency (RE) down converter to selectively down convert the conditioned signal to produce a down converted signal; a sampled RF down converter to selectively sample the conditioned signal to produce a sampled signal; a pair of narrowband analog-to-digital (A/D) converters, wherein each of the narrowband A/D converters is configured to convert at least one signal of the group of the conditioned signal, the down converted signal and the sampled signal to produce a narrowband digital signal; a pair of broadband A/D converters, wherein each of the broadband A/D converters is configured to convert at least one signal of the group of the conditioned signal, the down converted signal and the sampled signal to produce a broadband digital signal; and signal processing logic to perform digital signal processing on at least one of the broadband digital signal and the narrow band digital signal, wherein digital components within the signal processing logic are configured to be connected together in a plurality of different configurations, wherein the conditioning logic, the RD down converter, the sampled RF down converter, the pair of narrowband A/D converters, the pair of broadband A/D converters and the signal processing logic include the ability to be configured to perform spectrum analysis at one time and include the ability to be configured at different time as a microwave transition analyzer (MTA). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
-
-
20. A system comprising:
-
a reconfigurable synthetic instrument unit comprising; a reconfigurable input module comprising; at least one input port at least one output port; and conditioning logic configured to condition an input signal from the at least one input port to produce a conditioned signal; a radio frequency (RF) down converter configured to selectively down convert the conditioned signal to produce a down converted signal; a sampled RF down converter configured to selectively sample the conditioned signal to produce a sampled signal; a pair of narrowband analog-to-digital (A/D) converters, wherein each of the narrowband A/D converters is configured to convert at least one signal of the group of the conditioned signal, the down converted signal and the sampled signal to produce a narrowband digital signal; a pair of broadband A/D converters, wherein each of the broadband A/D converters is configured to convert at least signal one of the group of the conditioned signal, the down converted signal and the sampled signal to produce a broadband digital signal; and signal processing logic configured to perform digital signal processing on at least one of the broadband digital signal and the narrow band digital signal, wherein the reconfigurable synthetic instrument unit has the ability to be configured in a first configuration at a first time to perform a first analysis of the input signal, and wherein the reconfigurable synthetic instrument unit has the ability to be configured in a second configuration at a second time to perform a second analysis of the input signal that is different than the first analysis.
-
Specification