Signal analysis in time and frequency

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9810716-B2
Application number	US-201214003259-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 9, 2012
Priority date	May 11, 2011
Publication date	Nov 7, 2017
Grant date	Nov 7, 2017

Abstract

An arrangement for signal analysis provides at least one central data-processing unit and a screen unit connected to the at least one central data-processing unit, wherein the central data-processing unit calculates a spectrum and a spectrogram from a digitized signal. The at least one central data-processing unit is embodied in such a manner that it controls the screen unit in such a manner that the spectrogram of the digitized signal, the characteristic of the spectrum of the digitized signal and the characteristic of the digitized signal present in the time domain can be displayed together on the screen unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An arrangement for signal analysis, comprising:
at least one central data-processing unit; and
a screen unit connected to the at least one central data-processing unit, wherein the central data-processing unit calculates a spectrum and a spectrogram from a digitised signal,
wherein the at least one central data-processing unit controls the screen unit so that the spectrogram of the digitised signal, a representation of the spectrum of the digitised signal, and a representation of the digitised signal present in the time domain can be displayed together on the screen unit, and
wherein the spectrogram of the digitised signal is displayed on the screen unit in a first diagram and the representation of the spectrum of the digitised signal is displayed in a second diagram by the at least one central data-processing unit at the same time on the screen unit.

2. The arrangement for signal analysis according to claim 1 , wherein the digitised signal can be buffered by the at least one central data-processing unit in a buffer unit and that the digitised signal is transformed into the frequency domain by the at least one central data-processing unit and can be buffered in the buffer unit.

3. The arrangement for signal analysis according to claim 1 , wherein a frequency range and a time range within the spectrogram can be freely selected, and
wherein the representation of the spectrum or the time representation of the digitised signal can be updated by the at least one central data-processing unit for the selected frequency range and time range and displayed on the screen unit, and/or
wherein the frequency range selected in the spectrogram can be plotted in the second diagram by the at least one central data-processing unit, or the time range selected in the spectrogram can be plotted in the second diagram by the at least one central data-processing unit.

4. The arrangement for signal analysis according to claim 1 , wherein a frequency range within the second diagram can be freely selected for the representation of the spectrum in the case that the spectrum of the digitised signal is displayed in the second diagram, and/or
wherein the frequency range selected in the second diagram can be plotted in the first diagram for the spectrogram by the at least one central data-processing unit.

5. The arrangement for signal analysis according to claim 1 , wherein in the case that the representation of the digitised signal in the time domain is displayed in the second diagram, a time range within the second diagram can be freely selected for the time representation of the digitised signal, or wherein the representation of the spectrum can be updated by the at least one central data-processing unit on the basis of the selected time range, and/or
wherein the time range selected in the second diagram can be plotted in the first diagram for the spectrum by the at least one central data-processing unit.

6. The arrangement for signal analysis according to claim 1 , wherein a part of the digitised signal which is disposed within a selected time range or frequency range can be transferred to an evaluation unit by the at least one central data-processing unit.

7. A method for operating an arrangement for signal analysis including at least one central data-processing unit and a screen unit connected to the at least one central data-processing unit, comprising:
calculating a spectrum and a spectrogram from a digitised signal by the central data-processing unit;
displaying the spectrogram of the digitised signal, of a representation of the spectrum of the digitised signal, and of a representation of the digitised signal present in the time domain together on the screen unit by the at least one central data-processing unit; and
displaying the spectrogram of the digitised signal in a first diagram and the representation of the spectrum of the digitised signal in a second diagram at the same time on the screen unit by the at least one central data-processing unit.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:
freely selecting a frequency range and a time range within the spectrogram; and
updating the representation of the spectrum or of the time representation of the digitised signal by the at least one central data-processing unit for the selected frequency range or time range; and
displaying the updated representation on the screen unit; and/or
plotting the frequency range selected in the spectrogram into the second diagram by the at least one central data-processing unit; or
plotting the time range selected in the spectrogram into the second diagram by the at least one central data-processing unit.

9. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:
freely selecting a frequency range within the second diagram for the representation of the spectrum in the case that the spectrum of the digitised signal is displayed in the second diagram; or
updating the time representation of the digitised signal on the basis of the selected frequency range by the at least one central data-processing unit; and/or
plotting the frequency range selected in the second diagram into the first diagram for the spectrogram by the at least one central data-processing unit.

10. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:
freely selecting a time range within the second diagram for the time representation of the digitised signal in the case that the representation of the digitised signal in the time domain is displayed in the second diagram; and/or
plotting the time range selected in the second diagram into the first diagram for the spectrogram by the at least one central data-processing unit.

11. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising filtering the digitised signal present in the time domain by a bandpass filter,
wherein a pass range of the bandpass filter corresponds to a selected frequency range of the first diagram for the spectrogram.

12. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
decimating the filtered digitised signal in its resolution by a first detector unit, so that the decimated, digitised signal corresponds to a resolution of the screen unit, wherein a value selected from the group consisting of a mean value, a mean squared value, a maximum value, a minimum value, or an auto-peak value of at least two values of the digitised signal is calculated by the first detector unit; and/or
decimating the digitised signal transformed into the frequency range in its resolution by a second detector unit, so that the decimated, digitised signal corresponds to a resolution of the screen unit, wherein either the mean value or the mean squared value or the maximum value or the minimum value or the auto-peak value of the at least two values of the digitised signal is calculated by the second detector unit.

13. The method according to claim 12 , further comprising transferring a part of the digitised signal which is disposed within the selected time range or frequency range by the at least one central data-processing unit to an evaluation unit.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, in order to implement the method according to claim 7 when the computer program is executed on a computer or a digital signal processor.

15. An arrangement for signal analysis, comprising:
at least one central data-processing unit; and
a screen unit connected to the at least one central data-processing unit, wherein the central data-processing unit calculates a spectrum and a spectrogram from a digitised signal,
wherein the at least one central data-process

Assignees

• Cirillo Luke
• Rohde & Schwarz

Inventors

• Cirillo Luke

Classifications

• G01R13/0236 Primary

  for presentation of more than one variable · CPC title

• G01R13/029 Primary

  Software therefor · CPC title

• G01R23/18

  with provision for recording frequency spectrum · CPC title