R&S RTO6 - Amplitude measurements

Measurements
R&S
®
RTO6
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The R&S R
T
O6 provides various voltage, time, area and counting measurements in
the category "Amp/Time". Some measurements require reference levels to be set
according to the measurement purpose.
Reference levels are explained in Chapter 8.2.4, "Reference levels", on page 307.
● Amplitude measurements..................................................................................... 317
● Time measurements............................................................................................. 318
● Area measurements..............................................................................................320
● Counting................................................................................................................321
● Arithmetic.............................................................................................................. 321
Amplitude measurements
Access: [Measure] > "Setup" tab > "Amp/Time" category
Table 8-1: Amplitude measurements
Meas. type Symbol Description/Result
High X
High
High signal level
Low X
Low
Low signal level
Amplitude X
Ampl
Amplitude of the signal: the difference of high and low signal lev-
els
X
Ampl
= X
High
- X
Low
Max X
Max
Absolute maximum value of the waveform
Min X
Min
Absolute minimum value of the waveform
Peak to peak X
PkPk
Peak-to-peak value of the waveform: the difference of maximum
and minimum values
X
Ampl
= X
Max
- X
Min
Mean X
Mean
Arithmetic average of the waveform voltage values



Eval
N
i
Eval
Mean
ix
N
X
1
)(
1
RMS X
RMS
RMS (root mean square, quadratic mean) of the waveform volt-
age values



Eval
N
i
Eval
RMS
ix
N
X
1
2
)(
1
σ
σ (S-dev)
σ
X
Standard deviation of the waveform samples
 





Eval
N
i
Mean
Eval
X
Xix
N
1
2
)(
1
1

Automatic measurements