About Tektronix oscilloscopes Characterizing a signal
Characterizing a signal
Signal characterization begins with taking measurements. To gain even more insight into your
measurements, you can add measurement statistics to calculate the average measurement value, the
standard dev
iation, and the maximum range of the measurement value.
Another way to characterize a signal is to compile a histogram from the acquired waveform. You can set
up either a v
ertical histogram to analyze amplitude values or a horizontal histogram to analyze timing.
For example, the vertical histogram is useful for characterizing noise and the horizontal histogram is
useful for characterizing jitter.
While the histogram is being compiled from the acquired waveform, you can take continuous
measurements on the histogram data to determine its mean value and other useful statistics.
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