Tektronix VM Series User Manual

Creating and Using Math Waveforms
TDS5000 Series User Manual
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Source
waveform
Waveform after
windowing
Window
function
(Hanning)
FFT
×
=
Point-by-point
multiply
With windowing
Waveform
data points
Figure 3- 48: Windowing the time domain recor d
Accurate magnitude measurements require that the input source waveform be
stationary within the gated region. This means that waveform parameters such as
frequency and amplitude should not change significantly as a function of time
within the gate region that is input to the spectral analyzer. Also, the gate width
must be greater than or equal to the period of the start frequency of the span of
the spectral analyzer. That is, there must be at least one cycle of the harmonic
being measured within the gated region.
Choice of a window: Your choice of window function will depend on the input
source characteristics that you want to observe and the characteristics of the
window function. The window characteristics are shown in Table 3--13.
Table 3- 13: Window characteristics
Window 3dBBWinbins Scallop l oss
Nearest
side lobe
Zero phase
reference
Coefficients
Rectangular
0.89 3.96 dB --13 dB 50% 1.0
Hamming
1.3 1.78 dB --43 dB 50% 0.543478, 0.456522
Hanning
1.44 1.42 dB --32 dB 50% 0.5, 0.5
Kaiser-Bessel
1.72 1.02 dB --69 dB 50% 0.40243, 0.49804, 0.09831,
0.00122

Tektronix VM Series Specifications

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Brand	Tektronix
Model	VM Series
Category	Test Equipment
Language	English