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Digital Correction of linear system distortion
Assignee: St Clair Intellectual Property Consultants Inc
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Filing: 1988-01-04
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Granted: 1989-10-10
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Expires: 2008-01-04
Abstract
Abstract An M-element waveform data sequence representative of an analog input signal during a period of interest is produced by first amplifying the input signal with a linear amplifier and periodically digitizing the amplifier output signal to produce a first data sequence having M+N-1 elements. The first N-1 elements of the first data sequence represent magnitudes of the amplifier output signal preceding the period of interest, and the remaining M elements of the first data sequence represent magnitudes of the amplifier output signal during the period of interest. The first data sequence is applied as input to a digital filter which produces an output second data sequence wherein each element of the second data sequence corresponds to an element of the first data sequence and is a linear combination of its corresponding first data sequence element and N-1 data preceding data elements of the first data sequence. The impulse response of the filter is adjusted to compensate for signal distortion caused by the amplifier. The desired M-element waveform data sequence is then obtained as the last M elements of the second data sequence.
Inventors
- 👤 John F. Stoops
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 13:01
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01R; G01R13/00; G01R13/20; G01R13/22; G01R13/34; G01R13/345
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
285 words
An oscilloscope for displaying a waveform representing a sequence of magnitudes related to a sequence of magnitudes of an analog input signal during a period of interest in accordance with a predetermined response characteristic, the oscilloscope comprising: a linear system for producing an analog output signal in response to the analog input signal, the analog output and input signals differing but being related in accordance with a first response characteristic of the linear system; digitizer means for periodically digitizing the output signal to produce a first data sequence having at least M+N-1 elements, where in at east N-1 elements of the first data sequence represent magnitudes of the analog output signal preceeding the period of interest, and wherein M elements of the first data sequence represent magnitudes of the analog output signal during the period of interest, M and N being integers greater than 1; a digital filter for producing an output second data sequence wherein each element of the second data sequence corresponds to an element of the first data sequence, the digital filter having a second response characteristic such that each element of the second data sequence corresponding to an element of the first data sequence representing a magnitude of the analog output signal during the period of interest is a linear combination of its corresponding first data sequence element and N-1 preceeding data elements of the first data sequence; means for generating a third data sequence consisting of the elements of the second data sequence corresponding to the M elements of the first data sequence representing magnitudes of the analog output signal during the period of interest; and display means for displaying a waveform representing the elements of said third data sequence.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
285 words
An oscilloscope for displaying a waveform representing a sequence of magnitudes related to a sequence of magnitudes of an analog input signal during a period of interest in accordance with a predetermined response characteristic, the oscilloscope comprising: a linear system for producing an analog output signal in response to the analog input signal, the analog output and input signals differing but being related in accordance with a first response characteristic of the linear system; digitizer means for periodically digitizing the output signal to produce a first data sequence having at least M+N-1 elements, where in at east N-1 elements of the first data sequence represent magnitudes of the analog output signal preceeding the period of interest, and wherein M elements of the first data sequence represent magnitudes of the analog output signal during the period of interest, M and N being integers greater than 1; a digital filter for producing an output second data sequence wherein each element of the second data sequence corresponds to an element of the first data sequence, the digital filter having a second response characteristic such that each element of the second data sequence corresponding to an element of the first data sequence representing a magnitude of the analog output signal during the period of interest is a linear combination of its corresponding first data sequence element and N-1 preceeding data elements of the first data sequence; means for generating a third data sequence consisting of the elements of the second data sequence corresponding to the M elements of the first data sequence representing magnitudes of the analog output signal during the period of interest; and display means for displaying a waveform representing the elements of said third data sequence.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
The oscilloscope as recited in claim 1 wherein the linear system comprises an amplifier.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
The oscilloscope as recited in claim 1 further comprising means for receiving said third data sequence and for displaying said waveform in accordance with said third data sequence.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
63 words
The oscilloscope as recited in claim 3 wherein the second response characteristic is set in accordance with a combination of the first response characteristic and the predetermined response characteristic such that the sequence of magnitudes represented by said waveform is related to a sequence of magnitudes of an analog input signal during a period of interest in accordance with the predetermined response characteristic.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
The oscilloscope as recited in claim 1 wherein the filter comprises a finite impulse response digital filter of length N.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
266 words
A method for displaying a waveform representing a sequence of magnitudes related to a sequence of magnitudes of an analog unput signal during a period of interest in accordance with a predetermined response characteristic, the method comprising the steps of: producing an analog output signal in response to the analog input signal, the analog output and input signals differing but being related in accordance with a first response characteristic; periodically digitizing the output signal to produce a first data sequence having at least M+N-1 elements, wherein at least N-1 elements of the first data sequence represent magnitudes of the analog output signal preceeding the period of interest, and wherein M elements of the first data sequence represent magnitudes of the analog output signal during the period of interest, M and N being integers greater than 1; producing a second data sequence in response to the first data sequence wherein each element of the second data sequence corresponds to an element of the first data sequence, wherein each element of the second data sequence corresponding to an element of the first data sequence representing a magnitude of the analog output signal during the period of interest is a linear combination of its corresponding first data sequence element and N-1 preceeding data elements of the first data sequence; generating a third data sequence consisting of each element of the second data sequence corresponding to an element of the first data sequence representing magnitudes of the analog output signal during the period of interest; and displaying said waveform on a display device in accordance with said third data sequence.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
266 words
A method for displaying a waveform representing a sequence of magnitudes related to a sequence of magnitudes of an analog unput signal during a period of interest in accordance with a predetermined response characteristic, the method comprising the steps of: producing an analog output signal in response to the analog input signal, the analog output and input signals differing but being related in accordance with a first response characteristic; periodically digitizing the output signal to produce a first data sequence having at least M+N-1 elements, wherein at least N-1 elements of the first data sequence represent magnitudes of the analog output signal preceeding the period of interest, and wherein M elements of the first data sequence represent magnitudes of the analog output signal during the period of interest, M and N being integers greater than 1; producing a second data sequence in response to the first data sequence wherein each element of the second data sequence corresponds to an element of the first data sequence, wherein each element of the second data sequence corresponding to an element of the first data sequence representing a magnitude of the analog output signal during the period of interest is a linear combination of its corresponding first data sequence element and N-1 preceeding data elements of the first data sequence; generating a third data sequence consisting of each element of the second data sequence corresponding to an element of the first data sequence representing magnitudes of the analog output signal during the period of interest; and displaying said waveform on a display device in accordance with said third data sequence.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
66 words
The method as recited in claim 6 further comprising the step of setting the second response characteristic in accordance with a combination of the first response characteristic and the predetermined response characteristic such that the sequence of magnitudes represented by said waveform is related to a sequence of magnitude of an analog input signal during a period of interest in accordance with the predetermined response characteristic.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
285 words
An oscilloscope for producing and displaying an analog corrected signal related to an analog input response characteristic, the apparatus comprising: a linear system for producing an analog output signal in response to the analog input signal, the analog output and input signals differing but being related in accordance with a first response characteristic of the linear system: digitizer means for periodically digitizing the output signal to produce a first data sequence having at least M+N-1 elements, wherein at least N-1 elements of the first data sequence represent magnitudes of the analog output signal preceeding the period of interest, and wherein M elements of the first data sequence represent magnitudes of the analog output signal during the period of interest, M and N being integers greater than 1; a digital filter for producing an output second data sequence wherein each element of the second data sequence corresponds to an element of the first data sequence, the digital filter having a second response characteristic such that each element of the second data sequence corresponding to an element of the first data sequence representing a magnitude of the analog output signal during the period of interest is a linear combination of its corresponding first data sequence element and N-1 preceeding data elements of the first data sequence; means for generating a third data sequence consisting of the elements of the second data sequence corresponding to the M elements of the first data sequence representing magnitudes of the analog output signal during the period of interest; means for receiving said third data sequence and for generating said analog corrected signal in accordance with said third data sequence and display means for displaying a waveform representing the analog corrected signal.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
285 words
An oscilloscope for producing and displaying an analog corrected signal related to an analog input response characteristic, the apparatus comprising: a linear system for producing an analog output signal in response to the analog input signal, the analog output and input signals differing but being related in accordance with a first response characteristic of the linear system: digitizer means for periodically digitizing the output signal to produce a first data sequence having at least M+N-1 elements, wherein at least N-1 elements of the first data sequence represent magnitudes of the analog output signal preceeding the period of interest, and wherein M elements of the first data sequence represent magnitudes of the analog output signal during the period of interest, M and N being integers greater than 1; a digital filter for producing an output second data sequence wherein each element of the second data sequence corresponds to an element of the first data sequence, the digital filter having a second response characteristic such that each element of the second data sequence corresponding to an element of the first data sequence representing a magnitude of the analog output signal during the period of interest is a linear combination of its corresponding first data sequence element and N-1 preceeding data elements of the first data sequence; means for generating a third data sequence consisting of the elements of the second data sequence corresponding to the M elements of the first data sequence representing magnitudes of the analog output signal during the period of interest; means for receiving said third data sequence and for generating said analog corrected signal in accordance with said third data sequence and display means for displaying a waveform representing the analog corrected signal.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
14 words
The oscilloscope as recited in claim 8 wherein the linear system comprises an amplifier.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
52 words
The oscilloscope as recited in claim 8 wherein the second response characteristic is set in accordance with a combination of the first response characteristic and the predetermined response characteristic such analog corrected signal is related to the analog input signal during a period of interest in accordance with the predetermined response characteristic.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
20 words
The oscilloscope as recited in claim 8 wherein the filter comprises a finite impulse response digital filter of length N.
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