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Waveform Analysis
R&S
®
RTB2000
78User Manual 1333.1611.02 ─ 03
6.4 History and Segmented Memory (Option R&S
RTB-
K15)
The option R&S RTB-K15, history and segmented memory, accesses the data of previ-
ously acquired waveforms and provides them for further analysis. Using this option,
you can analyze, for example, signals that occur in short bursts with long idle times,
packet communication on serial buses, radar pulses, and laser pulses. The option uses
the segmented memory to store the waveforms and provides a segment table to ana-
lyze the stored waveforms.
You can analyze history segments in the same way as the waveform of the latest
acquisition. All R&S RTB2000 measurement and analysis tools are available: zoom,
cursor measurements, quick and automatic measurements, mask test, serial protocol
analysis, mixed-signal functions and so on.
The segment table and the waveform data of history segments can be saved to file.
6.4.1 Segmented Memory
If an acquisition runs, the instrument stores the captured data in the memory, pro-
cesses the data and displays the waveform. The segmented memory keeps the data of
the displayed waveform and also the data of the waveforms that have been captured
before. Each stored waveform is called a segment. The record length of the segments
can be defined. The number of segments depends on the record length. The shorter
the record length, the more segments can be saved.
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Total memory 10 segments
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Figure 6-2: Segmented memory. In this example, the memory can store 10 segments.
Each segment has a time stamp time to identify when the events took place.
The history can access the stored segments and display them. When you start a new
acquisition, the memory is cleared and the segments are written anew.
The history stores the following data during acquisition:
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All active analog channels.
History and Segmented Memory (Option R&S RTB-K15)
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