Enabling a trigger in a test and measurement instrument

US10656183B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Tektronix, Inc. · US

Inventors

• David L. Kelly · Mission Viejo, US
• Jed H. Andrews · Beaverton, US
• Patrick A. Smith · Northfield, US
• Michael A. Martin · Seabrook, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 27, 2017
• Grant date: May 19, 2020
• Expiry date: Jul 7, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01R27/00
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A test and measurement instrument, such as an oscilloscope, including one or more ports to receive one or more signals from a device under test, a trigger enable logic circuit configured to output a trigger enabled signal when a trigger enable event occurs within the one or more signals, the trigger enable event being a real-time event of the one or more signals, one or more trigger logic circuits configured to generate a plurality of trigger signals when the trigger enable signal is received, each trigger signal being generated when a trigger event occurs within one of the one or more signals, and an acquisition circuit configured to acquire and store data in a memory in response to each of the trigger signals.