Multilevel triggering system for outputting complex trigger signal
US11112428B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 29, 2020 |
| Grant date | Sep 7, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 29, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R13/0254
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A multilevel triggering system includes a trigger block library configured to store multiple triggering function modules for performing triggering functions to detect corresponding triggering conditions, respectively; and a triggering matrix including multiple triggering levels, each triggering level being configurable to include one or more trigger blocks and each trigger block being configurable to implement a triggering function module of the multiple triggering function modules, each trigger block generating a corresponding block trigger when the corresponding triggering condition of the triggering function module implemented by the trigger block is detected in a portion of an input signal. Each triggering level is configured to generate a corresponding level trigger when each of the one or more trigger blocks in the triggering level generates the corresponding block trigger. The triggering matrix is configured to generate a complex trigger signal when the triggering levels generate corresponding level triggers.
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