Main measurement device, secondary measurement device, measurement system and method

US11671185B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Ziegler · Schaffhausen, CH
• Detlef Schlager · Taufkirchen, DE
• Jens Naumann · Chemnitz, DE
• Sebastian Petzsch · Munich, DE
• Thomas Kuhwald · Borgo San Lazzaro, DE
• Andrew Schaefer · Oberhaching, DE
• Michael Grimm · Altoona, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 17, 2021
• Grant date: Jun 6, 2023
• Expiry date: Dec 17, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04B17/11
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a main measurement device for simultaneously measuring signals with at least one secondary measurement device, the main measurement device comprising a reference signal output port configured to couple to the at least one secondary measurement device, a reference signal generator coupled to the reference signal output port and configured to generate a reference signal, a measurement port configured to receive a signal to be measured, a trigger output port configured to couple to a trigger input port of the at least one secondary measurement device and to output a trigger signal, and a controllably switchable internal signal path configured to selectively couple the reference signal generator with the measurement port. Further, the present invention discloses a respective secondary measurement device, a respective measurement system, and a respective method.