System for measuring high-frequency signals with standardized power-supply and data interface

US8487608B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Martin Peschke · Munich, DE
• Toralf Bratfisch · Putzbrunn, DE
• Christian Benisch · Augsburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 21, 2009
• Grant date: Jul 16, 2013
• Expiry date: Jan 27, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01R1/06772
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In a system for measuring at least one high-frequency signal, comprising at least one broadband probe and at least one measuring apparatus, each broadband probe and each measuring apparatus comprise a high-frequency connection for transmitting a high-frequency signal, and each measuring apparatus, or instead of a measuring apparatus each signal processing unit, comprises power supply connections for supplying power to each of the broadband probes, and comprise data signal connections for transmitting communication data between the measuring apparatus or signal processing unit and the broadband probe head. The power supply and data signal connections of each measuring apparatus, each signal processing unit, and each broadband probe are each identical with respect to the signal assignment and signal specification and are designed in accordance with an interface standard, and in each measuring apparatus, each signal processing unit and either directly in the broadband probe or in an adapter unit electrically connected to the broadband probe head are each guided in an identically standardized jack.