Method and network analyzer for measuring group runtime in a measuring object

US8983796B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Thilo Bednorz · Erding, DE
• Steffen Neidhardt · Dorfen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 15, 2010
• Grant date: Mar 17, 2015
• Expiry date: Jul 4, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01R27/28
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A network analyzer for measuring a group delay time, which is caused by a device under test to be measured, generates an excitation signal comprising two signals (xIn1(t),xIn2(t)) spaced by a frequency difference, excites the device with the excitation signal and measures a response signal comprising two signals (xOut1(t),xOut2(t)), which are respectively phase distorted by the device relative to the signals (xIn1(t),xIn2(t)) of the excitation signal. It determines the phase difference (ΔφIn) between the signals (xIn1(t),xIn2(t)) associated with the excitation signal and a phase difference (ΔφOut) between the signals (xOut1(t), xOut2(t)) associated with the response signal. Finally, it calculates the group delay time from the phase difference (ΔφIn) of the signals (xIn1(t),xIn2(t)) associated with the excitation signal, the phase difference (ΔφOut) of the signals (xOut1(t),xOut2(t) associated with the response signal and the frequency difference.