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Oscilloscope system and method for simultaneously displaying zoomed-in and zoomed-out waveforms

US9459290B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 30, 2013
Grant dateOct 4, 2016
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Expiry dateAug 6, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01R19/25
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An oscilloscope system includes a current probe, a processing unit and a display unit. The current probe includes a high and low gain signal paths for receiving simultaneously a signal of interest from a device under test (DUT), and to output amplified small and large current portions of the signal of interest, respectively. The processing unit receives first and second digitized data corresponding to the amplified small and large current portions output by the high and low gain signal paths, respectively, and processes the first and second digitized data for display as zoomed-in and zoomed-out waveform data, respectively. The display unit displays simultaneously a zoomed-in waveform in a first display window, based on the zoomed-in waveform data, and a zoomed-out waveform in a second display window, based on the zoomed-out waveform data, using the same time scale. The small current portion is less than a predetermined threshold.

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