Tektronix CSA8000B User Manual

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Creating Math Waveforms

CSA8000B & TDS8000B User Manual

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The key points that follow describe considerations for creating math waveforms
that best supports your data-analysis tasks.

How to Create. You create math waveforms when you create a math expression.
You do so by applying numerical constants, math operators, and functions to
operands, which can be channel, waveforms, reference waveforms, measure-
ments (scalars), or fixed scalars. You can display and manipulate these derived
math waveforms much like you can the channel and reference waveforms (see
Operations on Math Waveforms on page 3--107).

Some examples of typical math waveforms follow.

Table 3- 8: Math expressions and the math waveforms produced

To...

Enter this math expression...

and get this math waveform...

...normalize a waveform

...

...shifted and scaled to fit a std. template

CHAN1

Source waveform

1.6V

0.8V

(C1 -- Meas1)/ Meas2,

where
C1 is waveform shown left
Meas1 = Low of C1
Meas2 = amplitude of C1

1.05V
1.00V
0.95V

+0.05V

0.00V

--0.05V

Normalized math waveform

...simulate ac coupling and integrate

...

...DC component removed before integration

CHAN1

Source waveform

5.0 V

1.0V

Intg(C1--Meas1),

where
C1 is waveform shown left
Meas1 is set to take the Mean of C1

--3V

AC integration math waveform

+3V

Sources. Math Waveforms can incorporate the following sources:

H Channel waveforms

H Reference waveforms

H Measurement scalars (automated measurements) that measure channel or

reference waveforms in any time base

H Fixed scalars that you enter as numerical constants in expressions

Keys to Using

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