MENTOR 12 USER’S MANUAL
SECTION 3: ADVANCED CONTROL – Page 75
This must be taken into account when configuring the Binary Search, which, regarding
all other aspects, is very similar to the Pulse Ramp, as described below:
Configuration
:
The Configuration screen permits configuring all the Binary
Search parameters. Proceed as indicated below for this:
•
Press on the button situated in the upper left-hand
corner, marked “Signa11”
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A window will appear; press on the name of the
parameter you wish to use for the ramp. This may
be AMPLITUDE, which means that the ramp will be
applied to the signal level that will be selected in
the following step; PHASE, which means that the
ramp will be applied to the phase angle of the
signal that will be selected in the next step or
FREQUENCY, which means that the ramp will be
applied to ALL the sources whose frequency
reference is Frequency Bus 1 (Freq. 1)
•
If you select AMPLITUDE, two buttons appear
below it, marked “Voltage” and “Current”,
respectively. If you press on the one you wish to
use, the available output sources, corresponding to
the magnitude selected, appear in the bottom
window.
•
If you select PHASE the Frequency 1 sources
eligible for the angle pulse ramp appear below. The
sources chosen will carry out the same angle
variation with identical start and end points.
