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U2701A/U2702A Modular Oscilloscopes User’s Guide
FFT Settings
Selecting an FFT Window
There are four FFT windows. Each window has trade- offs
between frequency resolution and amplitude accuracy. Use the
following guidelines to select the best window.
The
Random Dither
option enables the reduction of noise floor.
To enable this option, click on the Random Dither checkbox.
Horizontal
scaling is automatically calculated. It will span the
entire range of spectrum horizontally for best- fit display.
Vertical
Scale
option allows you to scale your spectrum
vertically. Vertical
Offset
allows you to adjust the vertical offset
of your spectrum.
Table 2-8
Comparison between the four FFT windows
Window
Characteristics
Best for measuring
Rectangular
Best frequency resolution, worst
magnitude resolution. This is
essentially the same as no window.
Transients or bursts, the waveform levels before
and after the event are nearly equal.
Equal-amplitude sine waves with fixed
frequencies. Broadband random noise with a
relatively slow varying spectrum.
Hanning
Hamming
Better frequency, poorer magnitude
accuracy than Rectangular. Hamming
has slightly better frequency resolution
than Hanning.
Sine, periodic, and narrow-band random noise.
Transients or bursts where the waveform levels
before and after the events are significantly
different.
Blackman Harris
Best magnitude, worst frequency
resolution.
Single frequency waveforms, to find higher
order harmonics.
Flattop
Best amplitude accuracy, poor
frequency resolution when compared
with the Hanning window.
Amplitude of single frequency components with
little nearby spectral energy in the signal
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