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Multitone Audio Test System
User Manual
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Obviously, to get a true SINAD result, it is necessary to stimulate the DUT with a single sine
tone only. Otherwise, i.e. if a multitone signal is applied, intermodulation products would
appear, thus increasing the
Noise+Distortion value. Nevertheless, it is also possible to
calculate the SINAD result out of a transmitted multitone signal. However, in order to avoid
misunderstandings, this result is called MT-SINAD herein.
Actually, with
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, just use the query command
MEASurement[1¦2]:MTSinad?
, to get the
calculated value.
In practice, the MT-SINAD result may differ slightly from a conventionally measured SINAD
value, due to intermodulation products between the signal bins. However, in qualitative
terms, the results are equal as proven in numerous setups.
RSS Selective Measurement
The
MEASurement[1-2]:SELectiverss? <binstart>
<binstop> command allows to query the TD+N
result of a user-defined band anywhere between 20Hz and 20kHz. Both the lower and the
upper border of this band may be set freely to any bin number - they don’t have to be
identical to the signal bins of the transmitted multitone signal.
Frequency [Hz]
Bin_Start
Bin_Stop
Amplitude
Signal
Bin 1
Signal
Bin 2
Signal
Bin 3
Bin
Max
Bin
Min
Fig. 21 RSS Selective Plot
NOTE
Be aware, that if a signal bin is within the band of interest, the RSS
selective result will represent the
signal bin level + dist noise.
The RSS selective feature is especially helpful, if a certain component of a received signal
shall be investigated. For instance, after transmission of a single tone signal, it allows to
evaluate the individual harmonics of the fundamental frequency.
Noise
As for distortion analysis, the noise measurement divides the frequency band in subbands,
split by the signal bins, and calculates the noise values of these subbands.