4-3
4 Measuring
4.2.3
Tracking Filter
Function
The tracking filter can be used to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of the
signal from the scanning head. This filter bridges brief dropouts. These
dropouts occur due to the speckle nature of the light scattered back from the
object. Thus the tracking filter increases the optical sensitivity of the
vibrometer.
There are four tracking filter settings available:
Slow
,
Medium
,
Fast
, and
Off
.
With the
Off
setting you can switch off the tracking filter.
The different tracking filters have different maximum accelerations. The lower
the maximum acceleration, the higher the optical sensitivity.
With the
Fast
setting, the tracking filter is always adjusted to the highest
possible acceleration values that result from the bandwidth set and the
selected measurement range. Thus, the
Fast
setting is suitable for all
velocities and frequencies that may occur within the measurement range.
With the
Medium
setting, the tracking filter is optimized for a maximum
acceleration of 10% of the
Fast
setting. If the acceleration does not exceed
this value, the
Medium
setting has a better effect than
Fast
. It is suitable for
noise excitations, as generally in this case the maximum accelerations of the
measurement ranges are not fully used.
With the
Slow
setting, the tracking filter is optimized for a maximum
acceleration of 1% of the
Fast
setting. This setting is suitable if the velocity
range is nearly saturated by a low-frequency distortion and at the same time
the actual high-frequency wanted signal only has a low amplitude. This is
particularly the case with measurements on rotating parts. The
Slow
setting
has the highest optical sensitivity.
Cutoff
frequencies
In addition, the different tracking filter settings are designed for different cutoff
frequencies.
The tracking filter can also be used for bandwidths that exceed the respective
cutoff frequencies of
Slow
,
Medium
, and
Fast
. This is particularly useful for
measurements in the time domain as in this case, to obtain a better time
resolution, you often select a higher bandwidth than it would be required by
the signals. Signal components above the respective cutoff frequency are
damped with 15…30 dB/decade.
Setting
Cutoff frequency
Fast
1 MHz
Medium
500 kHz
Slow
200 kHz
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