IQ Meas Time and IQ Ref Time (Digital Demod)
When
is enabled, the and trace data are the time data results of digital demodulation. is the data results for the measured input signal. trace data is the data results that would be derived from an ideal input signal (reference signal).Concepts
For all demodulation formats except
and , the digital demodulator produces two signals: I/Q Measured and I/Q Reference.I-Q measured signal
The IQ measured signal is the result of resampling the data to an integer number of points per symbol and applying carrier/symbol locking, IQ origin offset and amplitude droop compensation, system gain normalization, and filtering to the input signal. The filtering is user-selectable.
does not compensate for IQ origin offset. and do not compensate for IQ origin offset or amplitude droop. , , and modulation formats do not compensate for amplitude droop.
I-Q reference signal
A powerful analysis technique involves comparing a demodulated signal with an ideal signal generated from detected bits. The VSA detects bits from the measured IQ signal and reconstructs a sequence of ideal I and Q states. These are then treated as ideal impulses and are baseband filtered according to a reference filter selected by the user. The resultant IQ reference can be overlaid or compared side-by-side with the IQ measured signal.
The reference filter can be selected independently from the measured signal (although the alpha/BT Bandwidth Time Product is the same for both filters). Therefore, different filters can be applied to the measured and reference signals to accommodate special test requirements.
See Digital Demodulation Block Diagram for how I/Q measured and I/Q reference are generated.
Special considerations for FSK demodulation
Separate I and Q signals do not exist for FM Frequency Modulation demodulation on the input signal. Consequently, the FSK Frequency Shift Keying: A form of modulation using multiple carrier frequencies to carry the digital information. The most common is the two frequency FSK system using the two frequencies to carry the binary ones and zeros. demodulator produces real rather than complex data. The display result is a baseband, single-sided spectrum and a time display representing frequency versus time.
demodulated signals. There is no phase information (the imaginary data is zero) because demodulation performsFiltering
Different filters can be selected for the I/Q measured and I/Q reference signals. To do this, display the
dialog box and choose a filter under Measurement Filter for the I/Q measured signal; choose a filter under Reference Filter for the I/Q reference signal.Compensation
All demodulation schemes are performed with carrier lock, symbol lock, and filtering (if filtering is selected). In addition, all schemes (except those listed in the following Note) compensate for I/Q origin offset and burst amplitude-droop.
does not compensate for IQ origin offset. and do not compensate for IQ origin offset or amplitude droop.
Compensation removes the effects of an error on the I/Q measured signal. For example, I/Q origin offset and burst amplitude-droop, which means I/Q origin offset and burst amplitude-droop do not affect the I/Q measured signal.
compensates for bothTime-Domain Displays
The VSA's digital demodulator produces time-domain data. If
is selected, the VSA displays the I/Q measured signal in the time domain. Likewise, if , the VSA displays the I/Q reference signal in the time domain.The data can be displayed in a variety of trace data formats, including Trace Formats).
, , , , and formats (seeIf normalization is OFF, the magnitude is shown in units of Volts. If normalization is ON, the I/Q reference signal and I/Q measured signal are normalized. For further details about trace normalization, see Normalize IQ Traces.
The following parameters affect how the VSA displays the I/Q measured and I/Q reference signals:
- Result Length determines the number of symbols, which determines the length of the displayed trace.
- Points / Symbol determines the number of points between symbols. Increase to increase the resolution; decrease it to decrease the resolution.
For EDGE demodulation format the , and table data results may vary for different settings. When is set to 1 (default), the trace data results are compensated for ISI Inter-Symbol Interference: An interference effect where energy from prior symbols in a bit stream is present in later symbols. ISI is normally caused by filtering of the data streams. (inter-symbol interference). For greater than one, the trace data results are not compensated for the effects of ISI.
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