Obtaining Loss, Ripple, and Attenuation of the RF Filter

Specify the pass band with markers 1 and 2 on the trace and specify the stop band with markers 3 and 4 to obtain loss, ripple, and attenuation. The following figure shows data definitions.

Loss, Ripple, and Attenuation Parameters

 

Data Name

Definition

Loss (loss)

Calculates the minimum value between markers 1 and 2.

Ripple (p-p)

Calculates the differences between the maximum value and the minimum value of markers 1 and 2.

Attenuation
(reject)

Calculates the differences between the maximum value between markers 3 and 4 and the minimum value (loss) between markers 1 and 2.

  1. Press Channel Next (or Channel Prev) and Trace Next (or Trace Prev) to activate the trace of which you want to obtain the data.

  2. Press Marker Fctn > RF Filter Stats to show the data.

  3. Markers 1 through 4 are turned ON and displayed.

  4. Set the positions of markers 1 through 4 on the trace.