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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gregory J Berchin, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Assignee:
Nicolet Instrument Corporation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364487 ; 324 7624 ; 324 7661 ;
Abstract
A data acquisition system includes an analog to digital converter, a computer processor and a waveform memory in which is stored digital data from the A to D converter corresponding to an input signal. The processor provides a trigger responsive to a characteristic of a frequency component or components of the input signal to cause the memory to save the waveform data in the memory. The frequency characteristic may be determined, for example, by carrying out a synchronized recursive discrete Fourier transform which is updated for the selected frequency component or components with each new sample from the A to D converter.