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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2007
Applicants:
Joel P. Dunsmore, Sebastopol, CA (US);
Sean Hubert, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Loren C. Betts, Rohnert Park, CA (US);
Johan Ericsson, Windsor, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joel P. Dunsmore, Sebastopol, CA (US);
Sean Hubert, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Loren C. Betts, Rohnert Park, CA (US);
Johan Ericsson, Windsor, CA (US);
Assignee:
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 23/14 (2006.01); G01R 27/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is presented where the phase trace is offset for each sweep such that the first point is always at zero degrees. The resulting traces are then averaged. The average reduces the noise in the phase trace and results in a less noisy group delay trace.