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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2015
Keysight Technologies, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Troels Studsgaard Nielsen, Aalborg, DK;
Jan Verspecht, Londerzeel, BE;
Keysight Technologies, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method sequentially measure the amplitude and phase of a signal in each of two or more noncontiguous spectrum segments (e.g., harmonics) which each include two or more portions which together span the spectrum segment, using a local oscillator (LO) signal whose frequency and phase change for each measurement. The measured phase of the signal for at least one of the portions in each spectrum segment is adjusted to account for the change of phase in the LO signal from measurement of one portion to another, using phases of one or more pilot tones measured in each portion. The phase-adjusted measurements of the output signal in the various portions are stitched together to determine the amplitude and phase of the output signal across the spectrum segment. The phase relationships between the spectrum segments are determined from phases of comb teeth of a comb signal measured in each spectrum segment.