SYSTEM FREQUENCY RESPONSE TEST USING CONTINUOUS SWEEP FREQUENCIES

摘要

A system and method for measuring the frequency response of a system under test using a single swept-frequency chirp signal. A tapered chirp-frequency test signal is created with a bandwidth defined by first and second frequencies (1101). The test signal is routed to a calibration path (1102), and the output of the calibration path is routed to a digitizer (1103). The output of the calibration path is digitized (1104), and a Fourier Transform of the calibration path output is generated (1105). The test signal is then routed to a test system (1106), and the output of the test system is coupled to the digitizer (1107). The output of the test system is digitized (1108), and a Fourier Transform of the test system output is generated (1109). A normalized frequency- domain representation of the test system created by dividing the Fourier Transform of the test system output by the Fourier Transform of the calibration path output (1110).