CHAPTER 5

Real-World Design: A Synthetic Measurement System

So far, I’ve talked rather philosophically about synthetic measurement system design issues. The examples I’ve given, and detailed techniques I’ve discussed have all been abstract, not referring to any particular measurement system or instrument implementation. This chapter is different. Here, I present a real-world synthetic measurement system that is in operation today (2004).1

Universal High-Speed RF Microwave Test System

The real-world system I will discuss in this chapter was developed by Raytheon. The RF multifunction test system (RFMTS) was developed to provide for a wide variety of RF test demands, and targeted at radically reducing test times. It is a versatile test system ...

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