ERIC Number: EJ900590
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Aug
Pages: 7
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Amplitude Frequency Response Measurement: A Simple Technique
Satish, L.; Vora, S. C.
IEEE Transactions on Education, v53 n3 p365-371 Aug 2010
A simple method is described to combine a modern function generator and a digital oscilloscope to configure a setup that can directly measure the amplitude frequency response of a system. This is achieved by synchronously triggering both instruments, with the function generator operated in the "Linear-Sweep" frequency mode, while the oscilloscope is operated in the "Envelope" acquisition mode. Under these conditions, the acquired envelopes directly correspond to the (input and output signal) spectra, whose ratio yields the amplitude frequency response. The method is easy to configure, automatic, time-efficient, and does not require any external control or interface or programming. This method is ideally suited to impart hands-on experience in sweep frequency response measurements, demonstrate resonance phenomenon in transformer windings, explain the working principle of an impedance analyzer, practically exhibit properties of network functions, and so on. The proposed method is an inexpensive alternative to existing commercial equipment meant for this job and is also an effective teaching aid. Details of its implementation, along with some practical measurements on an actual transformer, are presented. (Contains 10 figures and 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Laboratory Equipment, Electronic Equipment, Measurement Equipment, Measurement Techniques, Acoustics, Educational Media, Laboratories
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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