Signal generator with display
A signal generator has a signal generating system with an output. A control parameter system controls a state of the signal generating system. A graphical display system displays a graphical image associated with the output.
1 . A signal generator comprising:
a signal generating system having an output;
a control parameter system controlling a state of the signal generating system; and
a graphical display system displaying a graphical image associated with the output.
2 . The signal generator of claim 1 , wherein the graphical image is a two dimensional image.
3 . The signal generator of claim 1 , wherein the graphical image is a spectral content.
4 . The signal generator of claim 3 , wherein the graphical display system measures an intermediate frequency of the signal generating system and displays the spectral content.
5 . The signal generator of claim 3 , wherein the graphical display system measures the output of the signal generating system and displays the spectral content.
6 . The signal generator of claim 1 , wherein the spectral content is calculated.
7 . The signal generator of claim 6 , wherein the spectral content is calculated from the state of the control parameter system.
8 . The signal generator of claim 6 , wherein the spectral content is of an intermediate frequency portion of the signal generating system.
9 . A signal generator comprising:
a signal producing system having an output;
a control system controlling a state of the signal producing system; and
a graphical display system displaying a multi-dimensional graphical image associated with a radio frequency portion of the output.
10 . The signal generator of claim 9 , wherein the two dimensional graphical image is a calculated image of the output of the signal producing system.
11 . The signal generator of claim 10 , wherein the calculated image is a spectral image.
12 . The signal generator of claim 11 , wherein the spectral image is of the output.
13 . The signal generator of claim 11 , wherein the spectral image is of an intermediate frequency.
14 . The signal generator of claim 9 , wherein the multi-dimensional graphical image is based on a measurement of a signal of the signal generating system.
15 . The signal generator of claim 14 , wherein the signal is the output of the signal generating system.
16 . The signal generator of claim 14 , wherein the signal is an intermediate frequency of the signal generating system.
17 . A signal generator comprising:
a controllable signal producing system having an output signal;
a control system controlling a state of the controllable signal producing system; and
a graphical display system displaying a measured signal on a multi-dimensional graphical image associated with the output.
18 . The signal generator of claim 17 , wherein the multi-dimensional image is a spectral image.
19 . The signal generator of claim 17 , wherein the measured signal is an intermediate frequency signal.
20 . The signal generator of claim 17 , wherein the measured signal is an output of a modulation system in the controllable signal producing system.