Patents by Inventor Sven Barthel

Sven Barthel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240146387
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a computer implemented method for estimating characteristics of a circuit, the method comprising recording at least one of a gain response and a phase response of the circuit, and determining at least one characteristic parameter of at least one of the gain response and the phase response of the circuit. The present disclosure further provides a respective measurement application device, and a respective non-transitory computer readable medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Sven BARTHEL, Benjamin SCHNEIDER
  • Publication number: 20240036075
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a measurement application device, comprising a signal interface that is configured to receive a signal that comprises at least two characterizing signal levels, a signal analyzer that is coupled to the signal interface and that is configured to analyze the received signal to determine individual sub-diagrams for the received signal, wherein each one of the sub-diagrams comprises a predetermined diagram type, a diagram processor coupled to the signal analyzer and a display, and arranges the sub-diagrams in a diagram arrangement where each one of the sub-diagrams is assigned a predetermined position in the diagram arrangement, and to control the display to display at least one of the sub-diagrams, and a user interface that receives user input with regard to the diagram arrangement where the diagram processor controls the displaying of the diagram arrangement by the display according to the user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Christoph HOLZLEITNER, Sven BARTHEL, Alexander KUELLMER
  • Patent number: 11639948
    Abstract: A signal analysis method is described. The signal analysis method comprises the following steps. An output signal is received from a device under test. A sampling point density is received and/or the sampling point density is determined based on the output signal. A response function of the device under test is determined based on the output signal and based on the sampling point density. The sampling point density represents a number of sampling points per frequency interval for determining the response function. The response function characterizes at least one property of the device under test as a function of frequency. Moreover a measurement system for determining a response function of a device under test is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Sven Barthel
  • Patent number: 11402983
    Abstract: The invention relates to a display for an electronic measurement device, wherein the display is configured to display a graphical user interface, wherein the display is configured to detect a first and a second user input on the graphical user interface, wherein the display is configured to determine a change of a numeric value of the electronic measurement device based on the first user input, and wherein the display is configured to determine a resolution and/or a value range for the change of the numerical value based on the second user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Sven Barthel
  • Patent number: 11378592
    Abstract: A method for analyzing a measured signal is described wherein at least a first segment and a second segment of said measured signal are acquired by a measurement device. At least said first segment and said second segment are stored in an acquisition memory of said measurement device. A search criterion is applied on at least said first segment and said second segment. At least a first timing event corresponding to said search criterion is stored into a memory, said first timing event being found in at least one of said segments. Further, an oscilloscope is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sven Barthel, Michael Boehme, Thomas Guenther
  • Patent number: 11268985
    Abstract: An improved zooming for a representation of a measurement signal is provided. Two views for an acquired measurement signal are generated. A first view provides an overview of the acquired measurement signal, and a second view provides a horizontally zoomed section of the acquired measurement signal. The zoom window of the zoomed view is automatically set such that a predetermined number of periods are covered by the zoomed view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Sven Barthel
  • Patent number: 11209912
    Abstract: A measuring device comprises a user input device, which comprises a first number of first user inputs for a user of the measuring device, a shortcut input device, which comprises a second number of shortcut user inputs for the user, and an assignment device, which assigns a respective one of the first user inputs to a respective one of the shortcut user inputs based on a received user command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Inventor: Sven Barthel
  • Patent number: 11190176
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of analyzing a pulse modulated signal, wherein the method comprises: receiving a pulse modulated signal; determining a dynamic threshold level based on a period of the pulse modulated signal and the pulse modulated signal; and demodulating the pulse modulated signal by the dynamic threshold level. Moreover, a signal analysis instrument for analyzing a pulse modulated signal is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sven Barthel, Andreas Werner
  • Publication number: 20210325431
    Abstract: A signal analysis method is described. The signal analysis method comprises the following steps. An output signal is received from a device under test. A sampling point density is received and/or the sampling point density is determined based on the output signal. A response function of the device under test is determined based on the output signal and based on the sampling point density. The sampling point density represents a number of sampling points per frequency interval for determining the response function. The response function characterizes at least one property of the device under test as a function of frequency. Moreover a measurement system for determining a response function of a device under test is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Sven Barthel
  • Patent number: 11131704
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a measuring apparatus for testing a device under test. A measuring apparatus applies a first test signal to the device under test and measures at least one frequency response parameter of the device under test for a first plurality of frequency values lying in a first frequency range. The measuring apparatus applies a second test signal to the device under test and measures the at least one frequency response parameter of the device under test for a second plurality of frequency values lying in a second frequency range. The first frequency range at least partially overlaps with the second frequency range and the first plurality of frequency values at least partially differs from the second plurality of frequency values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Sven Barthel
  • Patent number: 11119144
    Abstract: A method for performing a Bode measurement on a device under test having a specified working input range and a specified working output range using a measurement system comprising: receiving at least one input boundary parameter of the working input range and at least one output boundary parameter of the output working range; generating a first stimulus signal using a stimulus signal generator of the measurement system based on the at least one input boundary parameter; feeding the first stimulus signal to an input of the device under test; and measuring an output signal of the device under test using a measurement unit of the measurement system in a measurement range based on the at least one output boundary parameter obtaining a measurement result. Further, a measurement setup is shown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Sven Barthel
  • Publication number: 20210281256
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of analyzing a pulse modulated signal, wherein the method comprises: receiving a pulse modulated signal; determining a dynamic threshold level based on a period of the pulse modulated signal and the pulse modulated signal; and demodulating the pulse modulated signal by the dynamic threshold level. Moreover, a signal analysis instrument for analyzing a pulse modulated signal is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sven Barthel, Andreas Werner
  • Patent number: 11023114
    Abstract: An automated zooming of a signal waveform by a measurement device is provided. Vertical parameters of a zoom window for zooming a signal waveform are automatically determined. For this purpose, an acquired measurement signal is tracked and the parameters of the zoom window are set based on the tracking of the measurement signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Sven Barthel
  • Publication number: 20210149550
    Abstract: The invention relates to a display for an electronic measurement device, wherein the display is configured to display a graphical user interface, wherein the display is configured to detect a first and a second user input on the graphical user interface, wherein the display is configured to determine a change of a numeric value of the electronic measurement device based on the first user input, and wherein the display is configured to determine a resolution and/or a value range for the change of the numerical value based on the second user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventor: Sven BARTHEL
  • Patent number: 10999723
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a measurement apparatus, comprising a measurement unit configured to at least one of receive and transmit a measurement signal; a shield configured to electrically shield said measurement unit; at least one close range communication interface configured to transfer data to an external portable device; and at least one indicator which indicates a connection region for connecting said external portable device to said at least one close range communication interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Sven Barthel
  • Publication number: 20210109130
    Abstract: An improved selection of a specific position in a measured signal is provided. For this purpose, a coarse selection of a position is received and subsequently one or more specific events nearby the coarse position are identified. Accordingly, one of the identified events may be selected and precise positioning on the selected event is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventor: Sven Barthel
  • Patent number: 10914782
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a test system for testing a device under test, comprising a signal generating unit being connectable to an input node of the device under test and being adapted to generate a test signal to be applied to the input node of the device under test, wherein the test signal comprises a plurality of frequency peaks at different frequencies. A receiving unit is connectable to an output node of the device under test and is adapted to receive a response signal from the device under test in response to the test signal. An analyzing unit for analyzing the device under test is adapted to determine at least one of a gain value and a phase value based on the test signal generated by the signal generating unit and the response signal received by the receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Sven Barthel, Sebastian Petzsch
  • Publication number: 20200341620
    Abstract: An automated zooming of a signal waveform by a measurement device is provided. Vertical parameters of a zoom window for zooming a signal waveform are automatically determined. For this purpose, an acquired measurement signal is tracked and the parameters of the zoom window are set based on the tracking of the measurement signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventor: Sven Barthel
  • Publication number: 20200344585
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a measurement apparatus, comprising a measurement unit configured to at least one of receive and transmit a measurement signal; a shield configured to electrically shield said measurement unit; at least one close range communication interface configured to transfer data to an external portable device; and at least one indicator which indicates a connection region for connecting said external portable device to said at least one close range communication interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventor: Sven Barthel
  • Publication number: 20200341033
    Abstract: An improved zooming for a representation of a measurement signal is provided. Two views for an acquired measurement signal are generated. A first view provides an overview of the acquired measurement signal, and a second view provides a horizontally zoomed section of the acquired measurement signal. The zoom window of the zoomed view is automatically set such that a predetermined number of periods are covered by the zoomed view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventor: Sven Barthel