Configuring Circular Clipping - Agilent Technologies X Series User Manual

Basic Digital Operation (Option 653/655/656/657)
Clipping a Waveform

Configuring Circular Clipping

Use this example to configure circular clipping and observe its affect on the peak–to–average power
ratio of a waveform. Circular clipping clips the composite I/Q data (I and Q data are clipped equally).
For more information about circular clipping, refer to
Power" on page 189.
CAUTION
Clipping is non–reversible and cumulative. Save a copy of the waveform file before you
apply clipping.
Copy a Waveform File
1. Display the signal generator's files: Press File > Catalog Type > More > Volatile Segments.
2. Highlight the waveform RAMP_TEST_WFM.
3. Press Copy File.
4. Name the copy (in this example, the name is MY_TEST_CIRC) and press Enter.
Apply Circular Clipping to the Copied Waveform File
1. Open the DUAL ARB Waveform Utilities menu: Press Mode > Dual ARB > More > Waveform Utilities.
2. In the list of files, highlight the copied file (in this example, MY_TEST_CIRC).
3. Create the CCDF plot: Press Plot CCDF.
4. Observe the shape and position of
the waveform's curve (the dark line
in the example at right).
5. Activate circular clipping: Press
Return > Clipping > Clipping Type until
|I+jQ| highlights.
6. Set circular clipping to 80%:
Press Clip |I+jQ| To > 80 > %.
7. Apply 80% clipping to the I and Q
data: Press Apply to Waveform.
8. Create the CCDF plot (see the
example at right): Press Plot CCDF.
9. Observe the waveform's curve after
clipping.
Note the reduction in
peak–to–average power relative to the
previous plot.
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"How Clipping Reduces Peak–to–Average
Example waveform curve before clipping
Example waveform curve after circular clipping
Agilent X-Series Signal Generators User's Guide