Adding Characteristics Using the Add Trace Characteristics Window

You can add characteristics to a selected trace by selecting from the Add Trace Characteristics window.

To add additional characteristics to a selected trace:

  1. Select a trace in a report plot or legend.
  2. Click Report 2D > Trace Characteristics, or right-click on the selected trace to display the shortcut menu.
  3. Select All. This displays the Add Trace Characteristics window.

  4. Select the Category. The available categories depend on the plot, and the selecting of a category displays its associated functions.

    Category

    Functions

    Recent

    Displays the most recent functions used, sorted by the time they were added.

    Favorites

    Displays all favorites. The defaults are avg, max, min, and pk2pk.

    All

    Displays all available functions.

    Math

    avg, avgabs, integ, integabs, max, mean, min, pk2pk, pkavg, ripple, rms, rmsAC, stddev, sum, variance, XatYMax, XatYMin, XatYVal, XWidthAtYVal, YatXMax, YatXMin, YatXVal

    PulseWidth

    pulsefall9010, pulsefront1090, pulsefront3090, pulsemax, pulsemaxtime, pulsemin, pulsemintime, pulsetail50, pulsewidth5050, pw_minus, pw_minus_avg, pw_minus_max, pw_minus_min, pw_minus_rms, pw_plus, pw_plus_avg, pw_plus_max, pw_plus_min, pw_plus_rms

    Overshoot/ Undershoot

    overshoot, overshootAbs, undershoot, undershootAbs

    TR & DC

    crestfactor, deadtime, delaytime, distortion, formfactor, fundamentalmag, risetime, settlingtime

    Error

    iae, ise, itae, itse

    Period

    per, pmax, pmin, prms

    AC

    gainmargin, phasemargin, gaincrossover, phasecrossover, lowercutoff, uppercutoff, bandwidth, peakgain, peakgainfreq

    Radiation

    lSidelobeY, rSidelobeY, lSidelobeX, rSidelobeX, xdb10Beamwidth, xdb20Beamwidth

    Eye Measurements

    EyeLevelZero, EyeLevelOne, EyeAmplitude, EyeHeight, EyeSignalToNoise, EyeOpeningFactor, EyeWidth, EyeJitterP2P, EyeJitterRMS, EyeRiseTime, EyeFallTime, MinEyeWidth, MinEyeHeight

    TDR

    Shunt_C_in_pF, Series_L_in_nH


  5. For a selected function, the Add Trace Characteristics window displays the function’s purpose in a text field.

  6. Some categories and functions call for you to specify one or two additional values in a table. You can save these values using the Save as Default button. The Default column shows a Y if there is a saved default value for the function.
  7. Select the Current sticky range overrides saved default check box if you do not want the range value in the table to be changed when the function selection is changed: the current range value becomes the “sticky range.” If the check box is not checked, the range value is updated from the saved default values and becomes a new sticky range.
  8. Click the AddTrace Characteristic button to add the specified characteristics to the trace.
  9. Click Close.

Related Topics 

Adding a Characteristic to a Trace

Adding Trace Characteristics to your Favorites

Removing All Trace Characteristics

Adding a Recently Used Trace Characteristic

Adding a Trace Characteristic from Favorites