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CLIOwin 7 PCI User's Manual - Audiomatica

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14 LINEARITY & DISTORTION<br />

14.1 INTRODUCTION<br />

Linearity and Distortion analysis are grouped together though they are, apparently,<br />

opposite terms.<br />

From the analyser point of view however, they are similar as either the fundamental<br />

or the harmonics (intermodulation) amplitude is evaluated while sweeping D.U.T. input<br />

level.<br />

Defining applications for these analysis would bring to and endless list, limited only by<br />

user fantasy; however the entire menu is oriented to perform measurements on<br />

electronic devices as power amplifiers or preamplifiers. The X axis units can be selected<br />

between Volts and Watts. So please don’t put a microphone in front of a loudspeaker<br />

expecting useful results except, maybe, destroying the unit.<br />

14.2 LINEARITY & DISTORTION CONTROL PANEL<br />

Starts a Linearity and Distortion measurement.<br />

Enters the Linearity and Distortion settings dialog box.<br />

Compute Linearity, and is enabled only if Linearity analysis is selected (in the settings<br />

dialog, see below). Basically the process consists in dividing the measured output<br />

by the supplied input. Doing this greatly simplify realising both DUT gain and deviation<br />

from linearity. The following example should clarify things further.<br />

Chapter 14 - Linearity & Distortion 173

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