Instructions

Chapter 6 Operations and Measurements RIGOL
MSO5000 User's Guide 6-9
Table 6-1 Window Function
Window
Function
Characteristics
Waveforms Applicable to the
Window Function
Rectangular
Best frequency
resolution
Poorest
amplitude
resolution
Similar to the
situation when
no window is
applied.
Transient or short pulse, the signal
levels before and after the
multiplication are basically the same.
Sine waveforms with the same
amplitudes and rather similar
frequencies.
Wide band random noise with
relatively slow change of waveform
spectrum.
Blackman-Harris
Best amplitude
resolution
Poorest
frequency
resolution
Single frequency signal, searching for
higher order harmonics.
Hanning
Better frequency
resolution and
poorer amplitude
resolution
compared with
Rectangular
Sine, periodic, and narrow band
random noise.
Hamming
A little bit better
frequency
resolution than
Hanning
Transient or short pulse, the signal
levels before and after the
multiplication are rather different.
Flattop
Measure the
signals
accurately
Measure the signal that has no
accurate reference and requires an
accurate measurement
Triangle
Better frequency
resolution
Measure the narrow band signal and
that has strong noise interference
 For FFT math operation setting label, refer to descriptions in "Math Operation
Label".
 Press More  More  Color Grade to enable or disable the color grade
display of the FFT operation results. When enabled, different colors are
displayed on the screen to indicate the times of data acquisition or acquisition
probability.
 Press More  More  Reset Color Grade to clear the color grade display
and display the color grade again.