Multilevel Triggering System for Complex Signal Analysis
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional signal analysis instruments lack flexibility in triggering systems, unable to detect complex or transient signals effectively due to limited functionality and sequential arrangement of trigger blocks, which restricts the ability to generate triggers based on multiple conditions simultaneously.
Innovation Solution
A multilevel triggering system with a trigger-controlled buffer, multiple triggering function modules, and a configurable triggering matrix that allows for the generation of complex trigger signals by combining logical expressions from various trigger blocks, enabling flexible and efficient detection of multiple triggering conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional single-level triggering system is used, then device complexity is reduced, but triggering functionality and flexibility are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The triggering system is divided into multiple hierarchical levels (first level, second level, etc.), where each level contains multiple trigger blocks that can be independently configured. This segmentation allows complex triggering conditions to be broken down into manageable subsets, improving functionality while maintaining organizational simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a hierarchical dimension to the triggering system by organizing trigger blocks into multiple levels. Instead of a single flat structure, the system now has vertical hierarchy (levels) and horizontal arrangement (trigger blocks within levels), enabling more complex triggering logic without proportionally increasing overall system complexity.
2Reliability
If multiple trigger blocks are sequentially arranged, then comprehensive trigger detection is achieved, but computation time increases
Solution Approach 1:
Trigger blocks at higher levels are evaluated first before proceeding to lower levels. This preliminary action allows the system to quickly eliminate signals that don't meet basic triggering conditions, avoiding unnecessary computation in subsequent trigger blocks and reducing overall computation time while maintaining comprehensive detection.
3Adaptability or versatility
If only one trigger block is selected, then device complexity is minimized, but triggering versatility is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The triggering system allows dynamic configuration where users can selectively enable or disable specific trigger blocks at each level based on their needs. This dynamic adaptability enables the system to scale from simple single-block triggering to complex multi-block configurations, providing versatility without forcing unnecessary complexity on all users.
Data Source
AI summary
A multilevel triggering system includes a trigger block library configured to store multiple triggering function modules for performing triggering functions to detect corresponding triggering conditions, respectively; and a triggering matrix including multiple triggering levels, each triggering level being configurable to include one or more trigger blocks and each trigger block being configurable to implement a triggering function module of the multiple triggering function modules, each trigger block generating a corresponding block trigger when the corresponding triggering condition of the triggering function module implemented by the trigger block is detected in a portion of an input signal. Each triggering level is configured to generate a corresponding level trigger when each of the one or more trigger blocks in the triggering level generates the corresponding block trigger. The triggering matrix is configured to generate a complex trigger signal when the triggering levels generate corresponding level triggers.