Patent 7434113 was granted and assigned to LeCroy Corporation on October, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method of processing a data signal is provided. The method comprises the steps of acquiring a data signal by an acquisition unit of a test instrument for a predetermined time and storing the data signal in a memory of the test instrument. A clock signal is recovered from the stored data signal, and the stored data signal is sliced into a plurality of data segments of a predetermined length in accordance with the recovered clock signal.