Tektronix TDS5000B Series manual

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TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V e rifica tion i T able of Contents Gen eral Sa fety Su mmary v ................................... Specif icat ions Product and Fea ture Descript ion 1- - 1 .................................... Acq uisitio n Featur es 1- -2 .......................................... Signal Proce s sing Fea tures[...]

T able of Contents ii TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V e rifica tion List of Figures Fig ur e 2- - 1 : T oo lbar and me nu bar 2- -3 ........................... Figure 2- - 2: Universal te st hook up for functional tests - - CH 1 shown 2- - 7 ........................................... Fig ur e 2- - 3 : Channel but ton loc at i[...]

T able of Contents TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V e rifica tion iii Figure 2- - 30: Sine wave generator le veling equ ipment s e t u p( M e t h o dB ) 2 - - 6 2 ....................................... List of T ables T able 1- - 1: TDS 5000B Ser ies models 1- - 1 .......................... T abl e 1 - - 2: C hannel input a nd[...]

T able of Contents iv TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V e rifica tion[...]

TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V e rifica tion v General Safety Summar y Rev iew the fol lowi ng safety p recautio ns to avo id inj ury and prev ent damag e t o this product or any produc ts connecte d to it. T o avoid pote ntial h azards, use t his product only a s specifie d. Only qualified personnel should perform servic e p[...]

General S afety S ummary vi TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V e rifica tion T er ms in this M anual. The se terms ma y appear in this manual: W ARNING. W arning statements ide ntify conditions or practic es that could r esult in injury or loss of life . CAUTION. Caution stateme nts identify conditions or prac tices that c ould r[...]

TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 1- 1 Specifications This chapte r contains spe cifica tions for the TDS 5000B Serie s Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope s. All specifica tions are guara nteed unless labele d “typical.” T ypical specif ications are pr ovided for your convenie nce but are not guara nteed. Specific at[...]

Sp ecificati ons 1- 2 TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication T able 1 - 1: TDS5000B Series models Model Number of channels Bandwidth Maxim um sample rate (rea l tim e) TDS5032B 2 350 MHz 5 GS/s TDS5034B 4 350 MHz 5 GS/s TDS5052B 2 500 MHz 5 GS/s TDS5054B 4 500 MHz 5 GS/s TDS5054BE 4 500 MHz 1 GS/s TDS5104B 4 1G H z 5 GS/[...]

Sp ecificati ons TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 1- 3 Horizontal Delay . Use de lay when you want to acquire a signa l at a significa nt time inter val afte r the trigge r point. T oggle de lay on and of f to quickly c ompare the signal a t two diff erent points in time .[...]

Sp ecificati ons 1- 4 TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication Average, Envelope, and Hi Res Acquisition. Use A verage a cquisition mode to remove unc orrela ted noise from your signal. Use Envelope to capture a nd display the maximum varia tion of the signal. Use Hi R e s to increase ve rtical resolution for lowe r bandwi[...]

Sp ecificati ons TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 1- 5 Simple and Advanced T rigger T ypes. Choose simple edge trigger or c hoose from many adva nced trigge r types to help you c apture a specif ic signal fa ult or event. Dual T riggers. Use the A (main) tr igger system alone or add the B trigger to captur e more c[...]

Sp ecificati ons 1- 6 TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication Specif i cati on T ables T able 1 - 2: Channel input and ver tical speci f i cat i ons Character i st i c Descr i pt i on Input coupli ng AC, DC, and GND Input channels TDS5034B, TDS5054B, TDS5054BE, TDS5104B Four identi cal channels TDS5032B, TDS5052B T wo ide[...]

Sp ecificati ons TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 1- 7 T able 1 - 2: Channel input and vertical specifications (Cont.) Character i st i c Descr i pt i on n Differenti al delay , DC 50 Ω input ≤ 100 ps between any tw o channels with DC i nput coupling and t he same V/div scal e settings at or above 10 mV/d iv De[...]

Sp ecificati ons 1- 8 TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication T able 1 - 2: Channel input and vertical specifications (Cont.) Character i st i c Descr i pt i on Analog Bandwidt h L imit Low frequency , AC coupled 50 Ω : < 200 kHz 1M Ω : < 10 Hz, reduced by a factor of t en when using a 10X probe High frequency ,[...]

Sp ecificati ons TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 1- 9 T able 1 - 2: Channel input and vertical specifications (Cont.) Character i st i c Descr i pt i on Peak Detect or Envelope Mode Pulse Response Capture of si ngle event pulses Number of channel s Minimum puls e width 1o r2 400 ps 3o r4 800 ps Offset range User-a[...]

Sp ecificati ons 1- 1 0 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication T able 1 - 2: Channel input and vertical specifications (Cont.) Character i st i c Descr i pt i on Offset accuracy SCALE range Offs et r ange 1m V / d i vt o9 . 9 5m V / d i v ± [ ( 0. 2% × | net offset |) + 1.5 mV + (0.1 di v × V/div settin g)] 10 mV/di v [...]

Sp ecificati ons TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 1- 1 1 T able 1 - 2: Channel input and vertical specifications (Cont.) Character i st i c Descr i pt i on DC voltage m easurement accuracy Measurement type DC accuracy (in volts) Sample acqui sition m ode, typical Any sample ± [(1.5% + 1. 0% × |net offset /offset [...]

Sp ecificati ons 1- 1 2 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication T able 1 - 2: Channel input and vertical specifications (Cont.) Character i st i c Descr i pt i on Delta vol tage measurement between any t wo aver ages of ≥ 16 waveforms acquired under the same set up and ambient condi tions ± [1.5 % + 1.0% × |net offset [...]

Sp ecificati ons TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 1- 1 3 T able 1 - 3: Horizontal and acquisition system specifications Character i st i c Descr i pt i on Acquisit ion modes Sample, Peak detect , Hi Res, A verage, and Envelope Fast acquisi tion rate Up to 100,000 wavef orms-per -second wit h Fast Acquisit ion mode [...]

Sp ecificati ons 1- 1 4 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication T able 1 - 3: Horizontal and acquisition system specifications (Cont.) Character i st i c Descr i pt i on n Delta t ime measurem ent accuracy For a single channel , with si gnal ampli tude > 5 div , reference level set at 50%, interpolat ion set to sin(x)/x[...]

Sp ecificati ons TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 1- 1 5 T able 1 - 4: T rigger specifications (Cont . ) Character i st i c Descr i pt i on Edge trigger sensi tivit y , t ypical All sources, for verti cal scale sett ings ≥ 10 mV/ div and ≤ 1V / d i v T rigger coupli ng Sen sitivity NOISE REJ 3 × the DC-coupled[...]

Sp ecificati ons 1- 1 6 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication T able 1 - 4: T rigger specifications (Cont . ) Character i st i c Descr i pt i on Tr igger l evel or threshold accuracy , typical Edge trigger , DC coupl ing, for signal s having rise and fall times ≤ 20 ns T rigger Source Accuracy Any channel ± [(2 % × |[...]

Sp ecificati ons TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 1- 1 7 T able 1 - 4: T rigger specifications (Cont . ) Character i st i c Descr i pt i on Width typ e Minimum dif fere nce between upper and lower limits = 1 ns 2 ns + 5% of upper limit settin g Timeout type Mini mum tim eout time = 1n s 2 ns + 5% of t imeout set- t[...]

Sp ecificati ons 1- 1 8 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication T able 1 - 4: T rigger specifications (Cont . ) Character i st i c Descr i pt i on Advanced trigger t imer ranges L imits Glitch ty pe 1n st o1s Runt or window type, wider than 1n st o1s Runt or window type, time qua lified 1n st o1s Width typ e 1n st o1s Time[...]

Sp ecificati ons TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 1- 1 9 T able 1 - 5: Display speci f i cat i ons Character i st i c Descr i pt i on Display t ype 264 m m (10.4 in) diagonal, liqui d cr yst al active-mat rix colo r displa y Width: 21 1.2 mm (8 .3 in) Length:: 158.4 m m (6.2 in) Display resolut ion 640 horizontal ?[...]

Sp ecificati ons 1- 2 0 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication T able 1 - 6: Input/output port specifications (Cont.) Character i st i c Descr i pt i on Parallel port (IEEE 1284) DB-25 connector , supports the f ollowing m odes: Standard, output onl y Bidirecti onal, PS-2 compati ble Bidirecti onal Enhanced Par all el Por[...]

Sp ecificati ons TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 1- 2 1 T able 1 - 8: Power source specifications Character i st i c Descr i pt i on Source voltage and frequency 100 to 240 V RMS ± 1 0 % ,4 7H zt o6 3H z Power consumpti on ≤ 220 Watts Fuse rating Internal t o power supply; not serviceabl e by user Nonvolati le [...]

Sp ecificati ons 1- 2 2 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication T able 1 - 9: Mechanical speci fications (Cont . ) Character i st i c Descr i pt i on Construction m aterial Chassis parts const r uct ed of aluminum all oy; front-panel constructed of plasti c laminate; ci rcuit boards const r uct ed of glass l aminate; outer[...]

Sp ecificati ons TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 1- 2 3 T able 1 - 1 1: Cert i f i cat i ons and com pl iances Category St andards or description EC Declaration of Conformi ty - - EMC Meets i ntent of Di rective 89/336/EEC f or Electromagnetic Com patib ility . Complia nce wa s demonstrated t o the foll owing spec[...]

Sp ecificati ons 1- 2 4 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication T able 1 - 1 1: Cert i f i cat i ons and com pl iances (cont . ) Category Standards or description EC Declaration of Conformi ty - - Low V olt age Compli ance was demonstrated to t he followi ng specificat ion as list ed in the Offici al Journal of the Europea[...]

TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 1 Perfor mance V e r ification T wo typ es of Perform ance V erificat ion pro cedures can be perfo rmed on th is product: Brief P r ocedu r es and Performance T ests . Y ou may not need to pe rform all of th ese procedu res, dep endin g on what y ou want t o accompl ish. H T o ra[...]

Perfo rmance V eri ficatio n 2- 2 TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication Conventi ons Throughout the perf ormance ve rifica tions procedure s the following conventions apply: H Each test proc edure uses the following gene ral forma t: H T itle of T est H Equipment Require d H Prere quisites H Procedur e H Each pr ocedure[...]

Perfo rmance V eri ficatio n TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 3 Click here to change to menu bar mode Click here to change to toolbar mode Menu bar T oolbar Figure 2 - 1: T oolbar and m enu bar H The proce dures to follow assume that you have connec ted a mouse to the oscilloscope so that you ca n click on the s[...]

Perfo rmance V eri ficatio n 2- 4 TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication[...]

TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 5 Brief P rocedures The Self T ests use interna l routines to conf irm basic f unctionality and pr oper adju stmen t. No t est equi pment i s required t o perform th ese test pro cedures. The Functional T ests utilize the probe -compensa tion output at the fr ont panel as a test-[...]

Bri ef Proced ures 2- 6 TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication e. Run the signal-path c ompensation r outine: H Pull down the Utilities menu a nd select Instrument Calibra- t i o n ... . This displays the instrument c alibration c ontrol window . NOTE . Signal Path Compensation is not valid until the osc illoscope r eac [...]

Bri ef Proced ures TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 7 STO P . In the following pr oce dur es, do not make change s to fr ont-panel settings that ar e not specifically calle d out. Each verification pr ocedur e r equir es that you to set the osc illoscope to ce rtain default settings befor e verify ing functions.[...]

Bri ef Proced ures 2- 8 TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication Channel buttons Figure 2 - 3: Channel button location 4. Selec t the channel to te st: Push the cha nnel button for the channel t hat you are curr ently testing. The button lights, and the c hannel display c omes on. 5. Set up the oscilloscope: Push the front[...]

Bri ef Proced ures TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 9 H A verage mode displays an a ctively ac quiring wavef orm on-scr een with the noise reduc ed. H Envelope mode displays an a ctively ac quiring wavef orm on-scr een with the noise displayed. H WMFDB Mode displays an a ctively ac quiring wavef orm on-scr een w[...]

Bri ef Proced ures 2- 1 0 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication H Rotating the horizontal SCALE knob clockwise e xpands the waveform on-scr een (mor e horizonta l divisions per wave form per iod), counter- clockwise rotation c ontracts it, and r eturning the hor izontal sca le to 200  s/div retur ns the period to a bo[...]

Bri ef Proced ures TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 1 1 H Pu sh th e front-p anel DELA Y button sever al times to toggle de lay of f and on and ba ck of f again. V erify that the display switche s quickly betwee n two diff erent points in time (the r ising and falling e dges of this signal). 7. Remove the te st [...]

Bri ef Proced ures 2- 1 2 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication 5. V erify that the delaye d trigger system operates: a. Set up the de layed trigger: H Pull down the T rig menu a nd select A → B T rigger Seq uen ce. . . . This displays the A → B Sequence ta b of the trigger se tup control window . H Click the T rig A[...]

Bri ef Proced ures TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 1 3 TDS5000B Series oscilloscope Probe from PROBE COMPENSA TION output t o CH 1 input Figure 2 - 6: Setup for the file system t est 3. Insert the test disk: Inser t the floppy disk in the f loppy disk drive at the top of the front pane l. If your instrument doe[...]

Bri ef Proced ures 2- 1 4 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication f. V erif y that the oscilloscope retr ieved the saved wave form from the disk. Do this by noticing the hor izontal SCALE is again 1 ms and the wavef orm shows ten cyc les just as it did when you sa ved the setup. 9. Remove the te st hookup: a. Disconnec t t[...]

Bri ef Proced ures TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 1 5 Figure 2 - 7: Example test page f rom the inter nal printer[...]

Bri ef Proced ures 2- 1 6 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication[...]

TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 1 7 Perfor mance T ests This section c ontains a colle ction of manua l procedur es for c hecking that the TDS5000B S e ries Oscillosc opes perfor ms as warr anted. The pr eced ing proce dures ar e faste r to complete , and should be done fir st if you intend to perform t he perf[...]

Perfo rmance T ests 2- 1 8 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication Equipm ent Requir ed The p rocedures s tartin g on p age 2 - - 24 u se extern al, t raceable, s ignal s ources t o check warran ted characteri stics . T able 2 - - 1 lis ts recomm ended equ ipmen t. T able 2 - 1: T est equipment Item num ber and description[...]

Perfo rmance T ests TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 1 9 T able 2 - 1: T est equipment (Cont . ) Item num ber and description Purpose Exam ple Mini mum requirements 16. Adapter (three required) SM A femal e- t o- f emale T ektronix part num ber 015-1012-00 Checking the del ay between channels 17. Adapter (three [...]

Perfo rmance T ests 2- 2 0 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication TDS5000B Seri es T est Recor d Photocopy this table and use it to recor d the performa nce test results for your TDS5000B S e ries Oscillosc ope. TDS 5000B Series T est Recor d Instrument Serial Num ber : Certifi cate Number: T em perature: RH %: Date of Ca[...]

Perfo rmance T ests TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 2 1 TDS 5000B Series T est Recor d (cont.) Instrument Serial Num ber : Certifi cate Number: T em perature: RH %: Date of Cal ibration: T echni cian: TDS5000B Series perfor m ance t est Maxim um Outgoing Inco ming Minimum CH3 200 mV V ert scale set ting, +5 Div[...]

Perfo rmance T ests 2- 2 2 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication TDS 5000B Series T est Recor d (cont.) Instrument Serial Num ber : Certifi cate Number: T em perature: RH %: Date of Cal ibration: T echni cian: TDS5000B Series perfor m ance t est Maxim um Outgoing Inco ming Minimum Channel isolat ion: 100 MHz Input t o CH[...]

Perfo rmance T ests TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 2 3 TDS 5000B Series T est Recor d (cont.) Instrument Serial Num ber : Certifi cate Number: T em perature: RH %: Date of Cal ibration: T echni cian: TDS5000B Series perfor m ance t est Maxim um Outgoing Inco ming Minimum Time base system Long-term sample rate [...]

Perfo rmance T ests 2- 2 4 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication Signal Acqui sit ion System Checks The following pr ocedure s verify those char acter istics that re late to the signa l-ac- quisition system and a re listed a s checke d under W arranted Characte ristics in the Specific ations section . Ref er to T able 2-[...]

Perfo rmance T ests TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 2 5 TDS5000B Series oscilloscope DC calibrator 50 Ω coaxial cables Dual banana to BNC adapters BNC T connector Output Sense Figure 2 - 8: Initial test hookup b. Initialize the oscillosc ope: Pre ss DEF AUL T S ETUP . c. Modify the default settings: H From th[...]

Perfo rmance T ests 2- 2 6 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication c. Set the v ertical scale : Set the vertic al S CALE to one of the settings listed in T able 2- - 2 that is not ye t checke d. (Start with the f irst setting listed.) T able 2 - 2: DC V oltage measurement accuracy Scale setti ng Pos iti on setti ng (Divs) [...]

Perfo rmance T ests TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 2 7 Turn on the measurement called mean and read the results here. Figure 2 - 9: Measurement of DC accuracy at maximum of fset and posi tion f. Check against limits: H CHECK that the Mean r eadout on the sc reen is within the limits listed for the cur rent ver[...]

Perfo rmance T ests 2- 2 8 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication Equipment requ ired One sine wave generator (Item 13) One level met er and power sensor (Item 14) One power divi der (Item 15) One femal e N to male BNC adapt er (Item 21) Four male N t o female BNC adapt er s (It em 20) Tw o 5 0 Ω precision cables (It em[...]

Perfo rmance T ests TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 2 9 c. Hook up the test-signal sour ce: Connec t the sine wave output of a levele d sine wave genera tor to C H 1. S e t the output of the genera tor to a ref erenc e freque ncy of 10 MHz or less. S e e Figure 2 - -10. For the optional setup using a leveled si[...]

Perfo rmance T ests 2- 3 0 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication H Pres s the fro nt-pan el V ertica l button tha t corre sponds to the channe l that you ar e to confir m. H Move the leveling output of the sine wave gene rator to the channe l that y ou select ed. b. Match the trigger sour ce to the channe l selec ted: H [...]

Perfo rmance T ests TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 3 1 f. Display the test signal: Do the f ollowing subparts to fir st display the ref erenc e signal and then the test signal. H From the toolbar click MEAS ; then s elect the Time tab. H Click the Fre q button to measure the fr equency of the cur rent chann el[...]

Perfo rmance T ests 2- 3 2 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication Set the generator (reference) frequency to the t est frequency from T able 2 - - 3. 1 Set the horizontal scale from T able 2 - - 3. 2 Read results. 3 Figure 2 - 12: Measurement of analog bandwi dt h h. Check against limits: H CHECK that the Pk-Pk readout on[...]

Perfo rmance T ests TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 3 3 i. Check r emaining ve rtical scale settings against limits (optional): H If desired , fini sh checki ng the remai ning v ertical scal e s ettin gs for the cha nnel under te st by repea ting substeps d through h for each of the rema ining scale settings li[...]

Perfo rmance T ests 2- 3 4 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication H Set the horizontal SCALE to 400 ps ( 500 ps for TDS5054B E) . H From the toolbar bar , click Horiz , and s elect th e A cquis iti on tab. H Click A verage , and set the number of ave rages to 16 . c. Hook up the test-signal sour ce: H Connect the sine wav[...]

Perfo rmance T ests TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 3 5 Hint: As you adjust the ge nerator amplitude, push P USH TO SET 50 % often to spe ed up the updating of the wave form amplitude on scre en. b. Set the horizontal SCALE to 200 ps . c. Save a CH 2 wave form: H Pre ss the C H2 V ertica l button. H From the to[...]

Perfo rmance T ests 2- 3 6 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication H Sel ect Ref 2 fr om the Source dr op-down list box; then clic k the Display Off button to toggle it to On. Y ou may notice the ir overla pping waveform handle ic ons. See Figure 2 - -14 on page 2 - -36. H Click the Close button. f. Measur e the test signa[...]

Perfo rmance T ests TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 3 7 g. Check against limits: CHEC K tha t the cursor rea dout is ≤ 100 ps. h. Enter the time in the test rec ord. 3. Disconnec t the hookup: Disconne ct the coupler or ca bles from the input connec tors of the channels. Equipment requ ired One leveled si ne-[...]

Perfo rmance T ests 2- 3 8 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication H From the toolbar , click the Horiz button. In the Horizonta l menu, open the Ac quisition tab and set the instrument to E.T . mode. H Click the Close button. 2. Check c hannel isolation against limits: a. Display the test signal: Set the gene rator f requ[...]

Perfo rmance T ests TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 3 9 n. Move the signal to the CH 3 input connector , and then change the T rigger SOUR CE to C H3 (TDS5034B, TDS 5054B, TDS5034BE, or TDS5104B). o. Ch eck — Ampl itud e of each trace oth er than C H 3 is 0. 16 di visi on or less (discount tra ce width). Ente[...]

Perfo rmance T ests 2- 4 0 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication a. Hook up the test-signal sour ce : Connec t, through a 50 Ω prec ision coaxi al cable, th e outp ut of t he generat or to CH 1 . See Figure 2 - -16. H If using a time-ma rk gener ator , set the output f or 10 ms marke rs. H If using a sine wave gener at[...]

Perfo rmance T ests TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 4 1 H CHECK that the rising edge of the mar ker (or sine wave ) crosses the cente r horizontal gra ticule line at a point within ± 1. 5 divisions of the cente r graticule . See Figure 2 - -17 on page 2 - -41. H Enter the number of divisions in the test rec or[...]

Perfo rmance T ests 2- 4 2 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication This procedur e checks the sample r ate portion of the Delta T ime Mea surement Accuracy as l isted i n the Spec ifications section . The pr evious procedur e, C heck Long-T erm Sample Rate and Delay T ime Acc uracy , on page 2- - 39, verifie d the “PPM?[...]

Perfo rmance T ests TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 4 3 H If you a re testing a TDS5054B E instr ument, set the Bandwidth to 150 MHz on all c hannels. (All other models ar e tested a t full bandwidth.) H From the toolbar , click the Horiz button, and selec t the Acquisition tab. Under Sampling Mode, pr ess the [...]

Perfo rmance T ests 2- 4 4 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication H Cal culate t he difference of t he Maxi mum (M ) minu s the m ean ( ) . H Cal culate t he difference of t he mean (  ) minus the Minimum (m). H Both diff erenc es must be less tha n or equal to the Delta- time accuracy limit shown in T able 2 - -4 f[...]

Perfo rmance T ests TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 4 5 T ri gger System Checks The following proce dures chec k those charac teristics that re late to the trigger sys tem and are lis ted as checked i n the Spec ifications section . Equipment requ ired One sine wave generator (Item 13) One 10X at tenuator (Item[...]

Perfo rmance T ests 2- 4 6 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication a. Display the test signal: Set the output of the sine wave gene rator for a 100 MHz, five- division sine wave on the scre en; then pre ss PUSH TO SET 50% . b. Set the trigger mode: Press the T rigge r MO DE button to toggle it to NORMAL . c. Set upper and [...]

Perfo rmance T ests TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 4 7 Set upper and lower limits t hat ensure triggering. Then change limits unt il triggering stops. Figure 2 - 19: Measurem ent of time accur acy for pulse and gli tch t riggering 3. Confirm that the trigger system is within the time-acc uracy limits for pulse[...]

Perfo rmance T ests 2- 4 8 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication H Click Upper Limit ; then use the multipurpose knob to slowly decrease the Upper Limit rea dout until triggering stops. H CHECK that the Upper Limit readout, afte r the oscilloscope loses trigger ing, is within 1. 9  st o2 . 1  s, inclusive. H Enter [...]

Perfo rmance T ests TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 4 9 TDS5000B Series oscilloscope Sine wave generator 50 Ω T erminat ion Precision 50 Ω coaxial cable Figure 2 - 20: Initial test hookup 2. Confirm the trigger syste m is within sensitivity limits ( 50 MHz): a. Display the test signal: H Set the genera tor [...]

Perfo rmance T ests 2- 5 0 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication H Press the T rigger Slope button to selec t the positive slope. H Adjust the T rigger LEVEL knob to produce a stable trigge r . C HECK that the trigger is stable f or the test wavefor m on the positive slope. H Press the T rigger Slope button to selec t th[...]

Perfo rmance T ests TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 5 1 stabilize the De layed trigger . Click one of the S lope buttons to switch betwe en trigger slopes. See Figure 2- - 21 on page 2 - -50. H Enter the pass/f ail result for dela yed trigger in the test re cord. H Leave the De layed trigger syste m triggered o[...]

Perfo rmance T ests 2- 5 2 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication H Set the trigger system to trigger on the positive slope of the wavefo rm before proceed ing to t he next check . H Press the T rigger SOURCE button to set the trigger sourc e to CH 1 . H Click V ert in the toolbar . C lic k T er mination 50 Ω . Click Cl[...]

Perfo rmance T ests TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 5 3 f. Repeat ste p 1, substep c and step 3, substep b only , to check the full bandwidth of the Aux T rigger source . S e t the fre quency to 100 MHz. NOTE . Y o u just ch ecked the tri gger sen s itivity . If desir ed, you c an r epeat steps 1 thr ough 4d fo[...]

Perfo rmance T ests 2- 5 4 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication Out put Signal Checks The following pr ocedure s verify c harac teristics of the output signals tha t are listed as c hecked unde r W arranted Characteristic s in the Specific ations section. The oscillosc ope outputs these signals at its fr ont and rea r p[...]

Perfo rmance T ests TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 5 5 H Push Tr igger Sour c e to toggle the source to CH 3 . H Set the Horizontal SCALE to 200  s . H If nec essary , adjust the calibra tion gener ator output for an amplitude of 5 divisions. For oscilloscopes with 50 Ω inputs, you may need to double the [...]

Perfo rmance T ests 2- 5 6 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication Check output Figure 2 - 23: Measurement of m ai n tr i gger out limits 3. Confirm SIGNAL OUT is w ithin limits for gain: a. Measur e gain: H Move the prec ision 50 Ω cable f rom the AUX OUT B NC to the SIGNAL OUT BNC. H Set C H 2 V ert ical SCALE to 100 m[...]

Perfo rmance T ests TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 5 7 H CHECK that the rea dout CH 2 P k- P k is be tween 100 mV and 150 mV , inclusive. H Enter the voltage in the test re cord. 4. Disconnec t the hookup: Disconne ct the ca bles from the channe l inputs and the rea r panel outputs. Equipment requ ired One 1 0[...]

Perfo rmance T ests 2- 5 8 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication H From the toolbar bar , click Horiz and s elect th e A cquis iti on tab. H Click A verage and set the number of a verage s to 128 . 2. Confirm that the Pr obe Compensator signal is within limits for fr eque ncy: a. Measur e the fr equency of the pr obe com[...]

Perfo rmance T ests TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 5 9 H Click the S ave button. H Disconnec t the adapter fr om C H 1 and the probe compensa tion connec tor . H T o view th e stored wav eform on screen , verify t hat the di splay O n button (in the c ontrol window) is toggled to On . d. Hook up the DC standar[...]

Perfo rmance T ests 2- 6 0 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication H Adjust the output of the DC calibra tion genera tor until it prec isely overla ps the base (lower) le vel of the stored probe compe nsation signal. (This value will be near ze ro volts.) H Record the setting of the DC genera tor . f. Pre ss Close to remov[...]

Perfo rmance T ests TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 6 1 Sine W ave Gener ator Leveli ng Procedur e Some procedur es in this manual requir e a leveled sine wave ge nerator to produc e the nece ssary test signals. If you do not have a levele d sine wave genera tor , use one of the following proce dures to level t[...]

Perfo rmance T ests 2- 6 2 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication 2. Set the Generator: H Set the sine wave gener ator to a refe rence f requenc y of 10 MHz . H Adjust the sine wave gener ator amplitude to the requir ed number of divisions as mea sured by the osc illoscope. 3. Record the refer en ce level: Note the re adi[...]

Perfo rmance T ests TDS5000B S e ries Specif ications and Per formanc e V erif ication 2- 6 3 TDS5000B Series oscilloscope Level meter Power sensor Sine wave generator Output Input Connect the sine wave generator to t he oscilloscope and the power sensor as directed in the t ext. Figure 2 - 29: Sine wave generator leveling equi pm ent setup (Method[...]

Perfo rmance T ests 2- 6 4 TDS5000B S er ies Specific ations and Perf ormance V erif ication[...]