Specifications

Data Sheet
Trigger Characteristics
Characteristic
Description
Enhanced Triggering
User-selectable; corrects the difference in timing
between the trigger path and the acquired data (not
available in FastAcq)
Acquisition Modes
Mode Description
Sample
Acquire samp
led values
Peak Detect
Captures narrow glitches as narrow as 100 ps (2 GHz
and 1 GHz models) or 200 ps (500 MHz and 350 MHz
models) at all real-time sampling rates
Averaging
From 2 to 10,000 waveforms included in average
Envelope
Min-Max envelope reflecting Peak Detect data over
multiple acquisitions
Hi Res Real-time boxcar averaging reduces random noise and
increases resolution
Roll
Scrolls sequential waveform points across the display in
a right-to-left rolling motion at sweep speeds slower than
50ms/div.Upto20MS/swithamaximumrecordlength
of 10M
FastAcq Acquisition
Mode
FastAcq optimizes the instrument for analysis of dynamic
signals and capture of infrequent events
Maximum FastAcq
Waveform Capture Rate
>250,000 wfms/s on all 4 channels simultaneously
Waveform Database Accumulate waveform database providing
three-dimensional array of amplitude, time, and counts
FastFrame™ Acquisition Acquisition memory divided into segments; maximum
trigger rate >310,000 waveforms per second. Time of
arrival recorded with each event. Frame finder tool helps
to visually identify transients
Search and M ark Events
Characteristic
Description
Automated Search and
Mark
Automatically mark events and document waveforms.
Search positive/negative slopes or both, glitches, runts,
pulse widths, transition rate, setup and hold, timeout,
windows, or find any logic or state pattern on any number
of channels. Search DDR Read or Write bursts with Opt.
DDRA. Event table summarizes all found events. All
events are time stamped in reference to trigger position.
Stop acquisitions when an event is found
Waveform Measurements
Measurement Description
Cursors Waveform and Screen
Automatic
Measurements
53, of which 8 can be displayed on-screen at any one
time. Measurements include: Period, Frequency, Delay,
Rise Time, Fall Time, Positive Duty Cycle, Negative
Duty Cycle, Positive Width, Negative Width, Burst
Width, Phase, Positive Overshoot, Negative Overshoot,
Peak-to-Peak, Amplitude, High, Low, Maximum,
Minimum, Mean, Cycle Mean, RMS, Cycle RMS, Area,
Cycle Area
Eye-pattern
Measurements
Extinction Ratio (absolute, %, dB), Eye Height, Eye
Width, E ye Top, Eye Base, Crossing %, Jitter (p-p, RMS,
6sigma), Noise (p-p, RMS), Signal/Noise Ratio, Cycle
Distortion, Q-Factor
Measurement Statistics Mean, Minimum, Maximum, Standard Deviation
Reference Levels User-definable reference levels for automatic
measurements can be specified in either percent or units
Gating Isolate the specific occurrence within an acquisition to
take measurements on, using either screen or waveform
cursors
Waveform Histogram A waveform histogram provides an array of data
values representing the total number of hits inside
of a user-defined region of the display. A waveform
histogram is both a visual graph of the hit distribution as
well as a numeric array of values that can be measured.
Sources – Channel 1, Channel 2, Channel 3, Channel 4,
Ref1,Ref2,Ref3,Ref4,Math1,Math2,Math3,Math
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Types – Vertical, Horizontal
Waveform Histogram
Measurements
Waveform Count, Hits in Box, Peak Hits, Median,
Maximum, Minimum, Peak-to-Peak, Mean (), Standard
Deviation (sigma), +1sigma, +2sigma, +3sigma
Waveform Proces sing/Math
Characteristic
Description
Arithmetic
Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide waveforms and scalars
Algebraic Expressions
Define extensive algebraic expressions including
waveforms, scalars, user-adjustable variables, and
results of parametric measurements. Perform math o n
math using complex equations.
e.g. (Integral (CH1 – Mean(CH1)) × 1.414 × VAR1)
Math Functions
Average, Invert, Integrate, Differentiate, Square Root,
Exponential, Log10, Log e, Abs, Ceiling, Floor, Min, Max,
Sin, Cos, Tan, ASin, ACos, ATan, Sinh, Cosh, Tanh
Relational
Boolean result of comparison >, <, , , ==, !=
Frequency Domain
Functions (FFT)
Spectral Magnitude and Phase, Real and Imaginary
Spectra
Magnitude: Linear, dB, dBmFFT Vertical Units
Phase: Degrees, radians, group delay
FFT Window Functions Rectangular, Hamming, Hanning, Kaiser-Be ssel,
Blackman-Harris, Gaussian, Flattop2, Tek Exponential
Waveform Definition
As an arbitrary math expression
Filtering Functions
User-definable filters. Users specify a filter containing
the coefficients of the filter. Filter files provided
Mask Function
A function that generates a waveform database pixmap
from a sample waveform. Sample count can be defined
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