Manual

Index
A
AC coupling, 14, 18, 24
amp-second p
roduct, 59
Amp-second product, 25
Applications, 33
auto-balance, 59
Autobalance function, 16
B
bucking current, 5 9
Bucking c
urrent, 30
Button
COUPLING, 18
MANUAL BALANCE, 17
ON/STANDBY, 18
PROBE DEGAUSS/
AUTOB
ALANCE, 16
RANGE, 18
C
Connecting
a current probe to a circuit
under test, 13
a current probe to the
amp
lifier, 8
the amplifier to an
oscilloscope, 7
Connector
OUTPUT, 19
PROBE INPUT, 18
Continuity measurements, 37
Control summary, 15
conventional current, 59
See also electron current
COUPLING button and
indicator, 18
Coupling modes, 24
CT-4 high-current adapter, 4, 31
Current limitations
amp-second product, 25
maximum continuous, 25
maximum pulsed, 25
D
DC couplin
g, 18, 24
DC gain adjust, optimizing, 19
DC LEVEL control, 24
degauss function, 59
Degauss function, 11, 16, 21
Differential current, 22
E
electr
on current, 59
See also conventional cu rrent
Error Codes
correcting, 45
displaying, 43
shutdown error, 45
Exte
nding the current range of the
probes, 30
F
flux, 59
Frequency derating, 25
Front panel controls, 15
G
Gauss, 59
GPIB Operation, 19
H
Hall device, 60
Hall effect, 60
I
Increasing bucking current, 30
Increasing probe sensitivity, 32
Indicator
COUPLING, 18
MANUAL BALANCE, 17
NONCOMPATIBLE PROBE
TYPE, 18
NOT TERMINATED INTO
50 OHMS, 18
OVERLOAD, 17
PROBE DEGAUSS/
AUTOBALANCE, 16
PROBE OPE
N, 17
RANGE, 18
Inductance measurements, 35
insertion impedance, 60
M
MANUAL BALANCE buttons
and indicator, 17
Maxim
um allowable pulse
amplitude, 27
Maximum continuous current
rating, 25
Maximum measurement times, 28
Maximum pulsed current
ra
ting, 25
Measuring continuity, 37
Measuring current
AC, 14
current nulls, 22
DC, 12
differential c urrent, 22
Measuring inductance, 35
N
NONCOMPATIBLE PROBE
TYPE
indicator, 18
NOT TERMINATED INTO 50
OHMS indicator, 18
Null current, 22
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