Instruction Manual

JTA2-OM-E Rev A ISSUED: December 2003 1
ACCESSING JTA2 ...............................................................................................3
TIMING FUNCTIONS............................................................................................3
TIMING PARAMETERS........................................................................................4
Statistical Tools.................................................................................................................................4
HOW JITTERTRACK WORKS.............................................................................5
Using “Clock” or “Data” ....................................................................................................................5
WHEN TO USE JITTERTRACK ...........................................................................7
JitterTrack or Trend? ................................................................................................................ 7
CLOCK OR DATA?..............................................................................................9
SETTING UP JITTER MEASUREMENTS..........................................................11
Jitter Math Setup............................................................................................................................ 11
JitterTrack ...............................................................................................................................12
Jitter Parameters Setup .................................................................................................................12
WHEN TO USE PERSISTENCE HISTOGRAMS................................................14
SETTING UP PERSISTENCE HISTOGRAMS ...................................................15
Selecting the Math Function...........................................................................................................15
Setting Up the Histogram...............................................................................................................16
Selecting the Cut.....................................................................................................................16
HOW TO TRACE PERSISTENCE......................................................................17
An Innovative Visual and Processing Tool.....................................................................................17
To Set Up Trace Persistence..........................................................................................................18
CHOOSING A TIMING PARAMETER................................................................20
HOW TO USE THE TREND TOOL.....................................................................21
The Basic Idea ...............................................................................................................................21
To Set Up and Configure Trend .....................................................................................................22
Parameter Setup.....................................................................................................................22
Math Setup.............................................................................................................................. 24
HISTOGRAM AND TREND CALCULATION .....................................................25
Acquisition Sequence.....................................................................................................................25
Parameter Buffer............................................................................................................................25
Parameter Events Capture.............................................................................................................26
Zoom Traces and Segmented Waveforms.....................................................................................26
Histogram Peaks.....................................................................................................................26
Example..................................................................................................................................27
Binning and Measurement Accuracy...................................................................................... 27