The Tektronix TDP3500 Probe is a Differential-ended Active probe that provides truer signal reproduction and fidelity for high-frequency measurements. It also provides high-speed electrical and mechanical performance required for today's digital system designs. The Tektronix TDP3500 Probe is designed specifically for use, and direct connection to, Tektronix oscilloscopes with the TekVPI™ probe interface.
Features and Specifications of the TDP3500 Differential Probe include:
- Features:
- Outstanding electrical performance:
- Bandwidth that provides accurate measurements for serial and digital applications
- Excellent common mode rejection that reduces measurement errors in higher common environments
- Low capacitive and resistive loading:
- Maintains signal fidelity
- Reduces DC biasing interactions
- Versatile mechanical performance:
- Compact probe head size for probing small geometry circuit elements
- DUT attachment accessories enable connection to fine-spaced SMDs
- Robust design for reliability
- Connects directly to oscilloscope with the TekVPI™ probe interface
- Provides automatic units scaling and readout on the oscilloscope display
- Embeds the probe characteristics within the oscilloscope
- Easy access to probe comp box controls or oscilloscope probe menu display for:
- probe status
- probe setup control
- diagnostic information
- Integrated Scope/Probe System:
- Direct connection to and powered from the TekVPI™ Oscilloscope Interface without the need of an external power supply
- Single-button oscilloscope probe menu access
- Setup and control from comp box or oscilloscope user interface
- AutoZero: Zeros out output offset
- Remote GPIB/USB probe control through the oscilloscope
- Applications:
- Design, validation, degugging, and characterization of common high-speed serial bus designs:
- I2C
- CAN/LIN
- SPI
- Serial ATA
- Ethernet (GbE)
- USB 2.0
- Firewire (1394b)
- Signal integrity, jitter, and timing analysis
- Manufacturing, engineering and test
- Design, validation, degugging, and characterization of common high-speed serial bus designs:
- Outstanding electrical performance:
- Specifications:
- Probe Bandwidth: ≥3.5 GHz warranted
- Probe Attenuation: 5x
- Probe Rise Time: ≤110 ps typical
- Differential Input Capacitance: ≤0.3 pF
- Differential Input Resistance: 100 kΩ
- Differential Input Dynamic Range: ±2 V
- CMRR:
- >60 dB at 1 MHz
- >25 dB at 1 GHz
- Input Offset Range: ±1 V displayed
- Operation Voltage Input Range (Common Mode Input Range): +5 V to -4V
- Noise: ≈35 nV/root Hz
- Max Input Voltage (Nondestruct): ±15 V (DC + pk AC)
- Propagation Delay: 5.4 ns typical