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Table of Contents CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual v Defining Spectral Math Waveforms 3-- 202 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Spectral Math Controls 3-- 203 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Table of Contents CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual vii List of Figures Figure 1--1: Locations of peripheral connectors on rear panel 1--8 . . . . . Figure 1--2: Powering on the instrument 1--10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Figure 1--3: Ena...

Table of Contents CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual xi List of Tables Table 1--1: Additional accessory connection information 1--9 . . . . . . . . . Table 1--2: Line fuses 1--9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tabl...

CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual xiii General Safety Summary Review the following safety precautions to avoid injury and prevent damage tothis product or any products connected to it. To avoid potential hazards, use thisproduct only as specified. Only qual...

General Safety Summary xiv CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Terms in this Manual. These terms may appear in this manual: WARNING. Warning statements identify conditions or practices that could result in injury or loss of life. CAUTION. Caution statements i...

CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual xv Preface This user manual covers the following information: H Describes the capabilities of the instrument, how to install it and how toreinstall its software H Explains how to operate the instrument: how to control acqui...

Preface xvi CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Related Manuals and Online Documents This manual is part of a document set of standard-accessory manuals and onlinedocumentation; this manual mainly focuses on installation, background, and userinformation neede...

Preface CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual xvii Contacting Tektronix Phone 1-800-833-9200 * Address Tektronix, Inc.Department or name (if known)14200 SW Karl Braun DriveP.O. Box 500Beaverton, OR 97077USA Web site www.tektronix.com Sales support 1-800-833-920...

CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 1- 1 Product Description This chapter describes the CSA7000 Series Communications Signal Analyzers,the TDS7000 Series Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes, and the TDS6000 SeriesDigital Storage Oscilloscopes and their options. Fo...

Product Description 1- 2 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Key Features CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, and TDS6000 Series instruments are highperformance solutions for verifying, debugging, and characterizing sophisticatedelectronic designs. The series fea...

Product Description CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 1- 3 H Trigger modes include edge, logic, pulse, serial (CSA7000 Series, optionalon TDS7000 Series and TDS6000 Series, and not available on TDS7104 andTDS7054), communication (CSA7000 Series and optional...

Product Description 1- 4 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual H Support Software. Not preinstalled on the instrument. The compact discs,included with the instrument, contain additional software and files that maybe useful to you: H Readme file. This file conta...

Installation 1- 6 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Unpacking Verify that you have received all of the parts of your instrument. The graphicalpacking list shows the standard accessories that you should find in the shippingcarton (probes depend on the option...

Installation CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 1- 7 Checking the Environment Requirements Read this section before attempting any installation procedures. This sectiondescribes site considerations, power requirements, and ground connections foryour instrume...

Installation 1- 8 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual CAUTION. To avoid product damage, either power off the instrument or place the instrument in Standby power mode before installing any accessories except aUSB mouse or keyboard to the instrument connectors....

Installation CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 1- 9 Table 1- 1: Additional accessory connection information Item Description Monitor If you use a nonstandard monitor, you may need to change theWindows 2000 display settings to achieve the proper resolutionfo...

Installation 1- 10 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Turn on the power. Connect thepower cord. Check the fuses. If needed, push the On/Standby switch to power on the instrument. 2 1 4 3 Rear panel Front panel Figure 1- 2: Powering on the instrument Shutting...

Installation CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 1- 11 Creating an Emergency Startup Disk Now that you have completed the basic installation process, you should create anemergency startup disk that you can use to restart your instrument in case of amajor hard...

Installation 1- 12 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 4. Use the backup tool that displays to select your backup media and to selectthe files and folders that you want to back up. Use the Windows online helpfor information on using the Backup tool. You can b...

Installation 1- 14 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual You can install desktop application software on the instrument. The instrumenthas been tested with the following software products installed: H Microsoft Office 2000 (including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, an...

Installation CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 1- 15 Enabling Your LAN and Connecting to a Network You can connect the instrument to a network to enable printing, file sharing,internet access, and other communications functions. Before you make theconnectio...

Installation CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 1- 17 Setting up a Dual Display Use the following steps to set up the instrument for dual display operation. Youcan operate the instrument while having full use of Windows and other applica-tions on the externa...

CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 1- 21 Incoming Inspection This chapter contains instructions for performing the Incoming Inspection Procedure . This procedure verifies that the instrument is operating correctly after shipment, but does not check product s...

Incoming Inspection 1- 22 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual H One TCA-BNC TekConnect adapter, or one TCA-SMA TekConnect adapterand one SMA male-to-BNC female adapter, such as Tektronix part number015-1018-xx Self Tests This procedure uses internal routines ...

Incoming Inspection CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 1- 23 e. Run the signal-path compensation routine: H From the Utilities menu, select Instrument Calibration . . . . This displays the instrument calibration control window. H If required because the inst...

Incoming Inspection 1- 24 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual NOTE . Do not make changes to the front-panel settings that are not called out in the procedures. Each verification procedure will require you to set the instrumentto certain default settings befor...

Incoming Inspection CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 1- 25 NOTE. If a P7240 probe is not available, connect the probe compensation output to the channel input using a BNC cable and adapters. CSA7404, CSA7154, TDS7404, TDS7254, TDS7154, & TDS6404 Connec...

Incoming Inspection 1- 26 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Channel buttons Figure 1- 8: Channel button location 5. Set up the instrument: H Push the front-panel AUTOSET button. This sets the horizontal and vertical scale and vertical offset for a usable di...

Incoming Inspection 1- 28 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Equipmentrequired One BNC cable CSA7404, CSA7154, TDS7404, TDS7254, TDS7154, TDS6604, &TDS6404: One TekConnect adapter Prerequisites None 1. Initialize the instrument: Push the front-panel DEFA...

Incoming Inspection 1- 30 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual d. Adjust the horizontal delay: Rotate the upper multipurpose knob to change the horizontal delay setting. Verify that the falling edge shiftshorizontally. Rotate the front-panel horizontal POSITIO...

Incoming Inspection 1- 32 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 7. Verify that the delayed trigger system operates: a. Set up the delayed trigger: H From the Trig menu, select A → B Sequence . . . . This displays the A → B Sequence tab of the trigger setup cont...

Incoming Inspection CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 1- 35 Perform the Extended Diagnostics Extended diagnostics and self calibration perform a more detailed functionalitycheck than the incoming inspection and Power-on diagnostics. NOTE . Allow a 20-minute...

CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 1- 37 Accessories & Options This section lists the standard and optional accessories available for theinstrument, as well as the product options. Options The following options can be ordered for the instrument: Table 1-...

Accessories & Options CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 1- 39 Table 1- 4: Options (Cont.) Option TDS6404 TDS6604 TDS7054 TDS7104 TDS7154 TDS7254 TDS7404 CSA7404 CSA7154 Description Service offerings C3 Calibration services extended to cover three years ...

Accessories & Options CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 1- 41 Table 1- 5: Standard accessories (Cont.) Accessory Part number Probe Calibration and Deskew Fixture, with instructions CSA7404, CSA7154, TDS7404, TDS7254, TDS7154,TDS7104 TDS7054 & TDS640...

CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 2- 1 Operational Maps This chapter acquaints you with how the instrument functions and operates. Itconsists of several maps that describe the system, its operation, and its documen-tation: H Documentation Map, on page 2--2,...

2- 4 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual System Overview Maps The instrument is a highly capable waveform acquisition, test, and measurementsystem. The following model provides background information on its operation,which, in turn, may provide you insight on...

System Overview Maps CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 2- 5 H Trigger System. Recognizes a specific event of interest on the input trigger signal and informs the Timebase of the occurrence of the event. Alsoprovides recovered clock and data signals (optiona...

System Overview Maps 2- 6 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Process Overview Map Process Overview Process Block Description Idling. . . ResetAbortPower onPower downArm 1. The instrument starts in the idle state; it enters this stateupon power up, upon recei...

CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 2- 7 User Interface Map -- Complete Control and Display Menu Bar: Access to data I/O, printing, online help system, and instrument functions here Status Bar: Display of acquisition status, mode, and number of acquisitions; ...

CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 1 Overview This chapter describes in depth how the many features of the instrument operate.Please note the following points on using this chapter: H Each section in this chapter provides background information needed too...

CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 7 Acquiring Waveforms Before you can do anything (display, print, measure, analyze, or otherwiseprocess) to a waveform, you must acquire the signal. This instrument comesequipped with the features that you need for captu...

Acquiring Waveforms 3- 8 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Acquisition system Input Display Storage Waveform transform system Horizontal time base Trigger Channel inputs Auxiliary trigger input NOTE . This section describes how the vertical and horizontal c...

Acquiring Waveforms 3- 10 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual H Set horizontal scale to control the size of the horizontal acquisition windowto capture as much as you want of the input signal(s). Set the horizontalposition to delay the window relative to a tr...

Acquiring Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 13 Use the procedure that follows when setting up the instrument to scale andposition input signals for acquisition. For more information, display online helpwhile performing the procedure. Overview T...

Acquiring Waveforms 3- 14 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Overview Related control elements and resources To set up signal input (Cont.) Select input termination TDS7104 and TDS7054 only: 4. Push an input termination button to toggle between1 M Ω and 50 Ω...

Acquiring Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 15 Overview Related control elements and resources To set up signal input (Cont.) Set vertical acquisition window 6. Use the vertical knobs to scale and position thewaveform on screen. Positioned vert...

Acquiring Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 17 Autoset automatically sets up the instrument controls ( acquisition, display, horizontal, trigger, and vertical) based on the characteristics of the input signal. Autoset is much faster and easier ...

Acquiring Waveforms 3- 18 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Overview Control elements and resources To autoset the instrument (Cont.) Prompt Done 4. Select User Preferences in the Utilities menu to displaythe Prompt Before Action window. Touch Autoset totog...

Acquiring Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 19 You can get help on the vertical and acquisition controls by accessing onlinehelp: Overview To get more help Control elements and resources Prerequisites 1. Instrument powered up and running. See P...

Acquiring Waveforms 3- 26 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Independent vs. Shared Window. The instrument applies the same horizontal acquisition window to all channels from which it acquires data. Unlike thevertical acquisition window that you size and off...

Acquiring Waveforms 3- 28 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Consider the mode that you want to use to acquire data: H Sample. The instrument does no postprocessing of acquired samples. Theinstrument saves the first sample (of perhaps many) during each acqui...

Acquiring Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 33 Global Controls. Like the horizontal controls, the acquisition controls apply to all active channels; for example, channel 1 cannot acquire in Sample mode whilechannel 2 acquires in Envelope mode. ...

Acquiring Waveforms 3- 34 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual H Turn on Waveform Database mode to capture more data. H Try adjusting the horizontal scale for proper waveform display. H Try pushing the AUTOSET button. H Try switching the acquisition to Envelop...

Acquiring Waveforms 3- 36 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Overview Control elements and resources To set acquisition modes (Cont.) To select real-time or equivalent- time sampling To select real-time sampling, interpolated real-time sampling,or equivalent...

Acquiring Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 37 Use the procedure that follows to start and stop acquisition. Overview To start and stop acquisition Control elements and resources Prerequisites 1. The horizontal and vertical controls must be set...

Acquiring Waveforms 3- 38 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual CSA7000 Series & TDS7000 Series: Use the procedure that follows to set uproll mode acquisitions. Overview To set Roll Mode Control elements and resources Prerequisites 1. The horizontal and ver...

Acquiring Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 39 Overview Control elements and resources To set Roll Mode (Cont.) To turn off roll mode acquisitions 5. Do the following step to stop acquisitions in roll mode: H If you are not in Single Sequence, ...

Acquiring Waveforms 3- 40 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Before a signal can be acquired, it must pass through the input channel where itis scaled and digitized. Each channel has a dedicated input amplifier and digitizeras shown in Figure 3--8; each chan...

Acquiring Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 41 The instrument acquisition system can process the data as it is acquired,averaging or enveloping the waveform data to produce enhanced waveformrecords. Once the waveform record exists (enhanced or ...

Acquiring Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 43 The instrument uses equivalent time sampling to extend its sample rate beyondits real-time maximum sampling rate, but only under two conditions: H You must have selected equivalent-time in the Acqu...

Acquiring Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 45 1st Acquisition cycle 3rd Acquisition cycle nth Acquisition cycle 2nd Acquisition cycle Record points Figure 3- 12: Equivalent-time sampling The type of equivalent-time sampling the instrument uses...

Acquiring Waveforms 3- 46 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Sin(x)/x interpolation. Sin(x)/x interpolation computes record points using a curve fit between the actual values acquired. It assumes all the interpolated points fallalong that curve. Sin(x)/x is ...

Acquiring Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 47 Using Fast Acquisition Mode CSA7000 Series & TDS7000 Series: This section describes how to use FastAcquisition mode and how it differs from normal acquisition mode. Fast acquisition mode reduce...

Acquiring Waveforms 3- 48 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Consider the mode that you want to use to acquire data: Automatic Selection. Fast Acquisitions automatically selects record length and sample rate to optimize the displayed image by optimizing live...

Acquiring Waveforms 3- 50 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Fast Acquisition display Normal DSO display Figure 3- 14: Normal DSO and Fast Acquisition displays Use the procedure that follows to set up Fast Acquisitions mode. To Turn Fast Acquisitions On and ...

Acquiring Waveforms 3- 52 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Overview Control elements and resources To turn Fast Acquisitions on and off (Cont.) To set the style 6. Touch the DISP button and select the Appearance tab. 7. Select between Vectors, Dots, or Int...

Acquiring Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 53 Overview Control elements and resources To turn Fast Acquisitions on and off (Cont.) To adjust the intensity 10. Rotate the INTENSITY knob to adjust the intensity ofdisplayed waveforms, or touch In...

Acquiring Waveforms 3- 54 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual The instrument displays waveforms in one of three formats: YT, XY, or XYZ.Use the procedure that follows to set the display format. Overview To set display format Control elements and resources To ...

Acquiring Waveforms 3- 56 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Using FastFrame CSA7000 Series & TDS7000 Series: FastFrame is an acquisition mode that letsyou capture many records in a larger record, and then view and measure eachrecord individually. FastFr...

Acquiring Waveforms 3- 58 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual H FastFrame reduces the time required before the trigger is rearmed, whilepreserving the individual subrecords, a detail lost in Fast Acquisitions whichwrites all acquired records to a single pixel...

Acquiring Waveforms 3- 60 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Use Time Stamps to display the absolute trigger time for a specific frame and therelative time between triggers of two specified frames. To start FastFrameTime Stamps, do the following steps: Overv...

Acquiring Waveforms 3- 62 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Overview Control elements and resources Time stamping frames (Cont.) To lock the reference position frames 10. Touch the Horiz button. Select the Acquisition tab fromthe Horiz/Acq control window. T...

Acquiring Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 63 O/E Converter CSA7000 Series: The O/E converter converts the optical signal to an electricalsignal for use in the instrument. Figure 3--18 on page 3--64 shows the input andoutput connectors. This s...

Acquiring Waveforms 3- 64 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual To keep the optical input power to an appropriate level, it may be necessary toattenuate the optical signal. CAUTION. To avoid damaging the optical input, to maintain the levels within performance ...

Acquiring Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 65 RECOVERED CLOCK. This output is synchronous with the incoming data signal. A sample of the input data is routed to the serial clock recovery circuit.Recovered clock is available when using either o...

Acquiring Waveforms 3- 66 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Use the O/E-to-SMA adapter if you need to connect the Electrical Out of theoptical-to-electrical converter to input channels other than CH1, or if you need toconnect the output to other equipment. ...

Acquiring Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 67 3. Spray the clean compressed air on the connectors to remove any looseparticles or moisture. 4. Moisten a clean optical swab with isopropyl alcohol, and then lightly swabthe surfaces of the connec...

Acquiring Waveforms 3- 68 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Figure 3- 20: Vertical setup menu with optical controls First select Ch1 in the Waveform section of the menu. Then touch the Wave-length button that matches your system. You select the mask, bandwi...

Acquiring Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 69 For electrical bandwidths the reference of a system is commonly the response ofthe system to a sinusoidal frequency at or near DC. The point at which thesystem response is one half would therefore ...

Acquiring Waveforms 3- 70 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual The V(f) is the frequency at which the vertical swing is one half (0.5) the V(DC)not 0.707. The optical bandwidth therefore corresponds to the traditionalelectrical bandwidth of --6 dB. During test...

CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 71 Triggering To properly acquire data, that is, to use the instrument to sample a signal anddigitize it into a waveform record that you want to measure or otherwise process,you need to set up the trigger conditions. Thi...

Triggering 3- 72 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Acquisition system Input Display Storage Wfm transform system Horizontal timebase Trigger Triggering Concepts Triggers determine when the instrument stops acquiring and displays a wave-form. They help creat...

Triggering CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 73 The trigger event establishes the time-zero point in the waveform record. Allpoints in the record are located in time with respect to that point. The instrumentcontinuously acquires and retains enough sampl...

Triggering 3- 74 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual H Advanced triggers are a collection of trigger types that are primarily usedwith digital signals to detect specific conditions. The glitch, runt, width,transition, and timeout types trigger on unique prope...

Triggering CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 75 Be aware that auto mode, when forcing triggers in the absence of validtriggering events, does not synchronize the waveform on the display. See the Automatic trigger mode part of Figure 3--22. Successive acq...

Triggering 3- 76 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual CSA7404, CSA7154, TDS7404, TDS7254, TDS7154, TDS6000 Series:Random holdoff selects a new random holdoff time for each acquisition cycle.Random holdoff is only available when A only, Edge triggering is selec...

Triggering CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 77 Horizontal position is adjustable and defines where on the waveform record thetrigger occurs. It lets you choose how much the instrument acquires before andafter the trigger event. The part of the record th...

Triggering 3- 78 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual You can trigger with the A (Main) trigger system alone or you can combine theA (Main) trigger with the B (Delayed) trigger to trigger on sequential events.When using sequential triggering, the A trigger eve...

Triggering 3- 82 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual To see the state and setup of the triggering circuit, use the trigger status lights,readout, and screen. Overview To check trigger status Control elements and resources Trigger status from trigger sta- tus ...

Triggering CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 83 Overview Control elements and resources To check trigger status (Cont.) Trigger location and level from display 3. To see the trigger point and level on the waveformdisplay, check the graphic indicators Tri...

Triggering CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 89 You can check the advanced trigger status in the readout. The readout indicatesthe trigger type and then shows sources, levels, or any other parameters that areimportant for the particular trigger type. Fig...

Triggering 3- 90 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Transition Trigger. A transition (slew rate) trigger occurs when the trigger source detects a pulse edge that transitions (slews) between two amplitude levels at arate faster or slower than you specify. The...

Triggering CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 91 Table 3- 5: Pattern and state logic Pattern State Definition 1, 2 AND Clocked AND If all the preconditions selected for the logic inputs 3 are TRUE, then the instrument triggers. NAND Clocked NAND If not al...

Triggering 3- 94 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual When you select the type Glitch, the instrument will trigger on a pulse narrower(or wider) in width than some specified time. To set up for glitch triggering, dothe following procedures. Overview To trigger...

Triggering 3- 96 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual When you select the type Runt, the instrument will trigger on a short pulse thatcrosses one threshold but fails to cross a second threshold before recrossing thefirst. To set up for runt triggering, do the ...

Triggering CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 99 Overview Control elements and resources To trigger on a runt pulse (Cont.) To set mode and holdoff 8. Mode and holdoff can be set for all standard triggertypes. See To set holdoff on page 3 -- 84 and To sel...

Triggering CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 101 Overview Control elements and resources Trigger based on pulse width (Cont.) To set mode and holdoff 8. Mode and holdoff can be set for all standard triggertypes. See To set holdoff on page 3 -- 84 and To ...

Triggering CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 105 Overview Control elements and resources Trigger based on pulse timeout (Cont.) Set the timer 5. To set the timeout timer, touch Timer and use themultipurpose knob or keyboard to set the time. Set the level...

Triggering CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 109 When you select the type State, the instrument uses channel 4 as a clock andtriggers on a logic circuit made from the rest of the channels (page 3--91describes how state triggers work). To use state trigge...

Triggering 3- 110 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Overview Control elements and resources To trigger on a state (Cont.) Set trigger when 6. To choose to trigger when the logic condition is met(goes TRUE) or when the logic condition is not met(goes FALSE),...

Triggering CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 113 Data (Ch1) transition occurs within 14.88 ns after the clock violating the hold time limit. The instrument recognizes the violation and triggers at the clock edge. Cursors measure the setup/hold violation ...

Triggering 3- 114 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Read the following topics; they provide details that can help prevent false stepsin setting up to trigger on your waveforms. Trigger Sources. In most cases, it makes sense to set separate trigger sources f...

Triggering 3- 118 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Use the procedure that follows when setting up the instrument to trigger on asequence. For more information, display online help while performing theprocedure. Overview To trigger on a sequence Control ele...

Triggering 3- 122 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Comm Triggering The instrument can trigger on communication signals (optional on CSA7000Series & TDS6000 Series). For detailed information on using comm triggeringto trigger on your communications sign...

CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 123 Displaying Waveforms This instrument includes a flexible, customizable display that you can control todisplay the waveforms that you acquire. This section presents the followingtopics: H Using the Waveform Display H ...

Displaying Waveforms 3- 124 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Using the Waveform Display The waveform shown below is displayed as part of the User Interface (UI)application. The UI application takes up the entire screen of the instrument, andthe graticule t...

Displaying Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 125 (3) Horizontal-scale readout. For magnified and unmagnified waveforms. (4) Horizontal reference. A control that you can position to set the point aroundwhich channel waveforms expand and contract...

Displaying Waveforms 3- 126 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Table 3- 6: Defining and displaying waveforms Waveform To define: To turn on: Channel: Ch1 -- Ch4 Channels are predefined Push the Vertical CH button to toggle the channel onor off. Reference: Re...

Displaying Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 127 Table 3- 7: Operations performed based on the waveform type (Cont.) Control function Operating notes Waveform supports Ch Ref 1 Math Horizontal Scale Yes Yes Yes Waveforms are adjusted according ...

Displaying Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 129 Mouse and Touch Screen Operation. In general, anything that you can do with the mouse, you can do by touching the screen, if the touch screen is on. You canselect or change all menus and buttons ...

Displaying Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 131 Overview Related control elements and resources To display waveforms in the main graticule (Cont.) Quick-adjust the timebase (zoom) 8. To quickly rescale a portion of a channel waveform sothat it...

Displaying Waveforms 3- 132 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual To help you use MultiView Zoom effectively, consider how it operates onwaveforms. When in zoom mode, the instrument vertically expands or contractsone waveform at a time unless zoom lock is on. A...

Displaying Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 133 Overview Control elements and resources To zoom waveforms (Cont.) Select zoom 2. You can select zoom in two ways: H To zoom a waveform, touch and drag across thesegment of the waveform that you w...

Displaying Waveforms 3- 134 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Overview Control elements and resources To zoom waveforms (Cont.) Zoom a waveform 3. To zoom a waveform, start by using one of two methodsto select the axis that you want to adjust: H Push the HO...

Displaying Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 135 Overview Control elements and resources To zoom waveforms (Cont.) Set up MultiView Zoom 6. To display the Zoom setup window, touch Setup in thecontrols window. Select the tab for the zoomedwavefo...

Displaying Waveforms 3- 136 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Overview Control elements and resources To zoom waveforms (Cont.) Checking the zoom factor and position 9. To quickly determine the zoom factor and position of azoomed waveform, check the readout...

Displaying Waveforms 3- 138 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Customizing the Display Use the display customizing features this instrument provides to present thedisplay elements — color, graticule style, waveform representation, and so on —according to you...

Displaying Waveforms 3- 140 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Table 3- 8: Customizable display elements (Cont.) Display attribute Options Access Menu name 1 Entry Display format Display Appearance CSA7000 Series & TDS7000 Series:Choose YT XY or XYZ disp...

Displaying Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 141 Persistence style is only available for live waveforms (waveforms with data thatis being updated); reference waveforms are static and do not use persistence.Math waveforms use persistence if thei...

Displaying Waveforms 3- 144 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Use the procedure that follows to become familiar with the display adjustmentsthat you can make. Overview Customizations you can make Related control elements and resources Prerequisites 1. Displ...

CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 147 Measuring Waveforms The instrument comes equipped with cursors and automatic measurements toassist you in analyzing your waveforms. This section describes these tools andhow you use them: H Taking Automatic Measureme...

Measuring Waveforms 3- 148 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Readouts Graticule Cursors Measurementreadouts Cursorreadouts Figure 3- 33: Graticule, Cursor, and Automatic measurements Taking Automatic Measurements The instrument automatically takes and displ...

Measuring Waveforms 3- 150 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Measure Part of a Waveform. You can feed the entire waveform to a measurement or limit the measurement to a segment of the waveform. By default, theinstrument takes each automatic measurement over...

Measuring Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 153 The High and Low levels from which the reference levels are calculated are thelevels established using the selected Hi/Low method described on page 3--151. Use the procedure that follows to quickl...

Measuring Waveforms 3- 154 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Overview Related control elements and resources To take automatic measurements (Cont.) Take automatic measurements 4. From the Measurement setup control window, select theAmpl, Time, More, Histog,...

Measuring Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 155 Overview Related control elements and resources To take automatic measurements (Cont.) Display measurement statistics 9. From the Measurements setup control window, touchSetup Statistics. 10. From...

Measuring Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 157 Overview Related control elements and resources To take automatic measurements (Cont.) Set measurement reference levels (Cont.) 18. To select how the instrument determines the base andtop of the w...

Measuring Waveforms 3- 158 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Overview Related control elements and resources To take automatic measurements (Cont.) Take a snapshot of measurements 21. From the Measurement setup control window, touch theSnapshot button (Comm...

Measuring Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 159 Use the procedure that follows to take a measurement over a segment of thewaveform (otherwise, the entire waveform is included in the measurement). Overview To gate a measurement Related control e...

Measuring Waveforms 3- 160 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Overview Related control elements and resources To gate a measurement (Cont.) Enable and position the gates 3. To select how to control the gated area, touchMeasurement Gating Cursor, Zoom 1, Zoom...

Measuring Waveforms 3- 162 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Cursor operation is easy, you move the cursors on screen and read the results in thecursor readouts. The following key points will help you use the cursors effectively: Cursor Types. The cursor ty...

Measuring Waveforms 3- 164 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual First point in record Delay Trigger point of cursor source Horizontal divisions × sec/div + Cursor Cursor readout (tn) = Horizontal reference = 0% Figure 3- 38: Components determining Time cursor ...

Measuring Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 165 Table 3- 10: Cursor units Cursors Standard units 1 Readout names Horizontal volts, watts V1, V2, ∆ V Vertical seconds, bits T1, Τ2, ∆ T, F1, F2, ∆ F Waveform, Screen volts, watts, seconds, bits V1...

Measuring Waveforms 3- 168 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Taking Histograms The instrument can display histograms constructed from the selected waveformdata. You can display both vertical (voltage) and horizontal (time) histograms,but only one at a time....

Measuring Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 169 A histogram source can be any waveform (channel or math), including areference waveform. In addition to using limit controls to set histogram box boundaries, you can alsouse standard Windows drag-...

Measuring Waveforms 3- 170 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Overview Related control elements and resources To start and reset histogram counting (Cont.) Set, display, and reset histogram source and type 3. Select either the Source Ch, Math, or Ref tab and...

Measuring Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 171 Overview Related control elements and resources To start and reset histogram counting (Cont.) Set histogram limit controls 9. Touch Adjust Histogram Box Limits, and use the TopLimit, Bottom Limit,...

Measuring Waveforms 3- 172 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual To compensate the instrument so that it can take accurate measurements based onthe ambient temperature, use the procedure that follows. Overview To compensate the instrument Related control elemen...

Measuring Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 173 Overview Related control elements and resources To compensate the instrument (Cont.) For further assistance 6. Touch the Help button to access the online assistance. See page 3--283 to learn about...

Measuring Waveforms 3- 174 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Overview Related control elements and resources To connect the probe calibration fixture (Cont.) Connect the fixture 2. Connect the instrument PROBE COMPENSATIONoutput to either the A or B input u...

Measuring Waveforms 3- 178 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Overview Related control elements and resources To calibrate probes (Cont.) Optimize gain and offset accuracy 2. Connect the fixture to the instrument (see To Connect the Probe Calibration Fixture...

Measuring Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 179 Overview Related control elements and resources To calibrate probes (Cont.) Check the calibration status 11. From the toolbar, touch the VERT button to display the instrument Vertical setup contro...

Measuring Waveforms 3- 180 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual To compensate passive probes to ensure maximum distortion-free input to theinstrument and to avoid high frequency amplitude errors, use the procedure thatfollows. Overview To compensate passive pr...

Measuring Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 181 Overview Related control elements and resources To compensate passive probes (Cont.) For further assistance 8. Touch the Help button to access the online assistance. See page 3--283 to learn about...

Measuring Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 183 Overview Related control elements and resources To deskew channels (Cont.) Compensate probe timing (deskew) (Cont.) 12. Touch Deskew Time and use the multipurpose knobs or keypad to adjust the des...

Measuring Waveforms 3- 184 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Serial Mask Testing The instrument provides a portfolio of masks (optional on the TDS7000 Series &TDS6000 Series) for verifying compliance to optical and electrical standards.You can verify ci...

CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 185 Creating and Using Math Waveforms Once you have acquired waveforms or taken measurements on waveforms, theinstrument can mathematically combine them to create a waveform that supportsyour data-analysis task. For exam...

Creating and Using Math Waveforms 3- 186 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Normal waveform of an impulse response FFT waveform of the magnitude response FFT waveform of the phase response Figure 3- 41: Spectral analysis of an impulse Defining Math Waveforms...

Creating and Using Math Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 187 You create math waveforms to support the analysis of your channel and referencewaveforms. By combining and transforming source waveforms and other datainto math waveforms, you can de...

Creating and Using Math Waveforms 3- 194 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Use the procedure that follows when defining a math waveform. Remember, youshould first ensure that the sources you use exist. Acquisitions should be runningor the channels should al...

Creating and Using Math Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 195 Overview Related control elements and resources To define a math waveform (Cont.) To define/edit a math expression 5. Use the control window at right to define a mathexpression. See ...

Creating and Using Math Waveforms 3- 196 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Overview Related control elements and resources To define a math waveform (Cont.) Apply averaging 10. Touch Avgs to display the Math Averaging controlwindow. The controls in the wind...

Creating and Using Math Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 197 Operations on Math Waveforms This instrument supports many of the same operations for math waveforms thatit provides for channel (live) and reference waveforms. For example, you canm...

Creating and Using Math Waveforms 3- 198 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual The procedure that follows demonstrates some common operations that you canperform on math waveforms: Overview To use math waveforms Related control elements and resources Prerequisi...

Creating and Using Math Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 199 Overview Related control elements and resources To use math waveforms (Cont.) Set scale and position 4. Touch Position or Scale and use the multipurpose knobsor keypad to size and po...

Creating and Using Math Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 201 Overview Related control elements and resources To use math waveforms (Cont.) Take cursor measurements You can also use cursors to measure math waveforms. Usethe same procedures foun...

Creating and Using Math Waveforms 3- 202 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Defining Spectral Math Waveforms The math capabilities of the instrument include spectrum analysis of a wave-form. This section describes a spectral analyzer that allows you to contr...

Creating and Using Math Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 203 H Phase Versus Frequency: You can display phase data as a function of frequency in radians or degrees. You can zero the noise phase for magnitudesbelow a threshold level. Finally, yo...

Creating and Using Math Waveforms 3- 210 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Using the magnitude controls. Vertical units can be either linear or logarithmic. You can select these choices by touching the Math menu button. Then touch theSpectral Analysis Setup...

Creating and Using Math Waveforms 3- 214 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual H Group Delay. When the phase spectrum is a continuous function offrequency, group delay may be computed. This is true of impulse responsetesting where an impulse is fed into the sys...

Creating and Using Math Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 215 In the time domain a window is a bell-shaped function equal in length to the gateduration. For most windows this function tapers to zero at both ends of the gateregion. Before comput...

Creating and Using Math Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 219 H Gaussian Window. This is the default window function (see Figure 3--53). Itis unique in that the time-domain shape of an exponential Gaussian functiontransforms into a Gaussian exp...

Creating and Using Math Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 221 H Hamming Window. This window is unique in that the time domain shapedoes not taper all the way to zero at the ends (see Figure 3--55). This makesit a good choice if you wanted to pr...

Creating and Using Math Waveforms 3- 222 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual H Hanning, Kaiser--Bessel, and Blackman--Harris Windows. These windowshave various resolution bandwidths and scallop losses (see figures 3--56,3--57, and 3--58). Choose the one that ...

Creating and Using Math Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 223 1 0 Amplitude Time -- 67 dB side lobe 0 -- 80 dB Frequency bins -- 40 Figure 3- 57: Time and frequency graphs for the Kaiser-Bessel window

Creating and Using Math Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 227 Effects of trigger jitter. The instrument acquisition system has a sample clock that is asynchronous with respect to the input signal. This means that from oneacquisition to the next...

Creating and Using Math Waveforms 3- 228 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Set the sample rate high enough so that the signals in the spectrum appear attheir correct frequency as opposed to a lower aliased frequency value. Also,complex signal shapes that ha...

Creating and Using Math Waveforms 3- 230 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Use the procedure that follows to select a predefined spectral math waveform.Remember, a channel source should be acquiring or have acquired data. Thissource does not have to be disp...

Creating and Using Math Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 231 Use the procedure that follows when defining a spectral math waveform.Remember, you should first ensure that the sources you use exist. Channelsources should be acquiring or have acq...

Creating and Using Math Waveforms CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 239 Overview Related control elements and resources To define a spectral math waveform (Cont.) For further assistance 34. Touch the Help button in the toolbar to accesscontext-sensitive ...

CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 245 Data Input/Output This section describes the input and output capabilities of your instrument.Specifically, it covers: H Saving and Recalling a Setup on page 3--245 H Saving and Recalling Waveforms on page 3--253 H E...

Data Input/Output CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 247 Avoiding Setup/Waveform Mismatches. Saved setups may contain settings inappropriate for waveforms currently in your instrument. For example, if yousave a setup that displays a math waveform that is ...

Data Input/Output 3- 248 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual If Count reaches 999, it is suggested that you change the base file name toBasefilename1 (for example, Risetime1) on the next save. Your next file willthen be saved as Risetime1000. ext . Use the pr...

Data Input/Output CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 251 Use the procedure that follows to recall a setup to the instrument. Remember thatrecalling a setup replaces the existing setup, which is lost. Overview To recall your setup Control elements and reso...

Data Input/Output CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 253 Saving and Recalling Waveforms This instrument can save any number of waveforms, limited only by the spaceyou have to store them. By saving a waveform, you can recall it at a later time for comparis...

Data Input/Output 3- 254 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Use the procedure that follows to save a waveform or waveforms to a referencelocation, the instrument hard disk, CD-RW disk, a floppy disk, or third partystorage device. Overview To save a waveform ...

Data Input/Output CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 257 Overview Control elements and resources To save a waveform (Cont.) Save your waveform 10. Click the Save button to save the waveform file orreference. To cancel without saving, click the Cancelbutto...

Data Input/Output 3- 260 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual You can clear individual references of data or delete waveform files. If you aresure you do not want the data a reference waveform contains, use the proceduresthat follow to clear it. To clear all r...

Data Input/Output 3- 262 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Exporting and Copying Waveforms This instrument also supports export of waveform data to a file. The instrumentcan export waveforms, images, and measurements in several formats. You canalso copy wav...

Data Input/Output CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 263 H MathCad creates files (.DAT) in a format usable by MathCad. Note that the MathCad file is an ASCII file, the first four values of whichcontain header information: H The first header value holds th...

Data Input/Output CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 271 How you use the exported waveform depends on your application. The followingexample is a simple application; the procedure is general and may requireadapting for your spreadsheet or other data-analy...

Data Input/Output 3- 272 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Overview Control elements and resources To use exported waveforms (Cont.) Begin your chart 5. Click on the row or column number to select the entirerow or column containing your imported waveformval...

Data Input/Output CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 273 Overview Control elements and resources To use exported waveforms (Cont.) For further assistance 9. For more help on exporting waveforms, touch theHelp button in the window to access contextual onli...

Data Input/Output CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 277 Printing Waveforms You can print the display screen, including any waveforms displayed. Before youcan print, you must install and set up your printer. Consult the instructions thatcome with your pri...

Data Input/Output 3- 278 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual To set the format of the printed page, from the application menu bar select theFile menu, and then select Page Setup. The instrument displays the Page Setupwindow shown in Figure 3--65. H Paper: sel...

Data Input/Output CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 279 Figure 3- 65: Page setup window To preview your printout, from the application menu bar select the File menu,and then select Print Preview. The instrument displays the standard MSWindows 2000 Print ...

Data Input/Output 3- 280 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Figure 3- 66: Print preview window Pressing the Windows Print Screen key copies the currently displayed bitmap tothe clipboard. This bitmap does not include the instrument waveforms orgraticule. The...

Data Input/Output CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 281 You can display the current date and time on screen so that they appear onhardcopies that you print. To date and time stamp your hardcopy, do thefollowing steps: Overview To date/time stamp hardcopi...

Data Input/Output 3- 282 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Remote Communication Remote communication is performed through the GPIB interface. Consult theonline Programmer Guide for help with establishing remote communication andcontrol of the instrument. To...

CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 283 Accessing Online Help This manual represents only part of the user assistance available to you — theonline help system, integrated as part of the instrument user interface, providesquick-to-access support for operati...

Accessing Online Help 3- 284 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual How to Use Online Help Use the procedure steps that follow to access contextual help and to learn how tosearch the help system for more information. Overview To use online help Control elements ...

Accessing Online Help 3- 286 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Overview Control elements and resources To use online help (Cont.) To dig deeper 4. You can search for help using the usual methodsavailable for help on a PC: From the menu bar, selectHelp, and ...

Accessing Online Help CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual 3- 287 Overview Control elements and resources To use online help (Cont.) To enable full-text search 7. If you cannot find the information in the Contents orIndex tabs of the online finder, you may wan...

CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual A- 1 Appendix A: Specifications This chapter contains the specifications for the CSA7000 Series Communica-tions Signal Analyzers, the TDS7000 series Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes, andTDS6000 Series Digital Storage Oscillos...

Appendix A: Specifications A- 2 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Product and Feature Description Your instrument is shown in Table A--1. Table A- 1: Instrument models Model Number ofchannels Bandwidth Maximum samplerate (real time) CSA7404 4 4 GHz 20 GS/s ...

Appendix A: Specifications A- 4 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Digital Phosphor. CSA7000 Series & TDS7000 Series only: The instrument can clearly display intensity modulation in your signals. The instrument automati-cally overlays subsequent acquisit...

Appendix A: Specifications CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual A- 5 Serial Triggers. Optional on TDS7000 Series & TDS6000 Series, not available on TDS7104 and TDS7054. Use serial triggers to trigger on serial pattern data. Recovered Clock and Data Trigger...

Appendix A: Specifications A- 6 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Data Storage and I/O. The instrument has a removeable hard disk drive, a CD-RW, and a floppy disk drive that can be used for storage and retrieval ofdata. The instrument has GPIB, USB, Centro...

Appendix A: Specifications A- 38 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Table A- 10: Mechanical specifications (Cont.) Characteristic Description Dimensions Benchtop configuration With front cover Without front cover 278 mm (10.95 in) height330 mm (13 in) with f...

Appendix A: Specifications CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual A- 39 Table A- 11: Environmental specifications (Cont.) Characteristic Description Humidity, operating 20% to 80% relative humidity with a maximum wet bulb temperature of +29 ° C (+84 ° F) at or b...

CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual B- 1 Appendix B: Automatic Measurements Supported This appendix provides a list of all supported measurements and their defini-tions. An illustration showing the levels used to take measurements is alsoincluded. Table B- 1:...

Appendix B: Automatic Measurements Supported CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual B- 5 Table B- 1: Mask measurements and their definition (optional on TDS7000 Series & TDS6000 Series) (Cont.) Name Definition S/N Ratio Ratio of the signal amplitude to the n...

Appendix B: Automatic Measurements Supported CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual B- 7 TCross 1 TCross 2 PBase PTop PCross 1 PCross 2 Eye Aperture Figure B- 2: Eye-diagram and optical values The P values include the mean and standard deviation of the vertical ...

Appendix B: Automatic Measurements Supported B- 8 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual The T1 values are vertical and horizontal values associated with the leftmostcrossing point. These areas are used to establish the following directions: H TCross1 mean , the...

Appendix B: Automatic Measurements Supported CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual B- 9 Measurements Annotations Table B--2 describes the annotations for each measurement. Table B- 2: Supported measurements and their definition Measurements Annotation descripti...

CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual C- 1 Appendix C: Menu Bar Commands Both the instrument menu bar and a toolbar allow you to control instrumentoperation. Where possible, this manual describes operation using first, the frontpanel and then, the toolbar. This...

Appendix C: Menu Bar Commands CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual C- 3 Edit Commands Table C--2 lists the commands available from the Edit menu on the menu bar. Table C- 2: Edit menu commands Menu Submenu Function Undo Last Autoset Undoes the last autoset Cop...

Appendix C: Menu Bar Commands C- 4 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Vertical Commands Table C--3 lists the commands available from the Vertical menu. Table C- 3: Vertical menu commands Menu Submenu Function Vertical Setup Displays the Vertical Setup window...

Appendix C: Menu Bar Commands CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual C- 5 Table C- 3: Vertical menu commands (Cont.) Menu Function Submenu Zoom Setup Displays the Zoom Setup window you use to set up the horizontal and verticalzoom controls Zoom Graticule Size 50...

Appendix C: Menu Bar Commands CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual C- 7 Table C- 4: Horiz/Acq menu commands (Cont.) Menu Function Submenu Zoom Graticule Size 50/50% 80%/20% 100% Size Sets the zoom graticule split mode to 50/50% Sets the zoom graticule split mo...

Appendix C: Menu Bar Commands CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual C- 9 Display Commands Table C--6 lists the commands available from the Display menu. Table C- 6: Display menu commands Menu Submenu Function Display Setup Displays the Display Setup window (sel...

Appendix C: Menu Bar Commands CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual C- 11 Cursors Commands Table C--7 lists the commands available from the Cursors menu. Table C- 7: Cursor menu commands Menu Submenu Function Cursor Controls Displays the Cursor Controls window ...

Appendix C: Menu Bar Commands CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual C- 13 Table C- 8: Measure menu commands (Cont.) Menu Function Submenu Histogram Measure-ments Waveform Count, Hits inBox, Peak Hits, Median,Maximum, Minimum,Peak to Peak, Mean,Standard Deviatio...

Appendix C: Menu Bar Commands C- 14 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Table C- 9: Masks menu commands (Cont.) Menu Function Submenu Mask On Toggles the mask on or off Mask Controls Displays the Mask control window that you use to control mask pass/fail test...

Appendix C: Menu Bar Commands CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual C- 15 Table C- 10: Math menu commands (Cont.) Menu Function Submenu Phase Spectrum Creates a predefined phase spectral math waveform Spectral Controls Displays the Spectral Math controls window...

Appendix C: Menu Bar Commands C- 16 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Table C- 11: Utilities menu commands (Cont.) Menu Function Submenu Deassign MultipurposeKnobs Deassigns the multipurpose knobs from their current function User Preferences Displays a wind...

CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual D- 1 Appendix D: Cleaning Use these procedures to clean your instrument. If additional cleaning is required,have your instrument serviced by qualified service personnel. CAUTION. To prevent getting moisture inside the instr...

Appendix D: Cleaning D- 2 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Flat Panel Display Cleaning The display is soft plastic and must be treated with care during cleaning. CAUTION. Improper cleaning agents or methods can damage the flat panel display. Do not use abr...

CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Glossary- 1 Glossary AC coupling A type of signal transmission that blocks the DC component of a signal butuses the dynamic (AC) component. Accuracy The closeness of the indicated value to the true value. Acquisition The pr...

Glossary Glossary- 12 CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Persistence The amount of time a data point remains displayed. There are threepersistence modes available in the instrument Variable, Infinite, and Off. Phase A timing measurement between two waveforms...

CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual Index- 1 Index Symbols <, A Trigger control window, 3-- 95>, A Trigger control window, 3-- 95 Numbers 1 recent setup file 1, C-- 2100%, Zoom, C-- 550/50%, Zoom, C-- 580/20%, Zoom, C-- 5 A A event (main) trigger setup,...