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1.   1  503  627 1916   For other areas contact Tektronix  Inc  at  1  503  627 7111  Updated November 3  2004    Agilent App Note 1491 Agilent Technologies  Inc        Time Domain Response of Agilent InfiniiMax Probes  and 54850 Series Infiniium Oscilloscopes      Agilent App Note 1461 Agilent Technologies  Inc     User Manual  1134A 7 GHz InfiniiMax Differential  and Single ended Probes  Publication Number  01134 97007   Agilent Technologies  Inc     For Further Information   Tektronix maintains a comprehensive  constantly expanding collection of  application notes  technical briefs and other resources to help engineers  working on the cutting edge of technology  Please visit www tektronix com    eH    Copyright    2004  Tektronix  Inc  All rights reserved  Tektronix products are covered by U S  and foreign  patents  issued and pending  Information in this publication supersedes that in all previously  published material  Specification and price change privileges reserved  TEKTRONIX and TEK are  registered trademarks of Tektronix  Inc  All other trade names referenced are the service marks   trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies    11 04 FLG WOW 6OW 18324 0                Tektronix    Enabling Innovation    
2.  This flatness  is tested with a Network Analyzer that has been  calibrated along with a probe test fixture to be a flat  source out to 20 GHz  as shown in Figures 4 and 5   Network analyzers typically have special high  frequency coaxial connectors  so a special probe  calibration test fixture is used to connect the probe to  the network analyzer  The network analyzer is then  calibrated to take out any frequency effects of the  cables and the test fixture  This method insures the  repeatability of the measurement because there can  be slight differences in cables and fixtures between  test stations  This flat system is what Tektronix defines  as Vsource Or VIN     The probe is then connected to the test fixture  as  shown in Figure 6  and the response of the probe is  measured  as shown in Figure 7     Probes have components that can be used to adjust  their frequency response  These components can be  actively adjusted to calibrate the probe in real time  and make the response as flat as possible throughout  its frequency range  One advantage of this method is  that the frequency dependant loading of the probe Is  automatically compensated in the process        Probe Test Fixture    Tet  Plane     gt  Figure 4  Network analyzer and test fixture setup for test  system calibration     Probe Power  Supply    50Q  Termination     gt  Figure 6  Setup for measuring the probe response on the  network analyzer            Probe Bandwidth Calculations   gt  Technical Brief    8 Sep 
3.  seen by comparing the two figures that the new  Agilent bandwidth method tends to inflate the probe  bandwidth compared to the traditional method     6 www tektronix com accessories    7 Sep 2004 05 00 58  CRI  24 LOG 3 dB REF 6 dB  tp     PRm    START 050 686 666 GHz STOP 20 000 666 668 GHz     gt  Figure 9  Loading of Agilent 1134A with Differential Solder Probe Tip           BANII        START  856 606 666 GHz STOP 20 000 666 668 GHz     gt  Figure 10  Calculated V using math to account for probe loading        7 Sep 2004 05 03 50  CHI   24 LOG 3 dB  REF  20 dB       SI      a                    4   l   L                    L                                       Lun ao e  START 050 000 666 GHz       i    STOP 20 000 666 608 GHz     gt  Figure 11  1134A Differential Solder Probe Tip Response without using  math to divide out the loading  Tektronix Method      If the probe is measured using the Tektronix method   the probe response exhibits about a 2dB roll off  Starting around 2 GHz  Once the loading is divided  from the probe response  the probe looks fairly flat  throughout its frequency range  The Agilent probes  are designed to give a math frequency response  or  loaded response  that is as flat as possible  The  bandwidth of the probe is then defined as the point  where this math response is down 3dB from the  probe   s DC response  In essence the new Agilent  bandwidth specification method assumes a zero ohm  source impedance  a source unaffected by probe  loading  
4.  step response  The probe  response that is displayed on the oscilloscope screen  includes the loading  Oscilloscope measurement  algorithms are typically designed to look for a 10 90   point to make its measurement  Distortion in the front  corner may change the wave shape enough that the  90  point is significantly different and measures  incorrectly  20 80  rise time measurements experience  less of an impact from front corner distortions  because the measurement takes place farther from  the corner     Conclusion    An oscilloscope probe is a tool used by engineers to  quickly make measurements and help get products to  market  The enormous increase in signal speeds over  the past few years has introduced complexities in  probing that probe users need to know about and  account for  In the past  all oscilloscope probe  designers subscribed to the same philosophy  The  introduction of Agilent   s loaded response type probe  has given probe users an extra tool  but it has also  Caused some confusion     Care must be taken to understand how a probe will  interact with a DUT  no matter which probe type is  used  Agilent probes might be good tools for a small  set of applications  but are not well suited for general  purpose probing tasks like DUT characterization   validation  and mask testing because they require  extra calculation to extract the probe loading  In  contrast  Tektronix probes are good tools   for general purpose probing tasks because they  endeavor to directl
5.  will only show the system performance as it is  affected by the probe loading  Engineers then have  to decide if what they are seeing is due to their  system or just part of the effect of probe loading  It is  possible to take the data and work backwards to find  the original signal  but this process is difficult and  time consuming  Agilent has no automated oscillo   scope routine that will perform this step  It must be  done for every single waveform that is measured  If  this step is omitted  then the data that is recorded is  suspect  This phenomenon can become even more of  a issue if engineers want to use one of the vast array  of applications that are available on oscilloscopes     10 www tektronix com accessories    All of theses applications use the oscilloscope data  to perform their analysis  If the raw probe data is  used  the applications may give false passes or fails  because of the extra effects from the probe that are  not there in the original signal     Agilent has an application note that describes in more  detail methods that can be used to take the output of  their probe and work backwards to display the original  signal  Agilent sampling oscilloscopes have a normal   ization feature that can be used to calibrate out test  fixture features when making time domain reflectometer   TDR  measurements  This same normalization feature  can be used to account for the probe loading and helps  the probe display the original signal  The drawback to  this method i
6. 2004 05 39 58            START   56 686 666 GHz STOP 20 000 666 668 GHz        gt  Figure 5  After calibration  network analyzer showing  a NAL V urco    1 Jul 2004 02 24 37  CRD si2 Los 3 dB REF  i4 dB    PRm       STOP 20 000 606 668 GHz    START   56 686 666 GHz     gt  Figure 7  Tektronix P7380 Probe Response     www tektronix com accessories    5    Probe Bandwidth Calculations   gt  Technical Brief    ERGER  m ooojon00      Gey        gt  Figure 8  Calibration Setup to measure probe loading     Agilent follows a somewhat similar method  but uses a  few additional steps to calibrate the probe to show a  loaded response  After the network analyzer has been  calibrated as a flat source with the test fixture  the  probe loading over frequency is measured and saved  to memory  This is done by measuring the test fixture  through response with the probe connected to the test  fixture  aS Shown in Figure 8  The result of the probe  loading on the test fixture through response is shown  in Figure 9     Math is then used to divide the flat reference by the  probe loading to account for the affects of loading   This is what Agilent uses as Vin when they do the  bandwidth calculation     Then the probe is placed into the system and its  frequency response is measured  Figure 11 shows  the Agilent probe response using the traditional band   width measurement used by Tektronix  Figure 12  shows the Agilent probe response using the new  Agilent bandwidth measurement method  It can be 
7. 3dB  of its low frequency    Probe Bandwidth Calculations   gt  Technical Brief    100000       es 2 en ee E a a   a A CF 2 2 ee ee ee   A A O T O A S ee T   A ee eee A A A ee a A A E ee ee A E a A   S S w    S S S T S   a ea aea   S ON E A   10000 O AN A A Ee See   S 0 en ee E a E     A 0 0 0 a A   E E S   5 O S A S SE NAS S S   g THAT TTT INT TTT oro 1177   e   EU TTT TIS Sulit E nese     eo  L E N il   1000 A A    nkan kanla n La   a SO D D O D D I A E O O A A Y   a A i   C ee T tte Na  ttt ttt a aF       H HH th ot AS eh          oo  1 00E 05 1 00E 06 1 00E 07 1 00E 08 1 00E 09 1 00E 10  Frequency  Hz      gt  Figure 3  Differential Input Impedance of Tektronix P7380 with Short  Flex Small Resistor Flex Tip Clip    Assembly     value  This is an industry standard definition of  bandwidth  The difference in implementation method   ology between Tektronix and Agilent concerns the  definition of the reference signal  Vin  Introducing the  probe into that well controlled environment can cause  that environment to change  Tektronix and Agilent  account for that change in different ways     Throughout the years  50Q environments have been  the standard for generation and transmission of high  speed signals  Consequently  oscilloscope probes  have been generally characterized using a terminated  50Q signal generator  The response of a test signal  generator is calibrated to be as flat as possible over  the frequency range of interest  Tektronix characterizes  this flat source  V
8. A probe characterized by Agilent   s method  would have an effective bandwidth that is lower than  its calculated bandwidth because the probe is used in  real world environment with real impedances that are  not zero  The Tektronix bandwidth measurement  method by comparison is optimized for an effective  25Q source impedance  50 source in parallel with a  50Q termination   which is much closer to real world  conditions for measuring high speed signals ina  terminated 50Q environment     Probe Bandwidth Calculations   gt  Technical Brief    7 Sep 2004 05 04 22                                                             START 050 686 666 GHz STOP 20 000 666 608 GHz     gt  Figure 12  1134A Differential Solder Probe Tip Response using math to  divide out the loading  Agilent Method      One indication of the limitations of this new Agilent  method for specifying probe bandwidth is to consider    the case of a probe with a high bandwidth and a large    amount of probe loading  This probe  using the Agilent  bandwidth measurement method  would appear to  have a very high bandwidth  but would have limited  usefulness in a real world environment     Time Domain Response   Ramifications    of Using a Loaded Response Probe    Although one of the main specifications for  oscilloscopes is bandwidth  a measure of frequency  response  oscilloscopes are primarily time domain  instruments  The data displayed on an oscilloscope  is a graph of amplitude versus time  Differences that  look sm
9. Probe Bandwidth Calculations       A probe is a critical element in an oscilloscope  measurement system  An oscilloscope probe provides  the physical and electrical connection to the circuit  under test  It also buffers and conditions the signal  for the oscilloscope channel input  An ideal oscillo   scope probe would measure a signal with perfect  fidelity so that it can be accurately displayed on the  attached oscilloscope  In making this measurement  the probe would also ideally not disturb the probed  signal in any way  Since ideal probes are only  available in an ideal world  here in the real world  probe measurement fidelity is limited by both probe  electrical performance and probe loading      gt  Technical Brief    Every engineer has a story about a probe causing a  circuit to stop working  There are even stories about  probes that cause circuits to start working  The reality  is that probes interact with the devices under test   DUT   and this interaction modifies the shape of the  signal waveform  One of the main goals in probe  design is to minimize the probe loading to such a  point that the interaction is insignificant to the device  under test  Unfortunately as signal speeds increase   it becomes more difficult to reduce probe loading to  an insignificant level     Tektronix    Enabling Innovation    Probe Bandwidth Calculations   gt  Technical Brief    Rsource              gt  Figure 1  Discrete Model of Probe Loading     Increasing signal speed for digital co
10. SS eS ee ee ee ee eee eee eee    alt   ran Q     10 05 AM 9 7 04  Loaded Eye Pattern     gt  Figure 15  Example of a loaded response type probe in the time domain   2 5 Gbps PRBS7 data pattern  40 ps 10 90  Rise time        u FAaALFErAnIi mrrTmTN 1 ARrRrACAMKIAC QOQ  v tektronix com accessories 9          Probe Bandwidth Calculations   gt  Technical Brief    If you want to see how the probe is affecting your  circuit  you should consider choosing an Agilent probe   For example  this is useful if the circuit can be modeled  and simulated  The probe loading can be added to  the model and the output of the simulation can be  checked with the output of probe and oscilloscope    A Tektronix probe can be used for this type of  measurement  but it requires that the device under  test be terminated into an oscilloscope channel   typically through a coax cable  This type of connection  is not always available on circuit boards     An Agilent probe is good in a few specific applications   but it does not work very well as a general purpose  tool  The probe will not give you the data you are  looking for without a lot of auxiliary calculation and  extra time because the loading of the probe is always  included in the data  This type of probe is not a   good general purpose tool because it adds an extra  layer of complexity     Engineers know what they expect to see when they  measure their circuits and they use probes to verify  that everything is working as designed  The Agilent  probe
11. all in the frequency domain can have a big  impact in the time domain     www tektronix com accessories 7    Probe Bandwidth Calculations   gt  Technical Brief    we Edit View Setup Utilities Help 500 Waveforms  Acqs 500 of 500 Tektronk  5      amp  2  fo Aln c   Run Stop   Aca Mode Sample 7  Trig Extemal Direct   7  f509 2mv ae 50       Pulse x  Amplitude Y nut   nan A  an  w  nn   7   elg w   j pend ME  Or       m 146 3mVWdiv    WimDB C1 sf  i WimDB M1 sA       Source  Zo 50          ED     SS eS eS ae eee Ss ee ee ee Se eee ees Sea       50 ohm through    we Edit View Setup Utilities Help Triggered Tektronix  laja  ajz fo lnc   REET    Mode   Sample x  Trig  Extemal Direct      f503 2mv ae 50  h2   Pulse     Amplitude x  nut   nan n  an   me var   200  an     BARA ka Ee wj Sjn fi aa z  syp 7  gt  i     m 146 3mWdiv    WimDB C1     WimDB M1              Scope  0   Z0 50    gD           Wek  2S OSS SSeS eS eS See aS ee eee ee eee eae ee             ae Ge Fron Q  9 31 AM 9 7 04  Unloaded Eye Pattern from Source             waj pewa BE  Pr Raj Foe BE BE  10a are  Loaded Eye Pattern     gt  Figure 13  Time Domain effect of probe loading as shown on the CSA TDS8000 sampling oscilloscope   2 5 Gb s PRBS7 data pattern  40 ps 10 90  Rise time    A square wave is much more complex than it looks  when seen on an oscilloscope display  According to  Fourier math  a perfect square wave can be broken  down into an infinite series of harmonic sinusoids   However  since today   s probes an
12. ceivers do not have to deal with the issues of probe  loading  The signal quality that reaches the receiver  depends mainly on the quality of the transmission  lines and the 50Q termination  The masks define the  limits of a serial data stream in its intended environment   which does not include external factors like probe  loading  Sometimes it is not possible to gain access  to a serial data stream to pipe it directly into an  oscilloscope  An example of this situation would be  two chips on the same board that have a high speed  serial connection between them  The only way to   gain access to the data stream would be to use an  oscilloscope probe     A Tektronix probe can be used for mask testing  because the probe is designed to reproduce the  signal as it was in its original environment  On the  other hand  an Agilent probe displays a signal that  includes the probe loading and may not meet the  criteria to make a valid mask test  A circuit that is  designed to pass a mask test with an Agilent probe  may experience problems when the probe is not  connected to the system  because it passed the test  in a non valid environment  An Agilent probe may be  used to make compliance tests if special modified  masks are used  but standard masks as specified by  the standard committees cannot be used     Probe Bandwidth Calculations   gt  Technical Brief    The Agilent probe s rise time measurements may also  be invalid because the probe   s loading affects the  front corner of any
13. d  The response on  the Agilent oscilloscope display does have similar  features to the loaded eye pattern     Both methods for calibrating the probes are valid   depending on what you want to look at and measure   Tektronix believes that most probe users want to know  what is happening inside their circuits when a probe  is not attached  Therefore the probes are designed   to meet that need  If you want to know what is  happening inside the circuit  you should choose a  Tektronix probe  This type of probe is a good general  purpose tool for making measurements without a lot  of effort     alle Edit View Setup Utilities Help 500 Waveforms  Acqs 500 of 500 Teron   7   amp     flv hic Run Stop   Aca Mode  Sample 7  Trig Extemal Direct   7  509 2mv a 50   K   Pulse    Ampitude    nn  nnn  cn   an    ane ME EA oe ka ALA AEE     m 146 3m Vidliv    i EimDB C1 sA  WimDB M1 w          lt a ere ee ne a Oe Oe nw On VO Sn Onl ne Sn ne SO Oy SO Sn Se SOO    Caffe are Mn AIA 9 31 AM 9 7 04  Unloaded Eye Pattern from Source       Probe Bandwidth Calculations    ep  Te 3  Briet    cile Edit Vertical Horiz Acq Trig Display Cursors Measure Masks Math App Utilities Help Buttons  Tek Run WtmDB 13 Jun 04 15 31 4  IMASK  2 5 Electrical 2 5 GB S           67 5ps     67 98077p W 67 5p IMi 68 75p BH 633 0f    62 5ps div  800GS s ET 1 25ps pt   Comm 0 0V    Rise       Tektronix P7380 Probe Response  on TDS6804B Oscilloscope             Source Scope  20 50 20 50 P e Edt View Setup Utilities Help  Trig
14. d oscilloscopes do  not have an Infinite amount of bandwidth  a square  wave signal will not appear perfect  Since the square  wave signals cannot change instantly from a low state  to a high state  rise time and fall time numbers are  used to characterize the speed of this change  More  high frequency content equates to faster rise and   fall times  The sharpness of the square wave signal  edges is affected by the amount of high frequency  content that is available  Probe loading is frequency  dependant and it typically gets worse at higher  frequencies  Therefore probe loading has a direct  impact on the corner of any step function or square  wave  Figure 13 illustrates the probe loading affects  on an eye diagram     The differences between the two philosophies of  showing either the unloaded response  Tektronix  or  the loaded response  Agilent  become much more  apparent in the time domain     8 www tektronix com accessories          How the Theory is Reduced to Practice    As shown in Figures 14 and 15  both measurement  methodologies produce what they promise  The  Tektronix probe was designed to show the original  signal that was output by the device under test before  the probe was attached  Even for a signal with this  fast rise time  the response shown on the oscilloscope  display looks very similar to the eye diagram generated  by the source  The Agilent probe was designed to  show the loaded signal  the signal in the device under  test after the probe was attache
15. ence in philosophies  let  us look at a simplified example  Suppose you have a  perfect 1VDC signal that you want to measure  When  you measure this signal with a probe  you expect the  probe to measure 1VDC  If probe loading caused the  signal level to drop to 0 95V  would you want the  orobe to read 1VDC or 0 95VDC  The Tektronix  philosophy is that you want to see a 1V signal   Agilent   s philosophy is that you want to see the  0 95V signal     This example can be taken one step further  Suppose  you want to measure a perfect AC sinusoidal 1Vpp  signal  This signal can be swept from a few hertz to  gigahertz frequencies and still have a perfect 1Vpp  signal level  As the signal source is swept through its  frequency range  should the probe output change with  frequency due to its changing load profile or should  the output of the probe read 1Vpp throughout the    4 www tektronix com accessories    majority of its frequency range  This is a simplified  example  but it clearly illustrates the differences in  probing philosophy    Tektronix believes that it is more useful for probe  users to know what is happening inside their circuits  when the probe is not attached  The remainder of this  paper examines in greater detail the effect of Agilent   s  probing philosophy and why Tektronix supports the  traditional bandwidth measurement technique     How Probe Bandwidth is Measured    Tektronix designs the probe response to be as flat as  possible throughout its frequency range 
16. gered Tironi 13    Ey  6 f   Vin  amp  Rf Aln c    Acq Mode  Sample    Tiig Extemal Direct  _ f509 2mv BE 50   R2    Pulse    Amplitude    nn  nan  cn   an  sem  unr   sui  rn       oe    Ee   ss    NZ NZ  50 ohm through         m 146  3mVidiv    E Bwimppc1 sA  WimDB M1 w         eS cS Sees eee See eS See eS Se eee ee    wa  pema aE  frm aja saw  Loaded Eye Pattern     gt  Figure 14  Example of an unloaded response type probe in the time domain   2 5 Gbps PRBS7 data pattern  40 ps 10 90  Rise time    te Edit View Setup Utilities Help  500 Waveforms  Acgs 500 of 500 Teron          amp  R f   Aln C   Run Stop   Acq Mode   Sample x  Trig Extemal Direct   Z  f503 2mv ae 50  R   Pulse 7  Amplitude Y na  w ajar mjw majal wo     m 146 3rnVidiv    WimDB C1 s    WimDB M1 i       Te ee ane a a SO dO OO OO OS Oe Sy    wt La  146 3mW BE   aH  main Q  Q  l aH BH 331 AM 9 7 04    Unloaded Eye Pattern from Source     cile Control Setup Measure Analyze Utilities Help                w   6006  nEEEE       lof 2     regic iole  Dee 7             forms    Agilent 1134A Differential Probe Tip  Response on 54855A Oscilloscope                     Source l Scope e Edt View Setup Utilities Help Triggered Teron   5  Zo 50 Zo 50 no BRAA  E Aca ode  Sanne  gt   Telere siea    ea BE soje   Vin BI R  AAC Acq Mode  Sample    Trig Extemal Direct v Pa 509 2m   A 50  R    SDS  Q   To    Pulse v   Ampitude    n non  on   nn   u   200  al Ell Be   sun        m 146 3mVidiv    WimDB C1 s    WimDB M1 wi    Es  SS 
17. mmunications  has placed new demands on probe electrical perform   ance and loading  High speed signal probing requires  an oscilloscope probe to measure signals in a trans   mission line environment  The effect of probe loading  in a transmission line environment requires a more  complex treatment than the simple discrete probe  load models once commonly used  Probe loading  effects in a distributed circuit environment have also  led a probe vendor to introduce a new approach to  both probe measurement and probe specification   Because this new approach has created some  confusion in the probe market  this paper will examine  this new approach and compare it with the more  traditional  accepted approach     Probe Loading    Historically  oscilloscope probes have been described  using discrete models  A typical discrete model  as  shown in Figure 1  describes the probe loading as DC  resistance and an input capacitance     This is a valid method when the signal speeds are  slow  Electrical signals will propagate down a trans   mission line with a propagation velocity that depends     1 TekConnect    Probes  Signal Fidelity Issues and Modeling   Tektronix  Inc     2 www tektronix com accessories    Z   50 Z   50    PROBE     gt  Figure 2  Distributed Model of Probe Loading     on the physical properties of the material around the  transmission line  For a microstrip transmission line on  FR 4 circuit board material  the propagation velocity is  about 150 ps inch  which is abou
18. s that the source needs to be well char   acterized with the probe loading in place before the  normalization can occur  In many instances  the probe  user s final goal is to characterize their own signal   Why go through all the trouble to fully characterize  their signal so that they can go back and measure it  again with the probe  Agilent   s real time oscilloscopes  do not have this normalization feature  Their solution  to this problem is to add a probe compensation circuit  to the source using discrete components  While this  does produce the desired effect  it is an impractical  solution for engineers testing their own circuits  Why  go through all the trouble to back out the original  signal from the Agilent probe when a Tektronix probe  does this directly     Another drawback of an Agilent probe is that it  cannot be reliably used for mask testing  As can   be seen in the pictures  probe loading can have a  significant impact on the front corner of high speed  digital signals  This could cause a signal to artificially  fail or pass a mask test because the probe loading is  part of the response     Mask testing is an important tool for high speed serial  data testing  Most serial data standards specify  masks that may be used to validate data streams to  make sure they comply to the standards  The masks  are typically designed to be used with an end of line  receiver  like a terminated 50Q oscilloscope channel  or an SMA input probe like the P7380SMA  End of line  re
19. soyrce  and calls it Vin  The   probe response is then designed to be as flat as  possible throughout its frequency range in this clean  50Q environment  This method of characterizing  probes has an inherent effect of compensating for  the probe loading  A probe of this type displays the  original unloaded signal on the oscilloscope  This is  the signal the device under test would see before the  probe is attached     www tektronix com accessories  3    Probe Bandwidth Calculations   gt  Technical Brief    Agilent takes the position that the loading of the probe  has an impact on the measured signal such that  Vsource   Vin  They assert that the probe   s frequency  dependent loading has to be measured and factored  into the calibration to accurately derive the bandwidth  of the probe  A probe that has been characterized  with this method gives a bandwidth and probe  response that includes the loading of the probe ina  50Q environment  This probe does not attempt to  compensate for the loading  but in fact includes   the loading  An Agilent probe displays on the  oscilloscope screen the original signal as it has   been loaded by the probe     If a probe existed that had no loading  both philosophies  would converge and you would see no difference  between the probes  Since probe loading does exist   the difference in measurement philosophy has an  impact on both the waveform displayed by the probe  and the specifications of the probe bandwidth     To better explain the differ
20. t half the speed of  light  For a signal rise time of 500 ps  the length of  transmission line over which the rise time variation of  the signal can be observed is about three inches   electrical length   signal rise time propagation  velocity   A conservative guideline that can be applied  is that an interconnect can be expected to show  transmission line effects for interconnects longer   than 1 6th the length over which the signal variation  propagates  0 5 inch for the microstrip transmission  line example     As long as the physical characteristics  of the circuit are smaller than this 1 6th of a propagation  length  a discrete model can be used  However as  electrical interconnects get faster  this becomes much  more of an issue  A 100 ps rise time signal will have   a 0 66 inch propagation length in FR 4  Features  larger than 0 11 inches will start to show transmission  line effects     Oscilloscope probes are now being described with  distributed models  as shown in Figure 2  These models  helo to take into account transmission line effects     Probe loading can be more accurately characterized  by its input impedance over the frequency range of  the probe  Figure 3 shows the input impedance  variation with frequency of a high performance differ   ential probe  The use of input impedance is a straight   forward way to model complex interactions between  resistance  Capacitance and inductance over frequency   This characterization method allows probe users   to gauge 
21. the impact of the probe loading at   specific frequencies     Oscilloscope Probing Philosophy    Oscilloscope probes have a very different usage  model when compared to oscilloscopes  Today s high  bandwidth oscilloscopes all have 50Q terminations on  each channel  The oscilloscope is meant to be used  as an end of line receiver that expects to see a signal  coming from a 50Q source  An oscilloscope probe is  intended to be connected to a device under test that  iS  presumably  already source and receiver terminated   These probes are usually designed to have a high  inout impedance so that the probe affects the device  under test as little as possible     There are two schools of thought on what an oscilloscope  orobe should actually display on an oscilloscope   Tektronix subscribes to the philosophy that a probe  should measure the unloaded  or original  signal   Agilent subscribes to a different philosophy that says  a probe should measure the loaded signal  What  exactly does this mean  First you have to understand  how probe bandwidth is characterized     The through response  or transfer function  of a probe  is characterized as Vourt   Vij where Vix is the input to  the probe and the Vour is the output of the probe  The  ratio describes the gain of the probe amplifier and  can be written as Voyz  f  Vin f  because this gain can  change with frequency  The bandwidth of the probe is  defined as the frequency at which the transfer function  of the probe is down to 0 707  
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