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Measuring Waveforms
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CSA7000 Series, TDS7000 Series, & TDS6000 Series Instruments User Manual
To compensate passive probes to ensure maximum distortion-free input to the
instrument and to avoid high frequency amplitude errors, use the procedure that
follows.
Overview To compensate passive probes Related control elements and resources
Prerequisites
1. Inst rum ent should be powered on. Allow a 20 minute
warm up.
See page 3--34 for acquisition setup and Power on the
Instrument on page 1--9.
Use adapter;
CSA7404,
CSA7154,
TDS7404,
TDS7254, and
TDS7154
2. If your probe is a 1 M Ohm probe without a TCA
interface, connect it to the instrument using a
TCA-1MEG adapter.
Low frequency
compensation
3. Connect fixture to the instrument (see To Connect Probe
Calibration Fixture on page 3--173).
4. Connect one probe to the fixture.
5. Push the AUTOSET button on the instrument.
6. Adjust the probe compensation box for best square
corner:
Probe compensated
correctly
Probe overcompensated
Probe
undercompensated
7. Remove the connections.
To Compensate Passive
Probes