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详细说明:U1562pdf,Keysight U1562A无源探头可兼容U1600A系列手持式数字示波器。03 Keysight Eight Hints for Better Scope Probing- Application Ncte
Hint #1
Passive or active probe?
For general-purpose mid-to-low-frequency
Yellow: Signal before probed
Yellow: Signal before probed
Green: Signal after probed
Green: Signal after probed
(less than 600-MHz)measurements.
Purple: Output of probe
Purple: Output of probe
passive high-impedance resistor divider
probes are good choices. These rugged and
inexpensive tools offer wide dynamic range
(greater than 300 V)and high input resis
tance to match a scopes input impedance
However, they impose heavier capacitive
loading and offer lower bandwidths than
Figure 1-1. Comparison of passive and active probe measuring a s gnal that has a
low-impedance(z0) passive probes or
600 psec rise time
active probes. All in all, high-impedance Keysight N2873A 500-MHz passive
passive probes are a great choice for gener- with 15-cm alligator ground leag ve probe Keysight N2796A 2GHz active probe
with 1.8-cm ground lead
al-purpose debugging and troubleshooting
Signal loaded, now has 740 psec edge
Signal unaffected by probe, still has
on most analog or digital circuits
Probe output contains resonance and
630 psec edge
For high-frequency applications ( greater
measures 1. 4 nsec edge
Probe output matches signal and
than 600 MHz) that demand precision
measure 555 psec
across a broad frequency range, active
In Figure 1-1 we see screen shots from a
The inductive and capacitive effects of the
probes are the way to go. They cost more
600 MHz scope the Keysight Technologies, passive probe also cause overshoot and
than passive probe and their input voltage
is limited, but because of their significantly
Inc DSO 9064A)measuring a signal that ripping effects in the probe output ( purple
has a 500 psec rise time. On the left, a
trace). Some designers are not concerned
lower capacitive loading they give you
more accurate insight into fast signals
Keysight N2873A 500 MHz passive probe about this amount of measurement error
was used to measure this signal On the
For others this amount of measurement
right, a Keysight N2796A 2 GHz single
error is unacceptable
ended active probe was used to measure
the same signal. the yellow trace shows
We can see that the signal is virtually
the signal before it was probed and is the unaffected when we attach an active probe
same in both cases. The green trace shows such as Keysight's N2796A 2 GHz active
the signal after it was probed, which is the probe to the dUt. The signal's character-
same as the input to the probe. The purple istics after being probed (green trace)are
trace shows the measured signal, or the
nearly identical to its un- probed character
output of the probe
istics(N2796A 2 GHz trace). In addition, the
rise time of the signal is unaffected by the
A passive probe loads the signal down
probe being maintained at 555 psec. Also,
with its input resistance, inductance and the active probes output (green trace
capacitance(green trace). You probably
matches the probed signal (purple trace)
expect that your oscilloscope probe will not and measures the expected 600 psec rise
affect your signals in your device under test time. Using the 1156A active probe's 2 GHz
(DUT). However, in this case the passive bandwidth with superior signal fidelity and
probe does have an effect on the dut. the low probe loading makes this possible
probed signals rise time becomes 4 ns
instead of the expected 600 psec, partly
due to the probes input impedance, but
also due to its limited 500-Mhz bandwidth
in measuring a 583-MHz signal (0.35,
600 psec =583 MHz)
04 Keysight I Eight Hints for Better Scope Probing- Application Ncte
Hint #2
Key differences between passive and active probes are summarized below in Figure 1-2
High Impedance Passive Probe Active Probe
Probe loading check with
Power requirement NO
YES
two probes
Loader
Heavy capacitive loading and
Best overall combination of
low Resistive loading
resistive and capacitive loading
Bandwidth
up to 700 MHz
up to 30 GHz
Applications
General purpose mid-to-low
High-frequency applications
frequency measurements
Ruggedness
Very rugged
Less rugged
Max input voltage 300V
~40V
Typical Pri
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Slk
F gure 1-2 Compariscn of high-impedance passive and active probes
Before probing a circuit, connect your
To check the probe loading ettect, first,
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probe tip to a point on your circuit and then connect one probe to the circuit under test
connect your second probe to the same
or a known step signal and the other end to
point Ideally, you should see no change
the scope s input Watch the trace on the
Signal measured
on your signal. If you see a change, it is
scope screen, save the trace and recall it
wwc probes
caused by the probe loading
on the screen so that the trace remains on
the screen for a comparison. Then, using
In an ideal world, a scope probe would be a another probe of the same kind, connect
non-intrusive(having infinite input resis
to the same point and see how the original
tance, zero capacitance and inductance) trace changes over the double probing
Wire attached to the circuit of interest
Fig 2-1. Probe loading check with twc probes and it would provide an exact replica of You may need to make adjustments to your
the signal being measured. But in the
probing or consider using a probe with
real world, the probe becomes part of the
lower loading to make a better measure
measurement and it introduces loading to
ment. For instance, in this example
the circuit
shortening the ground lead did the trick. In
Figure 2-2, the circuit ground is probed with
a long 18 cm(7) ground lead
Figure 2-2. Probe loading caused by a long ground lead
5 Keysight Eight Hints for Better Scope Probing- Application Ncte
Hint#3
Compensate probe betore use
Most probes are designed to match the
inputs of specific oscilloscope models
However, there are slight variations from
scope to scope and even between different o ede s
input channels in the same scope. Make
sure you check the probe compensation
Figure 2-3 Reduced probe loading with short grourd lead
when you first connect a probe to an
oscilloscope input because it may have
In Figure 2-3, the same signal ground
been adjusted previously to match a
is probed with a short spring- loaded
different input. To deal with this. most
ground lead. The ringing on the probed
passive probes have built-in compensation signal (purple trace)went away with
RC divider networks. Probe compensation
the shorter ground lead
is the process of adjusting the rc divider
so the probe maintains its attenuation ratio
over the probes rated bandwidth
If your scope can automatically compensate
for the performance of probes, it makes
igure 3-1. Use a small screw driver to adjust
the probe's variable capacitance
sense to use that feature. otherwise, use
manual compensation to adjust the probes
variable capacitance. Most scopes have a
Probe Tip
square wave reference signal available on
Cable
Probe body
Scope
the front panel to use for compensating the
probe. You can attach the probe tip to the
probe compensation terminal and connect
Comp
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the probe to an input of the scope. viewing
the square wave reference signal, make
the proper adjustments on the probe using
a small screw driver so that the square
waves on the scope screen look square
Figure 3-2. Compensation adjustment corresponds to the f at square wave
The diagram at the top of figure 3-2 shows low-frequency adjustment is not properly
how to properly adjust the compensating
made. This will result in high-frequency
capacitor in the termination box at the
Inaccuracies in your measurements
end of the probe. As you can see in the
It's very important to make sure
picture, you can have either overshoot or
this compensation capacitor is
undershoot on the square wave when the
correctly adjusted
06 Keysight Eight Hints for Better Scope Probing- Application Ncte
Hint 4
Unfortunately, this approach is not
The new N2820A Series high-sensitivity
appropriate for measuring small currents
current probes from Keysight technologies
ow current measurement tips
that rapidly change between sub-mil
address the need for high-sensitivity current
amps and several amps because of the
measurements with a wide dynamic range
limited dynamic range and sensitivity of
These probes also offer the advantage of
As modern battery-powered devices and
integrated circuits become more green and
the clamp-on type current probe, which is physically small connections to the device
energy efficient, there is a growing need
limited to a few milli amps. In the example under test (DUT) since today's application
to make high sensitivity low level current
for measuring the current consumption of a environments require an extremely small
measurements to ensure these devices
mobile phone, the idle state current is not form factor. The new N2820A/21A AC/DC
current consumption is within acceptable
quite measurable because it is buried in the current probes offer the industry s highest
limits. The key applications calling for
probe noise
sensitivity among oscilloscope current
probes, going all the way down to 50 uA
accurate power consumption measurement
are battery-powered applications such as
Also, for a more accurate measurement
with a maximum current range of 5 A
wireless mobile devices and consumer
one would occasionally degauss the probe
electronics. To maximize the battery lite
to remove residual magnetism from the
engineers need to minimize the power con
probe core and compensate for any dc off
sumption over the lite of the product Power
set of the clamp-on current probe. T his extra
is defined as p=v x l. the key enabler of
calibration procedure makes the clamp-on
reducing the power consumption of a device
current probe cumbersome to use
is to lower the average current consumption
for a fixed supply voltage level
Transmit ]current pulses
a primary challenge in measuring the
current consumption of battery-powered
mobile devices, such as a cell phone or
a tablet computer is that the dynamic
Receive curent pulses
range of the current signal is very wide
The mobile device typically switches back
and forth between active states where it
500 mA/div
draws very high and fast peak currents and
Idle current
2 ms/div
an idle or standby current mode, where it
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draws very small DC and Ac currents
Figure 4-1. The current drain measured on a GSM cell phone when making a cal
Figure 4-1 shows the current drain mea
sured on a gSM cell phone when making
s
a call. The active current peaks as high as
2A. and at idle mode the current drain is
extremely small
e
a simple way to measure a current with
an oscilloscope is to use a clamp-on type
current probe such as Keysight's 1147B
or N2893a to directly monitor the current
going into the device
Figure 4-2. A simple way to measure a current with an oscilloscope is to use a clamp-on type
current probe such as Keysight's 1147B or N2893A
07 Keysight Eight Hints for Better Scope Probing- Application Ncte
Keysight's N2820A 2-channel high sensitiv
ity current probe comes with two parallel
differential amplifiers inside the probe with
different gain settings, where the low gain
side allows you to see the entire waveform
or the zoom out" view of the waveform
and the high gain amplifier provides a
zoom in"view to observe extremely small
current fluctuations, such as a mobile
phones idle state. The N2820A/21Acur-
rent probes are optimized for measuring the
current flow within the dut to characterize
sub-circuits, allowing the user to see both
ge signals and details on fast and wide
dynamic current waveforms
Figure 4-3. The new N2820A/71A AC/DC current probes oter the industry s highest
sensitivity among oscilloscope current probes
The probe offers an innovative method
of connecting the probe to your dUT. The
supplied Make-Before-Break(MBB)con
nectors allow you to quickly probe multiple
locations on your DUT without having to
solder or unsolder the leads the mbb
header may be mounted on your target
board or wired out of the dut. lt fits into
standard 0. 1"spacing thru- holes for 0.025
square pins. Users should plan their PCB
Figure 4-4. The supplied Make-Before-Break
layouts accordingly. The MBBs are a great
(MBB) connectors al ow you to quickly probe
multiple locations on your DUT without having
way to easily connect and disconnect
to solder or unsolder the leads
across multiple locations on the target
board without interrupting the circuit
under test
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The innovation hasn t stopped there. With
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current waveforms captured, you now want
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to calculate the average current consump
tion of the system over time. Keysight's
Infiniium and Infinii Vision oscilloscopes
provide an area under the curve measure
ment(Charge), where you can easily calcu- U
late the integrated current consumptions in
Ah(Ampere x Hour) over time. The Ah is a
unit of measurement of a battery s electri-
cal storage capacity One Ah is equal to a
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current of one ampere flowing for one hour
Now with the N2820A/21A current probes
engineers in battery-powered product test-
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ing are able to see the details and the big
purrr-
picture on dynamic current waveforms like
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never before with traditional clamp
on probes
Figure 4-5. Keysight's Infiniium and Infinii Vision oscilloscopes provide an area under the
curve measurement Charge), where you can easily calculate the integrated current con
sumptions in Ah(Ampere x Hour)over time
08 Keysight Eight Hints for Better Scope Probing- Application Ncte
Hint #5
Most digital oscilloscopes have a subtract Using a high-voltage differential probe such
mode where the two input channels can as Keysight's N2790A is a much better
Making sate floating
be electrically subtracted to give the
solution for making safe, accurate floating
difference in a differential signal. For
measurements with any oscilloscope. With
measurements with a
decent results, each probe used should be a true differential amplifier in the probe
differential probe
matched and compensated before using it head, the n2790a is rated to measure
In this method, the common mode rejection differential voltage up to 1, 400 VDC
Scope users often need to make floating
ratio is typically limited to less than -20db peak ac with Cmrr of -70 dB at 10 MHz
measurements where neither point of the
(10: 1 ) If the common mode signal on each Use a differential probe with sufficient
measurement is at earth ground potential
probe is very large and differential signal is dynamic range and bandwidth for your
For example, suppose you measure a
much smaller, any gain difference between application to make sate and accurate
voltage drop across the input and output the two sides will significantly alter their floating measurements
of a linear power supply's series regulator
differential" or A-B"result. a good sanity
U1. Either the voltage in or out pin of the
check here would be to double probe the
regulator is not referenced to ground
same signal and see what the A-B
shows them
A standard oscilloscope measurement
where the probe is attached to a signa
point and the probe tip ground lead is
attached to circuit ground is actually a
measurement of signal difference between
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the test point and earth ground. Most
Ad
scopes have their signal ground terminals
C1
C4
or outer shells of the bNc interface)
connected to the protective earth ground
system. This is done so that all signals
Ground
applied to the scope have a common
connection point. Basically all scope
Figure 5-1. When measurement is not ground referenced, a differential measurement solution
measurements are with respect to earth
Is necessary.
ground. Connecting the ground connector
to any of the floating points essentially
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pulls down the probed point to the earth
ground, which often causes spikes or
malfunctions on the circuit. How do you get
around this floating measurement problem
a popular yet undesirable solution to ti
need for a floating measurement is the
A-B technique using two single-ended
probes and a scope's math function
2
d/dt
∫dt
Menu
tFunction
Offset
100mV/
109m
Figure 5-2. As a sanity check, double probe the same signal and see what the "A-B looks like
09 Keysight Eight Hints for Better Scope Probing- Application Ncte
Hint #6
One of the most misunderstood issues with ground and onto the probe cable shield
probing is that common mode rejection can Sources of common mode noise can be
Check the common
limit the quality of a measurement With
internal to the dut or external to it such
either a single-ended or differential probe, it as power line noise, EMI or ESD currents
mode rejection
is always worthwhile to connect both probe
tips to the ground of the dut and see if any a long ground lead on a single-ended
signals appear on the screen
probe can make this problem very
significant. A single-ended probe
If signals appear, they show the level of
does suffer from lack of common
signal corruption that is due to lack of
mode rejection. Differential active
common mode rejection Common mode
probes provide much higher common
noise currents caused by sources other
mode rejection ratios, typically as high
than the signal being measured can flow as 80 dB (10,000: 1)
from ground in the dut through the probe
Figure 6-1. Connect both probe tips to the ground
and see if any signals appear on the screen
Transmission
Output
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Figure 6-2. Differential active probe provides much higher common mode rejection
ratic effectively elim nating common mode ncise current
Hint #7
The position of the ferrite core on the
cable is important. For convenience, you
Check the probe coupling
may be tempted to place the core at the
scope end. This would make the probe
head lighter and easier to handle. However
With your probe connected to a signal.
the core 's effectiveness would be reduced
move the probe cable around and grab it
with your hands. If the waveform on the
substantially by locating the core at the
probe interface end of the cable
screen varies significantly, energy is being
coupled onto the probe shield, causing
this variation Using a ferrite core on the
Reducing the length of the ground lead
on a single-ended probe will help some
probe cable may help improve probing
Figure 7-. Using a ferrite core on the probe
accuracy by reducing the common mode
Switching to a differential probe will
cable may help improve probing accuracy
noise currents on the cable shield a ferrite
typica lly help the most. Many users
don t understand that the probe cabl
core on the probe cable generates a series
impedance in parallel with a resistor in the
environment can cause variations in
conductor The addition of the ferrite core
their measurements, especially at higher
frequencies, and this can lead to frustration
to the probe cable rarely affects the signal
with the repeatability and quality of
because the signal passes through the
measurements
core on the center conductor and returns
through the core on the shield, resulting
in no net signal current flowing through
the core
10 Keysight Eight Hints for Better Scope Probing- Application Ncte
Hint #8
If you have to add wires to the tip of a
be determined by first probing a known
probe to make a measurement in a tight step signal through a fixture board like the
Damp the resonance
environment, put a resistor at the tip to
Keysight E2655C into a scope channel
damp the resonance of the added wire
Then probe the signal with your proposed
wire with a resistor at the tip When the
The performance of a probe is highly
For a single-ended probe, put the resistance resistance value is right, you should see a
affected by the probe connection. as
only on the signal lead and try to keep the step shaped much like the test step, except
the speeds in your design increase, you
ground lead as short as possible For a
it may be low-pass filtered If you see
nay notice more overshoot, ringing, and
differential probe, put resistors at the tip excessive ringing, increase the
other perturbations when connecting an
of both leads and keep the lead lengths
resistor value
oscilloscope probe Probes form a resonant the same. The value of the resistor can
circuit where they connect to the device. If
this resonance is within the bandwidth of
the oscilloscope probe you al
it will
be difficult to determine if the measured
perturbations are due to your circuit or
the p
Figure 8-1. Put a resistor at the tip to damp the
resonance of the added wire
Undamped
Damped
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2 Inch lead
Inch lead
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Figure 8-2. With a properly damped probe input, the loading/input impedance will never drop
below the value of the damping resistor
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Undamped:j
Damped
Vs
source
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Vin
Vout
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Figure 8-3. As the speeds in your design increase, you may notice more overshoot, ringing and
other perturbations Overcome the resonance formed by the connection of a probe by adding a
damp resistor to your probe tip
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