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WARRANTY Tektronix warrants that the media on which this software product is furnished and the encoding of the programs on the media will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of three (3) months from the date of shipment.
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Table of Contents TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
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Application. Conventions This manual uses the following conventions: H For brevity, this manual generally refers to the TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application as the Disk Drive Measurement Application or simply as the application. H When steps require that you make a sequence of selections using front panel...
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Option HD (hard disk drive) or Option 2M (hard disk drive plus 8 MB record length), and with firmware version 5.2e and up For a current list of compatible oscilloscopes, check the Tektronix, Inc. web site, http://www.tektronix.com/Measurement/scopes/index.html in the Software and Drivers category.
The application does not support control by external GPIB commands. Updates You can find information about this and other applications at the Tektronix, Inc. web site, http://www.tektronix.com/Measurement/scopes/index.html in the Software and Drivers category. Check this site for application updates that you can download and for free applications.
Readme.txt file on the floppy disk. You should insert the floppy disk into a DOS-based personal computer and read the file before you continue. If you are updating the application, the Readme.txt file on the Tektronix ftp site supercedes the Readme.txt file on the floppy disk.
4. Remove the floppy disk and cycle power to the oscilloscope. Updates Through a Web Browser If there is an update for this application, it will be available from the Tektronix ftp site. To install an application update, you will need to download it from the ftp site to a hard disk, copy it to a blank DOS-formatted floppy disk, and then install it on your oscilloscope.
NOTE. Some disk drives mark the beginning of a track by the absence of a sector pulse. For this case, a timeout trigger setup is needed to identify the beginning of the track. The Disk Drive Measurement Application does not support this configuration. 1–5 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
Connect the disk drive to the oscilloscope as shown in Figure 1–3. Test oscilloscope Disk drive CH 1 CH 2 Read Gate signal (standard probe) Read signal (differential probe) Figure 1–3: Secondary setup connections 1–6 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
Set the mode to Normal by pressing Mode & Holdoff (main) Normal (side). d. Set the level by pressing Level (main) and then selecting a level appropriate to your signal. 1–7 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
Using the general purpose knob, select hd0, and then press SELECT. (Depending on previous actions, you might not need to do this step.) c. Using the general purpose knob, select TDSDDM1.APP. d. Press Activate Application (side). 2. Press Trigger (main) Mode (side).
Read channel waveform. For a peak or trough to be found, the signal must be greater than the hysteresis level. Hysteresis is a global setting that is used by measurements such as TAA, PW50, time asymmetry, and time between peaks. 1–9 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
For example, if you enter a value of 2 divisions, the hysteresis levels are at +2 divisions and –2 divisions. 1–10 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
Index pulse, marking the beginning of the track This signal is used for triggering only when the Trigger/Mode/Read Gate menu item has been selected. This signal is used for triggering only when the Trigger/Mode/Sector menu item has been selected. 1–11 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
1. From the application display, go to the Input Channels menu by pressing –menu– (main) Input Channels (side). See Figure 1–7. 2. Using the side menu buttons, assign the disk drive signals to the appropriate channels. Figure 1–7: The Input Channels menu 1–12 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
2. Using the general purpose knob, select hd0, and then press SELECT. (Depending on previous actions, you might not need to do this step.) 3. Using the general purpose knob, select TDSDDM1.APP. 4. Press Activate Application (side). The application starts up and displays as shown in Figure 2–2.
APPLICATION front-panel menu buttons as shown in Figure 2–3. To exit the application, press Utility (main) Exit (side). Push the SHIFT and APPLICATION buttons to return to the application. Figure 2–3: Returning to the application 2–3 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
Make any further selections required by the measurement. (See Measurement Descriptions on page 3–11 for information about individual measurements.) Press –menu– for next menu page Figure 2–4: Selecting a measurement from the Measure menu 2–4 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
Pause. After fulfilling the requirements specified in the message box, you must press Continue (side) to finish the measurement. Figure 2–5: The Control menu 2–5 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
Display the local help as follows: 1. Display the help by pressing Utility (main) Help (side). 2. Use the side menu buttons to navigate within the help. 2–6 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
1. Press SETUP Select Application. See Figure 2–1. 2. Using the general purpose knob, select hd0, and then press SELECT. 3. Using the general purpose knob, select TDSDDM1.APP. 4. Press Activate Application (side). The application starts up and displays its initial screen.
1. Select the PW50 measurement by pressing Measure (main) PW50 (side). 2. Select cursor gating by pressing –menu– (main) Cursor Gating (main) On/Off (side). Select ON. 3. Place the cursors over the desired segment of the waveform. 2–8 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
Start (side) to start the test. 9. Wait for the measurement to complete, then view the results as shown in Figure 2–7. Figure 2–7: Pulse width at 50% (PW50) measurement with cursor gating 2–9 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
11. Move the cursor to a point of interest on the track profile waveform. 12. Press Value At Cursor (side) or Sector At Cursor (side) to view the measure- ment results at the current cursor position. 2–10 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
1. Press the SHIFT and then the APPLICATION button to return to the application. 2. Press Utility (main) Save Setup (side). 3. Press Save to Selected File (side). 4. To exit the application, press Utility (main) Exit (side). To confirm, press OK (side). 2–11 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
To recall the oscilloscope setup, refer to the user manual for your oscilloscope. The procedure varies between models. To recall the application setup, follow these steps: 1. Start the application as described on page 2–7. 2. Press Utility (main) Recall Setup (side). 2–12 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
Menu Structure This section discusses the menus used in the TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measure- ment Application. Included are brief descriptions of the menus and a menu structure map which shows the relationship between menus. Menu Summary There are two pages of menu selections in the Disk Drive Measurement Application.
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1–11. Cursor Gating Menu Use the Cursor Gating menu if you want to localize measurements to a specific area of the waveform. See Cursor Gating on page 3–7 for more information. 3–2 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
On/Off Track Profile To Track Profile Value At Cursor Sector At Cursor Reset Profile Mode Single Start Free Run Control Pause Continue Stop Help Exit Utility Save Setup Recall Setup Default Setup 3–3 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
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Menu Structure 3–4 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
H To store the current application settings, press Utility (main) Save Setup (side). The settings are stored in the file tdsddm1.ini on the hard disk. Once you have saved a setup, that setup will be recalled upon starting the Disk Drive Measurement Application.
3. If you have not already done so, set the Preamble Duration as described in step 4 of Setting Up the Application Trigger, on page 1–8. See also Cursor Gating on page 3–7 for another method of localizing measure- ments. 3–6 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
With cursor gating, you use the oscilloscope cursors to indicate the area of interest on the waveform record. See Figure 3–4. Localizing measurement can speed up processing and eliminate unwanted data from your analysis. 3–7 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
NOTE. The cursor gating function in this menu applies to the measurements in the Disk Drive Measurement Application only. It does not apply to measure- ments in the main Measure menu of the oscilloscope. 3–8 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
2. Press –menu– (main) Limit Test (main) On/Off (side). Select ON. See Figure 3–6. 3. Set the upper and lower limits for the measurement. 4. Repeat steps 1 and 3 for each measurement. 3–9 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
Snapshots list measurement data for that measurement group. Track profiles collect all the data for each individual track and display the data graphically. Figure 3–7: Standard measurement, snapshot measurement, and track profile 3–11 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
The application warns you if the number of samples in the measurement is less than 25. Similarly, the application warns you of low vertical resolution if the number of digitizing levels is below 50. 3–12 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
Definition The track average amplitude measurement, TAA, is defined as follows: N–1 TAA + i + 0 Where: N is the number of positive and negative pulse pairs is the peak-to-peak voltage 3–13 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
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Take one sample on either side of the minimum value and average the three values to obtain the negative peak value. 3. Average all measured peak-to-peak values. The result is the TAA value. 3–14 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
Figure 3–10: TAA– measurement Definition The track average amplitude positive or negative measurement is defined as follows: N–1 TAA "+ i + 0 3–16 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
TAA measurement, described on page 3–13, with the exception that only positive pulses are measured for TAA+ and only negative pulses are measured for TAA–. Peak TAA+ TAA– Trough Figure 3–11: TAA+ and TAA– measurements 3–17 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
For further information, see Setting Up the Application Trigger on page 1–8, Measuring Over a Range of Sectors on page 3–6, and Cursor Gating on page 3–7. 3. Press Control (main) Start (side) to start the measurement. 3–18 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
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H There must be enough pulses around the recording track to provide an adequate statistical sample. H The spacing between pulses must minimize any interaction between the measured pulses. 3–19 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
The application performs the measurement according to the same algorithm used in the PW50 measurement, described on page 3–18, with the exception that only positive pulses are measured for PW50+ and only negative pulses are measured for PW50–. 3–21 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
Measurement Descriptions Peak PW50+ 1/2 peak to baseline Baseline PW50 – Trough Figure 3–15: Parameters for PW50+ and PW50– disk drive measurements 3–22 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
The difference is that the transitions are separated by two bit periods, not one. When nonlinear transition shift can be characterized, its behavior can be mitigated with write pre-compensation. 3–23 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
(t) [ V t – – V t – – Where: is the playback voltage for a readback channel affected by NLTS initial magnetization V(t) is the playback voltage in the absence of nonlinear effects 3–24 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
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V t ) M V t ) M V t – V t – – T – – Where: is the playback voltage for a readback channel affected by NLTS second adjacent transition 3–25 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
1. Access the NLTS measurements by pressing Measure (main). (If necessary, press –more– (side) until the NLTS measurement is shown.) 2. Select one of the NLTS measurements in the side menu. See Figure 3–17. Figure 3–17: Selecting an NLTS measurement 3–26 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
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(The application removes invalid polynomials from the selection set.) The polynomial index value on the scale is a condensed notation of the selected polynomial, obtainable by making x=2. 3–27 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
Measuring Over a Range of Sectors on page 3–6, and Cursor Gating on page 3–7. 7. Press Control (main) Start (side) to start the measurement. 8. Wait for the measurement results to display. 3–28 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
The NLTS measurement uses several cycles of the waveform to improve the accuracy of the measurement, averaging over multiple single-waveform- cycle NLTS values. NLTS values for the auto-correlation method are linearly related to the autocorrelation of the acquired waveform at different time delays. 3–29 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
The noise is assumed to be responsible for all the nonperiodic behavior of the acquired waveform. Noise samples are assumed to be independent and identically distributed. The SNR measurement is defined as follows: SNR + 10 log 3–30 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
Figure 3–20: Specifying the SNR parameters 3. Press Duration Tolerance (side). Specify the tolerance of your pattern duration estimate (up to 30%). Using a tighter tolerance reduces measure- ment time. 3–31 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
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H The oscilloscope must capture at least three periods of the pattern. This depends on the waveform length, the oscilloscope sample rate specified, the pattern duration specified, and the number of bits per period. 3–32 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
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(up to 30%) of its real value. The SNR measurement uses several cycles of the waveform to improve the accuracy of the measurement, averaging over multiple single-waveform- cycle SNR values. 3–33 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
Figure 3–21: Overwrite measurement Definition The Overwrite measurement is defined as follows: Overwrite(dB) + 20 log Where: is the residual RMS amplitude is the RMS amplitude 3–34 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
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) through a narrow band filter tuned to f1. 4. Overwrite track with data at a high frequency f2. 5. Measure residual RMS amplitude (V ) at f1 again. 6. Calculate the results. 7. Display the results. 3–35 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
The resolution measurement is the ratio of TAA at two different write frequen- cies, as follows: TAA ( f Resolution + * 100% TAA ( f Where: is the high-frequency TAA measurement is the low-frequency TAA measurement 3–36 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
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6. Erase the disk track using the PC. 7. Using the PC, write a low-frequency data pattern of isolated pulses to the disk. 8. Press Continue (side) to resume the measurement. 9. Wait for the measurement results to display. 3–37 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
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5. Overwrite the track with data at a low frequency f2. 6. Measure the TAA over the selected range of sectors. 7. Calculate the ratio of the low-frequency TAA to the high-frequency TAA. 8. Display the results. 3–38 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
The recommended initial setting is at least twice the peak value of the signal. If the signal crosses this level, it is counted as an asperity. No additional asperities are counted until the signal crosses zero volts again. 3–39 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
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The application enters each asperity into a queue for display. Up to ten asperities are listed; if more than ten asperities are displayed, the list scrolls to display the latest asperities. 3–40 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
1.0 indicates that TAA– = 0.0 (no negative pulses) –1.0 indicates that TAA+ = 0.0 (no positive pulses) The vertical asymmetry measurement is not available as an individual measure- ment. It is available only in the TAA snapshot display. 3–41 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
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The range of the measurement within each sector is determined by the cursors. A constant frequency sequence is written onto a track. 3–42 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
Time Trough-to-Peak (Time TP) These measurements are available only as part of the Snapshot measurements. Time PT Peak Trough Time TP Figure 3–25: Time PT and Time TP measurements 3–43 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
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Measurement Descriptions 3–44 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
Trigger menu. (The Trigger Mode must be set to Sector to enable the sector readout.) Figure 3–26: Track profile waveform 3–45 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
See Figure 3–28 on page 3–48 for an example of a track profile waveform during Free Run mode. 3–46 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
In addition, the cursor readout values in the side menu are deleted when you do the following: H Change the measurement type in the Measure menu H Press Reset Profile 3–47 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...
Appendix A: Specifications Table A–1 lists the measurements provided by the TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application. Table A–1: TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application measurements Abbrevi- ation Measurement name Description Track Average Amplitude Measures the average peak-to-peak value of the data on the Read signal.
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Appendix A: Specifications A–2 TDSDDM1 Disk Drive Measurement Application User Manual...