Performance Verification - Keysight N2820A User Manual

Keysight N2820/1A High-Sensitivity Current Probes
User's Guide

7 Performance Verification

Average Gain of Zoomed-In Channel / 97
Average Gain of Zoomed-Out Channel / 101
Performance Test Record / 105
This chapter describes how to verify the performance of the N2820A and N2821A
probes. The performance verification requires an N2825A probe head and consists
of verifying the probe's DC gain.
The Average Gain verified in this chapter is listed as Gain in
NOTE
Specifications," on page 75.
The performance measured in this procedure is for the probe by itself. Keysight high
NOTE
performance real-time scopes apply probe correction that will further enhance the
performance of the probes.
Keysight recommends a test interval of one year or 2000 hours of operation.
NOTE
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can quickly and imperceptibly damage or destroy high
CAUTION
performance probes, resulting in costly repairs. Always wear a wrist strap when handling
probe components and insure that cables are discharged before being connected.
Table 10, "Characteristics and