Quick Start Guide - Teledyne T3SP Series Operator's Manual

3. Quick Start Guide

This chapter is intended to enable the user to quickly perform a standard
single-ended TDR measurement. Although the standard TDR-measurement
mode is probably not always the first choice for engineers, it is highly recom-
mended to work through this chapter, because a great deal of functionality
described here is applicable to other measurement modes as well.
Please note: optionally the three-term correction (TTC) algorithms can be applied
for obtaining error-corrected results. The TTC technique, being essential (or at least
useful) for most of the measurement modes, is described in chapter 4.
The software provides the opportunity to display and store classical TDR
traces (step responses) for further use. In comparison to the more sophis-
ticated impedance measurements (e.g. for controlled impedance traces on
PCBs or other transmission lines) no special processing of the TDR data is
required.
The following points will help you to easily perform your first standard TDR
measurement:
1. Make sure the software is installed, the device is connected and at
least the TDR measurement mode is available. This can be checked
by pressing the toolbar button MODE in the Main Window. Highlight
TDR/Wave Impedance in the measurement mode selection dialog
and click OK.
2. During the very first program start, the software prompts for a User-
name and an Email address. These settings can be changed in the
Options Dialog (see section 2.5.4) later. The options are accessible via
the main menu Extras
3. A convenient standard arrangement of all windows can be saved as
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