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General Safety Considerations4

X-Ray Radiation Notice7

Typeface Conventions10

Electrostatic Discharge Information16

Lightwave Connector Care19

Cleaning And Handling21

Making Connections23

Visual Inspection25

Optical Performance Testing25

Product Overview44

Supplied Accessories47

Optional Accessories47

Connection Devices48

Menu And Key Conventions49

The Front Panel51

Autoscale Key52

Entry Devices55

Indicator Lights56

The Rear Panel57

General Purpose Keys62

The Clear Display Key63

The Fine Function64

The Local Key66

The Stop/Single Key68

Specifications And Characteristics70

Horizontal System71

Trigger Specifications Electrical And Optical Channels72

Option 100, 12 Ghz Mode73

Option 100, 12 Ghz/Gate Mod73

General Speci Fications74

Calibration Overview78

Mainframe Calibration79

Plug-In Module Calibration81

Skew, Probes, O/E Converters82

Probe Calibration83

Eye, Mask And Eyeline Mode Measurement Tutorials86

Making Eye Diagram Measurements87

Setting Up The System88

Positioning The Waveform89

Setting The Trigger90

Adjusting The Vertical Scale91

Selecting The Time Base91

Making The Measurement93

Measuring Extinction Ratio94

Measuring Eye Height97

Measuring Crossing %98

Measuring Eye Width99

Measuring Jitter100

Measuring Duty Cycle Distortion101

Measuring Q-Factor103

Measuring Rise Time105

Measuring Fall Time107

Testing To A Mask109

Standard Mask116

Generating The Mask117

Verifying Waveform Conformance To The Mask118

Using Mask Margins118

Determining The Margin At Failure120

Making Eyeline Measurements121

Eyeline Traces122

Noise Reduction124

Error Trace Capture126

Equipment Con Guration/Program Installation127

The Digital Communications Analysis Menus138

Mask Test Menu139

Understanding Mask Testing142

Run159

Measure Eye Menu166

Extinction Ratio168

Duty Cycle Distortion176

Channel Setup Menu179

Time Base Menu180

Time Base Windowing184

Trigger Menu186

Trigger Basics186

External Scale188

Trig Bandwidth189

Waveform Measurements192

How To Make Waveform Measurements193

The Waveform Measurement Process194

Data Collection195

Building A Histogram196

Calculating Min And Max From The Data Record197

Calculating Top And Base198

Locating Crossing Points199

Calculating Thresholds200

Determining Rising And Falling Edges201

Standard Waveform De Nitions204

Voltage And Power Measurements204

Timing De Nitions207

User-De Ned ∆Time209

Some Important Measurement Considerations210

Making Automatic Measurements212

Period And Frequency Measurements213

Pulse Width Measurements214

Rise Time, Fall Time, Preshoot, And Overshoot Measurement214

Front Panel Measure Section215

Vpp219

General Meas Menu221

Avg Power Menu224

Freq Domain Menu225

Pk Threshold228

Histogram Menu229

Increasing Measurement Accuracy And Time-Interval Measurement234

Increasing Measurement Accuracy235

Measuring Time Intervals235

Automatic Measurements236

Channel-To-Channel Measurements237

Jitter And Averaging240

Time-Interval Measurements241

Vertical Quantization245

Summary Of Dc Errors245

Dynamic Response Errors246

Rise Time Response247

General Purpose Oscilloscope Menus254

Acquisition Menu255

Record Length258

Define Measure Menu260

Using Markers To Show The Threshold Setting263

User Defined265

Using Markers To Show Top-Base Settings265

Define ∆Time266

Start Edge Or Stop Edge266

Edge Threshold267

Eye Window 1 And Eye Window 2269

Meas Complete270

Off271

Mean And Stddev (Standard Deviation)272

Other Fft Measurements280

Sine Wave In The Frequency Domain281

An Fft Display282

Frequency Measurements283

Frequency Accuracy283

Amplitude Measurements284

Computation Of Dbm285

Computation Of Dbv286

Presetting Fft Parameters287

Histograms In The Instrument289

Histogram Window293

Histogram Scale295

Define Function299

The General Function Menus318

Partial Listing Of The Text Verbose Format For A Normal Waveform332

Text Verbose Definitions333

Partial Example Of The Text Y Values Format336

Mask Formats337

Fromt File, To File Or File Name338

Display Menu340

Draw Waveform343

High Resolution346

Modify Label352

Select Next Label353

Row353

Hue355

Default Colours356

Limit Test Menu357

Measurement Not Found362

Store Summary366

Store Screen370

Store Waveforms371

Marker Hints379

Setup Memory381

Default Setup382

Setup Print Menu386

Print Format388

Select Directory391

Tiff And Gif Les On The Apple Macintosh Computer393

Utility Menu394

System Config396

Power Statistics397

Time And Date398

Declassify Frame Memory399

Update System Firmware400

Calibrate Plug-In401

Calibrate Frame401

Firmware Support405

Print Problem Report406

Waveform Menu409

Memory Type Waveform410

Current Memory410

Memory Scaling411

From Waveform411

Add To Memory414

Clear Memory414

Instrument Messages416

How The Instrument Works422

Basics Of Sequential Sampling423

System Architecture428

The Major Plug-In Module Hardware Components429

The Major Mainframe Hardware Components430

Probe Selection432

Probe Loading433

Reduced Amplitude And Dc Offset Caused By Probe Loading434

Effects Of Probe Capacitance435

System Bandwidth437

Resistive Divider Probes438

Active Probes439

Standard And Enhanced Trigger Modes442

Dc-2.5 Ghz Mode442

Dc-100 Mhz Mode442

2-12 Ghz Mode443

12 Ghz/Gate Mode445

Example Of Gating448

Trigger Artifacts448

Modulus 16 Effect448

Gate Enable False Triggers450

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