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Probing configurations, Recommended probe configurations – Atec Agilent-346a User Manual

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Agilent 16517A/16518A 1 GHz State / 4 GHz Timing

"ADAPTER CABLE"

BNC-SMB

16517-61604

"CALIBRATION POD"

16517-63201

These parts included in the

16517-68701 MASTER KIT only

NOTE: Examples of convenient connection which

may result in degraded performance

SIG.

SIG.

"GND CONNECTOR"

16515-27601

Probing Configurations

"SMT KIT"

16517-82104

Qty. 4 Black Incl.

Qty. 4 Red Incl.

SIG.

"PIN-PROBE KIT"

16517-82107

Qty. 4 Incl.

"GND LEAD KIT"

16517-82106

Qty. 20 incl.

SIG.

SIG.

"SMD IC CLIP KIT"

16517-82109

Qty. 20 incl.

"GND EXTENDER KIT"

16517-82105

Qty. 20 incl.

SIG.

"PROBE LEAD"

16517-61602

Figure 12.5. Agilent Technologies 16517-68701 master accessory kit and 16518-68701 expansion accessory kit

Pin and Socket Ground Lead

0.635mm (0.025")

square pin or

0.66-0.84mm

diameter pin

Flexible Direct Ground Pin

Ground Extender

SMT Tack-on Signal/Ground

Recommended Probe Configurations

For the best performance, use the following configurations. The configurations are listed in the recommended order.

Signal

Make contact with

the flexible ground

first, then flex it to

place the signal

pin.

Ground

Signal

Ground

Signal

Signal

Red

Ground

Black

Signal

Ground

0.635mm (0.025")

square pin or

0.66-0.84mm

diameter pin

Ground

Figure 12.6. Probing configurations that give the best signal fidelity