Atec Agilent-mso7104a - Manual (Page 30)

Probes & Accessories:
Engineered for signal access and measurement accuracy
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To get top performance from your scope, you need the right probe for
your application.
Selecting the best probe for the job ensures you can access your signals and
make reliable measurements. To complement the scopes we sell, Agilent of-
fers a broad family of probes and accessories. Solutions range from simple,
inexpensive passive probes to state-of-the-art high-frequency interposers
that meet your toughest probing challenges.
Passive probes
When you need to measure high voltages, these are the most durable and
economical probes and the most widely used.
Active probes
These single-ended or differential probes handle higher bandwidths with
lower signal loading. Single-ended active probes provide the best overall
combination of resistive and capacitive loading. With low loading, single-
ended probes can be used on high-impedance, high-frequency circuits that
would be overloaded with passive probes. Differential active probes are used
to look at signals referenced to each other and also at small signals in the
presence of large DC offsets or other common-mode signals, such as power
line noise.
Infi niiMax Series
These specialized active probes complement the Infi niium Series scopes.
The Infi niiMax III Series is the fi rst 30 GHz probing system and gives you the
industry’s fl attest frequency response and widest selection of probe heads
and accessories. With capabilities such as 30 GHz bandwidth for differential
measurements and bandwidth upgradability to higher performance as your
needs evolve, the award-winning Infi niiMax probe system combines maximum
performance with excellent usability.
Current probes
These probes sense the current fl owing through a conductor and convert it
to a voltage that can be viewed and measured on your scope. Agilent’s cur-
rent probes use a hybrid technology that includes a hall effect sensor, which
senses the dc current and a current transformer, which senses the ac current,
making it unnecessary to make an electrical connection to the circuit.
Innovative probe accessories make connections a snap.
Connecting to components like fi ne-pitch devices, surface-mount integrated
circuits and DDR ball-grid arrays can be challenging. We take the challenge
away with accessories that let you connect easily – even hands-free.
InfiniiMax, the world’s best high-speed probing
system, offers you the highest performance available
for measuring differential and single-ended signals,
with flexible connectivity solutions for today’s high-
density ICs and circuit boards.
Compact 2.5-mm diameter probe heads with low
input capacitance and various fine-pitch probe tip
accessories make the N2870A Series passive probes
ideal for probing densely populated IC components or
surface-mount devices.