Atec TDS6804B User Manual

Digital Storage Oscilloscope

TDS6000B/C Series

Uncompromised Performance Oscilloscope Solution —
Probing, Acquisition, Analysis, Compliance, and Debug

TDS6000B/C Series digital storage
oscilloscopes provide unprecedented
performance along with a complete
feature set designed to address design
validation, debug and compliance chal­lenges of next generation computer,
datacom and communications equipment.
High bandwidth, high sample rate and
deep memory also provide the ideal
solution for data acquisition applications.

Uncompromised Acquisition

You won’t need to need to trade-off
bandwidth, record length and sample
rate for your serial data measurement
and analysis needs. The TDS6000C
DSOs provide acquisition architecture
with 40 GS/s maximum sample rate
and 64 Msamples record length on two
channels (20 GS/s and 32 Msamples on
each of the four channels simultaneously),
for the acquisition power you need. They

provide the ultimate combination of band­width, sample rate and record length
for the fastest signals. The TDS6154C
provides matched 15 GHz performance
across any two channels using advanced,
Tektronix-proprietary DSP enhancement,
important for high-speed, channel-to-channel
measurements. The user-selectable DSP
filter on each channel provides magnitude
and phase correction, plus extension of
the analog bandwidth to 15 GHz for more
accurate signal fidelity on high speed
measurements – easily capturing the fifth
harmonic of 3.0 GHz embedded clocks
used in next generation 6.0 Gb/s serial data
standards, and even the third harmonic of
5 GHz clocks being developed for future
systems. The DSP filter on each channel
can also be switched off to take advantage
of true 12 GHz analog bandwidth for
applications needing the highest available
raw data capture.

Features & Benefits

Bandwidths of 15 GHz (TDS6154C),
12 GHz (TDS6124C), 8 GHz
(TDS6804B) and 6 GHz (TDS6604B)

Rise Times to 19 ps 20 to 80%
(28 ps 10 to 90%) on TDS6154C
Typical Rise Time, with Channel­matched, User-selectable DSP

40 GS/s Real-time Sample Rate
on Two Channels*1, 20 GS/s Real­time Sample Rate on All Four
Channels with 500 fs/sample
Interpolated Points

Up to 64 Msamples on Two
Channels*1, up to 32 Msamples
Record Length on All Four
Channels with MultiView Zoom
Function for Quick Navigation

MyScope®Custom Control
Windows Enhance Productivity

Right Mouse Click Menus
for Exceptional Efficiency

Pinpoint™Triggering Provides
the Most Flexible and Highest
Performance Triggering, with Over
1400 Combinations to Address
Virtually Any Triggering Situation

Serial Pattern Triggering up
to 3.125 Gb/s with 8b/10b
Protocol Triggering

Serial Data Analysis and
Compliance at Rates of

6.25 Gb/s and Above

OpenChoice®Software with
Microsoft Windows XP OS
Delivers Built-in Networking
and Analysis

Technology Specific Software
Solutions Provide Built-in
Domain Expertise for Serial
Data, Jitter, Ethernet, DVI,
USB 2.0, Communications
and Power Measurements

System Includes: Dual Processor
System (2.8 GHz Pentium 4
and 583 MHz PowerPC), High
Resolution XGA Display, Front
Panel CD-R/W, Front Panel USB

2.0 Port and 1000Base-T
Network Connection

™

Applications

Signal Integrity, Jitter
and Timing Analysis

Validation, Debug, Characterization
and Compliance of Next
Generation Digital Designs

Computer, Datacom, Storage
Area Network Equipment Designs
and High-speed Backplanes

High Energy Physics Measurements
and Data Acquisition

*1

For C Model versions only.

Digital Storage Oscilloscope

TDS6000B/C Series

MyScope®Custom
Control Windows

MyScope control windows allow you to
build your own control windows with only
the controls, features and capabilities that
you care about and are important in your
job. For the first time you can create your
own personalized “toolbox” of oscillo­scope features. No longer do you need
to search through menus for features or
re-learn how to drive the oscilloscope
after a break from the lab. MyScope
control windows are easily created in a
matter of minutes using a simple, visual,
drag-and-drop process. Once created,
these customized windows are easily
accessed through a dedicated MyScope
button and menu selection on the oscillo­scope button/menu bar, just like any
other control window. You can make
an unlimited number of custom control
windows, enabling each person who
uses the oscilloscope, in a shared envi­ronment, to have their own unique control
window. Since the control windows are
stored as files on the hard drive, they can
easily be transferred to other TDS5000B or
TDS/CSA7000B Series oscilloscopes, or
they can even be e-mailed to a co-worker
around the world when the need arises.
MyScope control windows will benefit
all oscilloscope users, from eliminating
the ramp-up time that many face when
returning to the lab after not using an
oscilloscope for a while, to the power
user who can now operate far more
efficiently. Everything you need is found
in one control window rather than having
to constantly navigate through menu after
menu to repeat similar tasks.

Right Clicks

Right mouse click menus make simple
things as they should be – simple. Right
click menus are context sensitive, meaning
the choices presented in the menu depend
on where you right clicked the mouse.
This makes right click menus extremely
intuitive. Want to change the cursor type?
Right click on a cursor or the cursor read­outs. Want to change the reference levels of
an automatic measurement? Right click on
the measurement. Want to change trigger
parameters? Right click on the trigger
readouts. Want to change a waveform’s
color? Right click on the waveform handle.
Virtually all objects on the oscilloscope
display have right click menus associated
with them that include all the appropriate
actions or features relative to those objects.
There are also right click menus for regions
of the display in addition to just objects.
For example, right clicking in the main
graticule brings up a menu with choices
such as Clear Data, Default Setup, Autoset,
Screen Captures, Save All Waveforms
and Add Screen Text, providing single­click access to many of your most
commonly performed tasks.

Pinpoint

™

Triggering

The ability to trigger an oscilloscope on
events of interest is paramount in high­speed debug and validation. Whether
you’re trying to find a system error or
need to isolate a section of a complex
signal for further analysis, Tektronix’
Pinpoint triggering provides the solution.
The Pinpoint trigger system uses Silicon
Germanium (SiGe) technology to pro­vide trigger sensitivity of up to 9 GHz
(TDS6000C models), and allows selection
of all trigger types on both A and B trigger
circuits. It can capture glitches down to
100 ps wide with 1 ps

trigger jitter

RMS

Trigger on glitches down to 100 ps wide.

Pinpoint™trigger system provides the
most advanced, highest performance
triggering available.

typical (TDS6000C models). Other trigger
systems offer multiple trigger types only
on a single event (A Event), with delayed
trigger (B Event) selection limited to edge
type triggering and often does not provide
a way to reset the trigger sequence if the
B-event doesn’t occur. But Pinpoint trig­gering provides the full suite of advance
trigger types on both A and B triggers
with Reset triggering to begin the trigger
sequence again after a specified time,
state or transition so that even events
in the most complex signals can be
captured. Other oscilloscopes typically
offer less than 20 trigger combinations;
Pinpoint triggering offers over 1400
combinations, all at full performance.

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Digital Storage Oscilloscope

TDS6000B/C Series

Decode 8b/10b data streams and set up to
4 data words (40 bits) to trigger on.

Protocol Triggering and Decoding
Software (Opt. PTD)

Easily decode 8b/10b and other encoded
serial data streams, and set desired
encoded words for the serial pattern
trigger to capture. 8b/10b decoding on
data rates over 10 GB/s is possible on
the TDS6000C models. Option PTD
recovers the clock signal, identifies the
transitions, decodes the characters and
other protocol data. The TDS6000C
models can trigger on up to four consec­utive 10-bit words or specified error
conditions at data rates up to

3.125 Gb/s. And you can see the
captured bit sequences decoded into
their words for convenient analysis.

Measurement System. Enables over 50
parametric measurements in the amplitude,
time and statistical domain.

Unparalleled Analysis

Waveform data analysis can take many
forms. Whether it’s a simple math expres­sion, waveform mask testing, a pass/fail
compliance test, or a custom application
that you develop, the TDS6000B/C
Series offer the industry’s most compre­hensive set of analysis and compliance
tools.

Built-in Analysis Tools

Standard tools built into the TDS6000
offer a wide range of analysis capabilities
including Cursors, Measurements, Math
Equation Editor, Serial Data
Communications Mask Testing (with Opt.
SM), and Spectrum Analysis.

8.5 Gb/s TDSRT-Eye™diagram on
the TDS6154C.

Waveform Math Equation Editor. Enables
boundless analysis on waveform data.

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Digital Storage Oscilloscope

TDS6000B/C Series

TDSRT-Eye™software. Compliance and analysis
for testing high-speed serial standards. Eye
diagrams at data rates to beyond 6.25 Gb/s.
Software clock recovery to ≥10 Gb/s.

TDSJIT3 v2.0. Jitter analysis for validation
and debug of high-speed digital systems.

Technology-specific Software Solutions

Validation, debug and compliance
testing often require automated test
tools that quickly analyze waveform
data and provide the answers you need.
The TDS6000B/C models provide
complete “turn-key” solutions for the most
demanding technologies. Software
options are also available for performing
validation and compliance measurements
on emerging industry standards.

OpenChoice

®

Analysis

Designing your own custom solution?
The analysis and networking features
of OpenChoice software adds more
flexibility to Tektronix open Windows
XP oscilloscopes:

Fast, PCI bus speed communication between
the data acquisition processor and the
Microsoft Windows desktop

TDSET3 10/100/1000Base-T Compliance.

TDSDVI Digital Visual Interface Compliance.

ActiveX controls to connect the oscilloscope
to popular Windows applications – WITHOUT
leaving the application

PnP drivers to control the scope from
LabVIEW and Lab Windows/CVI running
directly on the oscilloscope, or running
on external PCs

Support for application development
environments includes Visual BASIC,
.NET, C, C++, MATLAB, LabVIEW and
LabWindows/CVI.

Differential Probing with
Performance to >12 GHz

Most high-speed signals today are differ­ential. The P7313 12.5 GHz Differential
Probing System provides true differential
connection to the device under test for
a variety of connection requirements:
solder-in, hand held and fixtured. Typical
system performance with the TDS6154C
exceeds 12.5 GHz bandwidth. The P7313
offers the lowest loading, highest signal
fidelity and lowest cost per connection in the

Access data seamlessly for your own custom
application such as this Microsoft Excel
example.

P7313 12.5 GHz and P7380 8 GHz
Differential Probes.

industry. Versatile, inexpensive Tip-Clip

™

adapters provide the optimum solution
for virtually any connection need.
The P7380SMA Differential Probing System
provides a 50 Ω per side termination
network with a termination voltage. The
termination voltage can be applied externally
or through the TekConnect

®

interface from
the TDS6000B/C probe menu, or not
used at all. A gain switch provides two
different sensitivity settings of the probe
and an Aux Out provides an inverted
version of the signal for driving other
equipment. The P7380SMA probing
system used with the TDS6000B/C
oscilloscopes provides an ideal solution
for validation and compliance testing of
high speed serial data links.

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