Tektronix TLA7N3 Data Sheet

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TLA7N4 Logic Analyzer Module

Breakthrough Solutions for Real­time Digital Systems Analysis

Today’s digital design engineers face

daily pressures to speed new products

to the marketplace. The TLA7N4 logic

analyzer module answers the need with

breakthrough solutions for the entire

design team, providing the ability to

quickly monitor, capture and analyze

real-time digital system operation in order

to debug, verify, optimize and validate

digital systems.

Hardware developers, hardware/software

integrators and embedded software

developers will appreciate the range of

capabilities of the TLA7N4 logic analyzer

module. Its broad feature set includes

capturing and correlating elusive hard-

ware and software faults; providing

simultaneous state and high-speed timing

analysis through the same probe; using

deep state acquisition to find the cause

of complex problems; real-time, non-

intrusive software execution tracing that

correlates to source code and to hard-

ware events; and non-intrusive probing.

The TLA7N4 logic analyzer module

offers Tektronix’ breakthrough MagniVu

technology for providing high-speed

sampling (up to 2 GHz) that dramatically

changes the way logic analyzers work

and enables them to provide startling

new measurement capabilities.

The TLA7N4 module offers high-speed

state synchronous capture and high-speed

timing capture through the same set

of probes. It capitalizes on MagniVu

technology to offer 500 ps timing on all

channels, glitch and setup/hold triggering

and display, and timestamp that is

always on at up to 500 ps resolution.

The TLA700 Series logic analyzer

modules are ideal for timing analysis,

multi-processor/bus applications and

embedded software analysis.

Features & Benefits

136 Channel Logic Analyzer with
up to 8 Mb Depth

MagniVu™Acquisition Technology
Provides 2 GHz (500 ps) Timing
Resolution to Find Difficult
Problems Quickly

Up to 200 MHz State Acquisition
Analysis of Synchronous Digital
Circuits

Simultaneous State and High­speed Timing Analysis Through
the Same Probe Pinpoints Elusive
Faults Without Double Probing

500 MHz Deep Timing Analysis
with Up to 8 Mb Per Channel

Glitch and Setup/Hold Triggering
and Display Finds and Displays
Elusive Hardware Problems

Transitional Storage Extends the
Signal Analysis Capture Time

Broad Processor and Bus Support

Full Range of General-Purpose
and High-density, Non-intrusive
Probes

Applications

Hardware Debug and Verification

Processor/Bus Debug and
Verification

Embedded Software Integration,
Debug and Verification

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Characteristics

General

Number of Channels (all channels are acquired
including clocks) – TLA7N4: 136 channels (4 are

clock and 4 are qualifier channels).
Channel Grouping – No limit to number of groups or
number of channels per group (all channels can be
reused in multiple groups).
TLA700 Module “Merging” – Three modules can
be “merged” to make up to a 408-Channel module.
Merged modules exhibit the same depth as the
lesser of the three individual modules.
Word/range/setup-and-hold/glitch/transition
recognizers span all three modules. Only one set
of clock connections is required.
Time Stamp – 50-Bit at 500 ps resolution
(6.5 day range).
Clocking/Acquisition Modes – Internal, internal
2X, external. 2 GHz MagniVu
is available simultaneous with all modes.

Number of Mainframe Slots Required per
TLA700 Module – 2.

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high-speed timing

Input Characteristics
(with P6417, P6418, P6419
or P6434 probes)

Capacitive Loading –

<0.7 pF data and clock (P6419).

1.4 pF typical data; 2 pF typical clock (P6418).
2 pF typical data and clock (P6417 and P6434).
Threshold Selection Range – From +5.0 V to
–2.0 V in 50 mV increments.

Threshold Selection Channel Granularity –

Separate selection for clock (1) and data (16) for
each 17-Channel probe connector.

Threshold Accuracy (including probe) –

±100 mV.
Input Voltage Range – Operating: 6.5 V

centered

p-p

around the programmed threshold.
Non-destructive: ±15 V.

Minimum Input Signal Swing –

250 mV or 25% of signal swing, whichever is
greater (P6417, P6418 and P6419).
300 mV or 25% of signal swing (P6434).

Input Signal Minimum Slew Rate –

200 mV/ns typical.

State Acquisition Characteristics
(with P6417, P6418, P6419
or P6434 probes)

State Clock Rate – 100 MHz standard,
200 MHz optional.

State Data Rate (half/full channels) –

400/200 Mb/s, typical. Requires 200 MHz
state option.
State Memory Depth with Timestamps – 64 Kb,
256 Kb, 1 Mb, or 4 Mb per channel.
Setup-and-Hold Time Selection Range – From

8.5 ns before to 7.0 ns after clock edge.

Setup-and-Hold Window – 2 ns typical.
Minimum Clock Pulse Width – 2 ns.
Active Clock Edge Separation – 5 ns.
Demux Channel Selection – Channels can be

demultiplexed to other channels through user
interface with 8-Channel granularity.

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Timing Acquisition Characteristics
(with P6417, P6418, P6419
or P6434 probes)

MagniVu Timing – 500 ps.
MagniVu Timing Memory Depth – 2 Kb (2048)

per channel.

Deep Timing Resolution (half/full channels) –

2/4 ns to 50 ms.

Deep Timing Resolution with Glitch Storage
Enabled – 10 ns to 50 ms.
Deep Timing Memory Depth (half/full channels
with timestamps and with or without transi­tional storage) – 128/64 Kb, 512/256 Kb, 2/1 Mb,

8/4 Mb per channel.

Deep Timing Memory Depth with Glitch Storage
Enabled – Half of default main memory depth.
Channel-to-Channel Skew – <1 ns typical.
Minimum Recognizable Pulse Width
(single channel) – 2 ns.
Minimum Recognizable Glitch Width
(single channel) – 2 ns.
Minimum Recognizable Multi-channel Trigger
Event – Sample period +2 ns.

Trigger Characteristics

Independent Trigger States – 16.
Maximum Independent If/then Clauses per
State – 16.
Maximum Number of Events per If/then
Clause – 8.
Maximum Number of Actions per If/then
Clause – 8.
Maximum Number of Trigger Events – 18

(2 counter/timers plus any 16 other resources).

Number of Word Recognizers – 16.
Number of Range Recognizers – 4.
Number of Transition Recognizers – 1.
Number of Counter/Timers – 2.
Trigger Event Types – Word, group, channel,

transition, range, anything, counter value, timer
value, signal, glitch, setup-and-hold violation.
Trigger Action Types – Trigger module, trigger all,
store, don’t store, start store, stop store, increment
counter, reset counter, start timer, stop timer, reset
timer, goto state, set/clear signal, do nothing.

Trigger Sequence Rate – DC to 250 MHz (4 ns).
Counter/Timer Range – 51 Bits each (>100 days

at 4 ns).

Counter Rate – DC to 250 MHz (4 ns).
Timer Clock Rate – 250 MHz (4 ns).
Counter/Timer Latency – None (can be tested or

reset immediately after starting).

Range Recognizers – Double bounded (can be as
wide as any group, must be grouped according to
specified order of significance).

Setup-and-Hold Violation Recognizer Setup Time
Range – From 8 ns before to 7 ns after clock edge

in 0.5 ns increments.

Setup-and-Hold Violation Recognizer Hold Time
Range – From 7 ns before to 8 ns after clock edge

in 0.5 ns increments.

Trigger Position – Any data sample.
MagniVu Trigger Position – MagniVu data is

centered around the module trigger.
Storage Control (data qualification) – Global
(conditional), by state (start/stop), by trigger action or
transitional.
Storage Window Granularity – Single sample or
block-of-31 samples before and after.
Safety – CSA C22.2 No. 1010.1, EN61010-1,
IEC61010-1, UL 3111-1

Physical Characteristics

Dimensions mm in.

Height 262 10.3
Width 61 2.4
Depth 381 15

Weight kg lb.

Net (without probes) 3.1 6.7
Shipping (typical) 6.3 13.7

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Ordering Information

TLA7N4 Logic Analyzer Module

Includes: Probe retainer bracket, probe manual,
certificate of calibration, one-year warranty
(return to Tektronix) and user manual.

Probes must be ordered separately – Order any
combination and quantity of probes by ordering the
P6417, P6418, P6419 or P6434 individually.

TLA7N4 – 136-Channel Logic Analyzer module,
2 GHz timing, 100 MHz state, 64 Kb depth. Options
for up to 4 Mb depth and/or 200 MHz state.

Quantity of Probes to Order
Per Option

Probe TLA7N4

P6418 Probes 8

P6434 Probes 4

P6417 Probes 8

P6419 Probes 8

Logic Analyzer Module Options

(Base configuration is 64 K depth at 100 MHz state.)

Opt. 1S – Increase to 256 K depth at 100 MHz state.

Opt. 2S – Increase to 1 M depth at 100 MHz state.

Opt. 3S – Increase to 4 M depth at 100 MHz state.

Opt. 4S – Increase to 64 K depth at 200 MHz state.

Opt. 5S – Increase to 256 K depth at 200 MHz state.

Opt. 6S – Increase to 1 M depth at 200 MHz state.

Opt. 7S – Increase to 4 M depth at 200 MHz state.

TLA7N4 Service Manual and
Test Fixtures

TLA7N4 Logic Analyzer Performance Verification
and Adjustment Fixture (includes AC adapter;

requires local power cord) – Order 671-3599-00.

TLA7N4 Logic Analyzer Modules Service Manual

(includes Performance Verification and Adjustment
procedures) – Order 071-0864-01.

TLA700 Series Module
Upgrades

You can increase the memory depth and state
speed of most existing TLA700 Series logic
analyzer modules. You can also install a TLA7N4
logic analyzer module into an existing TLA714/
715/720/721/7XM mainframe. Please refer to the
TLA Family Upgrade Guide for further details.

Logic Analyzer Probe
Selection Guidelines

For the TLA7N4 logic analyzer module, you have
the choice of four probe options.

P6418. P6418.

P6418

Part Number Description

334-9979-00 1 sheet of probe labels (not installed)

196-3476-00 1 each – 8-Channel leadset (barrel connectors

support 0.100" and 2 mm spacing)

Black

196-3479-00 1 each – 1-Channel leadset (barrel connectors

support 0.100" and 2 mm spacing)

Black

196-3477-00 (Optional) 1 each – 8-Channel reduced

bias voltage leadset (barrel connectors

support 0.100" and 2 mm spacing)

White

196-3478-00 (Optional) 1 each – 1-Channel reduced

bias voltage leadset (barrel connectors

support 0.100" and 2 mm spacing)

White

SMG50 20 each – SMT KlipChip™grabber tips

013-0280-00 (Optional) one-to-two adapter

SMK4 (Optional) micro KlipChip grabber tip

adapter, 4 each

071-0567-00 P6417/P6418 Instruction Manual

Logic Analyzer Module Probes
and Accessories

P6418 – The P6418 is a 17-Channel general­purpose probe with leadsets and grabber tips for
use with: 1) probing individual test points within
your target system, either directly or with a test
clip, or 2) direct connection to legacy TLA family
processor/bus support probe adapters with

8-Channel probe connectors. The P6418 works
with a wide range of industry-standard probing
accessories for flexible attachment to your target
system. This probe is recommended for most
general-purpose applications.

17-Channel general-purpose probe and
accessories – Order P6418.

P6418 Probe Cable Length – 1.9 m (6.25 ft.).

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P6417.

P6417.

P6417 – The P6417 is a 17-Channel general­purpose probe that is similar to the P6418 with
the additional capability of allowing you to separate
the 8-Channel podlet groups into individual chan­nels for both maximum electrical performance
and maximum distance between adjacent channels.
This probe is recommended for those general­purpose applications that require maximum flexibility.

17-Channel general-purpose probe and
accessories – Order P6417.

P6417 Probe Cable Length – 1.8 m (6 ft.).

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P6417

Part Number Description

N/A 2 each – 8-Channel podlet holders (installed)

N/A 1 set of 17 podlet color coding bands (installed)

334-9239-00 1 sheet of probe labels (not installed)

196-3476-00 1 each – 8-Channel leadset (barrel connectors

support 0.100" and 2 mm spacing)

Black

196-3479-00 1 each – 1-Channel leadset (barrel connectors

support 0.100" and 2 mm spacing)

Black

196-3477-00 (Optional) 1 each – 8-Channel reduced

bias voltage leadset (barrel connectors

support 0.100" and 2 mm spacing)

White

196-3478-00 (Optional) 1 each – 1-Channel reduced

bias voltage leadset (barrel connectors

support 0.100" and 2 mm spacing)

White

SMG50 20 each – SMT KlipChip™grabber tips

013-0280-00 (Optional) one-to-two adapter

SMK4 (Optional) micro KlipChip grabber tip

adapter, 4 each

071-0567-00 P6417/P6418 Instruction Manual

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P6419.

P6419 – The P6419 is a 17-channel high-density
compression probe, with single-ended clock and
data. This probe utilizes a connector-less probe
attach mechanism for quick and reliable connections
to your system under test. This probe is recom­mended for those applications that require higher
signal density or a connector-less probe attach.

17 channel High-density Compression Probe,
with Single-ended Clock and Data – Order P6419.

P6419 Probe Cable Length – 1.8 m (6 ft.).

P6434 – The P6434 is a lightweight probe with

quick connect/disconnect and a positive latching
mechanism to ensure a secure, reliable connection.
It is for use with: 1) applications where you have
designed in the AMP Mictor high-density connectors
into your target system or 2) direct connection to
newer TLA family processor/bus support probe
adapters with AMP Mictor 34-Channel probe
connectors. An optional low-profile adapter for low­clearance applications is also available. This probe
is recommended for all high-density applications.

34-Channel High-density Probe and Accessories –

Order P6434.

P6434 Probe Cable Length – 1.5 m (5 ft.).

P6434. P6434.

P6419

Part Number Description

020-2453-00 Nut bar (used on <0.093 in. thick PCB)

Bag of 2

020-2451-00 Elastomer Holder Assembly, Thin [black]

(used on <0.093 in. thick PCB)

Bag of 2

020-2452-00 Elastomer Holder Assembly, Thick [gray]

(used on >0.093 in. thick PCB)

Bag of 2

335-1007-00 Sheet of probe labels

020-2457-00 (Optional) Mictor-on-PCB to

Compression Adapter

020-2455-00 (Optional) Compression-on-PCB to

Mictor Adapter, 17-Channel

P6434

Part Number Description

N/A 1 sheet of probe labels (not installed)

105-1088-00 1 latch housing assembly, edge-mount

105-1089-00 1 latch housing assembly, vertical

070-9793-02 P6434 Instruction Manual

131-6134-01 (Optional) 1 each – AMP mictor connector,

020-2228-00 (Optional) 21 each – AMP mictor connector,

34-Channel Low-profile Adapter for P6434 – Order P6434 Opt. 01.
Part Number Description

010-0612-00 (Optional) low-profile leadset for P6434

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surface-mount

surface-mount

UPIK3M.

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P6417 to 3M Type 3592, 2x10, 0.1 in. Adapter –

Order UPIK3M (5 each).
Order 671-2508-00 (1 each).

34-Channel Probe Interface Kit with Barrel
Connectors – Order 020-2199-00.

34-Channel Probe Interface Kit with mini-PV
Connectors – Order 020-3000-00.

Differential-to-single-Ended
Converters

Each podlet converts 8 input differential pairs to a
single-ended output for use with the TLA Logic
Analyzer.They draw their power from separate
wires connected to the system under test. The
units are shipped without any input termination
connected and a supply of 100 Ω termination
resistors for use and installation by the user,
if desired. The units are shipped without input
leadsets. Leadsets are also available.

Differential ECL/PECL
to Single-ended ECL
Converter Pod

Each channel is converted via an ON
Semiconductor MC10E416 buffer which will
support speeds as high as 800 MHz. The inputs
have provisions for differential and/or parallel
termination. The input power is provided via two
leads that are connected to a lower voltage and a
higher voltage, each DC-isolated from the output,
allowing operation in both ECL and PECL systems.

Differential LVDS/TTL
to Single-ended TTL
Converter Pod

Each channel is converted via a National
Semiconductor DS90LV032A receiver supporting
data rates in excess of 400 Mbps (200 MHz).
The inputs have provisions for differential termina­tions and have resistor-diode input protection from
over voltage.

For information or ordering, please contact:
Dragonfly Software Development
4905 SW Griffith Drive, Suite 100
Beaverton, OR 97005-8724
[phone] phone
[phone] fax
[e-mail]

TLA7N4 Service Options

Opt. C3 – Calibration Service 3 Years.

Opt. C5 – Calibration Service 5 Years.

Opt. D1 – Calibration Data Report.

Opt. D3 – Calibration Data Report 3 Years

(with Opt. C3).

Opt. D5 – Calibration Data Report 5 Years
(with Opt. C5).

Opt. R3 – Repair Service 3 Years.

Opt. R5 – Repair Service 5 Years.

Opt. IN – Product Installation Service.

Differential-to-single-ended converter pods.

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