Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes

TDS5000B Series

Characteristics

Vertical System

Timebase System

	All Models
Timebase Range	200 ps/div to 1000 s/div
Timebase Delay Time Range	(s/div × 10) to 1000 s
Channel-to-channel Deskew Range	±75 ns
Timebase Accuracy	15 ppm
Delta Time Measurement Accuracy	(0.06/sample rate + 15 ppm × |Reading|)RMS
Trigger Jitter (RMS)	8 psRMS (typical)
Long Term Sample Rate and Delay Time Accuracy	±15 ppm over any =1 ms interval

Acquisition System

	TDS5032B/5052B	TDS5034B/5054B/5104B	TDS5054BE
Real-time Sample Rates
1 Channel (max)	5 GS/s		1 GS/s
2 Channels (max)	2.5 GS/s		1 GS/s
3-4 Channels (max)	--	1.25 GS/s	1 GS/s
Equivalent Time Sample Rate (max)	250 GS/s		200 GS/s
Maximum Record Length per Channel with Standard Memory	8M/4M/--	8M/4M/2M
With Opt. 3M	16M/8M/--	16M/8M/4M

Maximum Duration at Highest Real-time Resolution (1 ch)

	TDS5054BE	All Other Models
Time Resolution (single shot)	1 ns (1 GS/s)	200 ps (5 GS/s)
Max Duration with Standard Memory	8 ms	1.6 ms
Max Duration with Opt. 3M	16 ms	3.2 ms

Acquisition Modes

	All Models
FastAcq Acquisition	FastAcq optimizes the instrument for analysis of dynamic signals and capture of infrequent events. Maximum FastAcq waveform capture rate is 100,000 wfms/s.
Sample	Acquire sampled values.
Peak Detect	Captures narrow glitches (<1 ns) at all real-time sampling rates.
Averaging	From 2 to 10,000 waveforms included in average.
Envelope	From 2 to 2 × 109 waveforms included in min-max envelope.
Hi-Res	Real-time boxcar averaging reduces random noise and increases resolution.
Waveform Database	Accumulates a waveform database that provides a three dimensional array of amplitude, time, and counts.
FastFrame™ Acquisition	Acquisition memory divided into segments; maximum trigger rate >225,000 waveforms per second.

Trigger System

	All Models
Sensitivity
Internal DC Coupled	0.35 div DC to 50 MHz increasing to 1 div at rated bandwidth.
External (auxiliary input)	400 mV from DC to 50 MHz increasing to 750 mV at 100 MHz.
Main Trigger Modes	Auto, Normal, and Single.
Trigger Sequences	Main, Delayed by time, Delayed by events. All sequences can include separate horizontal delay after the trigger event to position the acquisition window in time.
Standard Trigger Types	Edge, Glitch, Runt, Window, Width, Transition Time, Timeout, Pattern, Video, State, Setup/Hold
A Event and Delayed B Event Trigger Types	A Event: All above types Delayed B Event: Edge
Communications-related Triggers (requires Option SM)	Support for AMI, HDB3, BnZS, CMI, MLT3, and NRZ encoded communications signals. Select among isolated positive or negative one, zero pulse form or eye patterns as applicable to standard
Trigger Level Range
Any Channel	±10 divisions from center of screen.
External (auxiliary in)	±8 V.
Line	Fixed at 0 V.
Trigger Coupling	DC, AC (attenuate <60 Hz), HF reject (attenuate >30 kHz). LF reject (attenuates <80 kHz) Noise reject (reduce sensitivity).
Trigger Holdoff Range	1.5 µs to 12 s maximum.

Trigger Modes

Edge - Positive or negative slope on any channel or front panel auxiliary input. Coupling includes DC, AC, noise reject, HF reject, and LF reject.

Video - Trigger on NTSC, PAL, SECAM, analog HDTV, and non-standard video formats.

Glitch - Trigger on or reject glitches of positive, negative or either polarity. Minimum glitch width is 1.0 ns with 200 ps resolution.

Width - Trigger on width of positive or negative pulse either within or out of selectable time limits ranging from 1 ns to 1 s with 200 ps resolution.

Runt - Trigger on a pulse that crosses one threshold but fails to cross a second threshold before crossing the first again. Event can be time or logic qualified (logic on 4 channel models only).

Window - Trigger on an event that enters or exits a window defined by two user-adjustable thresholds. Event can be time or logic qualified (logic on 4 channel models only).

Timeout - Trigger on an event which remains high, low or either, for a specified time period, selectable from 1 ns to 1 s with 200 ps resolution.

Transition - Trigger on pulse edge rates that are faster or slower than specified. Slope may be positive, negative or either.

Setup/Hold - Trigger on violations of both setup time and hold time between clock and data present on any two input channels.

Pattern - Trigger when pattern goes false or stays true for specified period of time. Pattern (AND, OR, NAND, NOR) specified for four input channels defined as High, Low or Don't Care.

State - Any logical pattern of channels (1, 2, 3) clocked by edge on channel 4 (channel 2 on TDS5032B/5052B). Trigger on rising or falling clock edge.

Comm (requires option SM) - Support for AMI, HDB3, B3ZS, B6ZS, B8ZS, CMI, NRZ and MLT3 encoded communication signals. Select among isolated positive or negative one, zero pulse form or eye patterns as applicable to standard.

Trigger Delay by Time - 16 ns to 250 seconds.

Trigger Delay by Events - 1 to 10,000,000 Events.

Waveform Measurements

Automatic Measurements - 53 of which 8 can be displayed on screen at any one time.

Amplitude Related: Amplitude, High, Low, Maximum, Minimum, Peak to Peak, Mean, Cycle Mean, RMS, Cycle RMS, Positive Overshoot, Negative Overshoot.

Time Related: Rise Time, Fall Time, Positive Width, Negative Width, Positive Duty Cycle, Negative Duty Cycle, Period, Frequency, Delay.

Combination: Area, Cycle Area, Phase, Burst Width.

Histogram Related: Waveform count, Hits in box, Peak hits, Median, Maximum, Minimum, Peak to Peak, Mean (µ), Standard Deviation (s), µ ± 1s, µ ± 2s, µ ± 3s.

Communications Related: Extinction Ratio (abs, %, dB), Eye Height, Eye Width, Eye Top, Eye Base, Crossing %, Jitter (Pk-Pk, RMS, 6s), Noise (Pk-Pk, RMS), Signal/Noise Ratio, Cycle Distortion, Q-Factor.

Measurement Statistics - Mean, Min, Max, Standard Deviation, Population.

Reference Levels - User definable for each of the eight measurements.

Histograms - Vertical or horizontal with linear or log scaling.

Gating - Isolate the specific occurrence within an acquisition to take measurements on.

Cursors - Horizontal Bars, Vertical Bars, Waveform, and Screen.

Waveform Processing/Math

Arithmetic - Add, subtract, multiply, and divide waveforms.

Algebraic Expressions - Define extensive algebraic expressions including waveforms, scalars, user adjustable variables, and results of parametric measurements e.g. (Integral (Ch1-Mean(Ch1))*1.414*VAR1).

Math Functions - Average, Invert, Integrate, Differentiate, Square Root, Exponential, Log 10, Log e, Abs, Ceiling, Floor, Min, Max, Sin, Cos, Tan, ASin, ACos, ATan, Sinh, Cosh, Tanh

Frequency Domain Functions - Spectral magnitude and phase, real and imaginary spectra.

Vertical Units - Magnitude: Linear, dB, dBm. Phase: degrees, radians, group delay.

Window Functions - Rectangular, Hamming, Hanning, Kaiser-Bessel, Blackman-Harris, Gaussian, Flattop2, Tek Exponential.

Limit Testing - Compare live waveforms against a known “golden” reference waveform with user defined vertical and horizontal tolerances.

Display Characteristics

Display Type - 10.4 in. Liquid crystal active-matrix color display.

Display Resolution - 640 horizontal x 480 vertical pixels.

Waveform Styles - Vectors, Dots, Intensified Samples, Variable Persistence, Infinite Persistence.

Display Format - YT, XY, XYZ.

Color Palettes - Individual color palettes for Record View and FastAcq/WfmDB modes include Normal, Green, Gray, Temperature, Spectral, and User Defined.

Computer System and Peripherals

Operating System - Windows 2000.

CPU - Intel Celeron Processor, 2.0 GHz.

PC System Memory - 512 MB.

Internal Hard Disk Drive - =80 GB capacity.

Front Removable Hard Disk Drive (optional) - =40 GB capacity.

Floppy Disk Drive - Front panel 3.5 in floppy disk drive, 1.44 MB capacity.

CD-RW Drive - Side panel CD-RW drive, =24X read and write speed.

Printer (optional) - Built-in thermal printer.

Mouse - Optical wheel mouse, USB interface.

OpenChoice Features

TekVISA - Application Programmers Interface (API) for Windows developers. Documentation includes descriptions and samples of programming test and measurement applications on the unit in Visual BASIC, C and C++.

TekVISA Control (TVC) - Active controls to make access to TekVISA easy for integration into Microsoft Windows applications.

VXI-11 Server - An Application Programmers Interface (API) for LAN connectivity from non-Windows environments.

Plug-and-play Drivers - Provides support to run National Instrument's LabVIEW and LabWindows on an external PC connected to a TDS5000B Series or on the oscilloscope itself.

IVI Drivers - Provides support for new and existing program environments utilizing the IVI instrumentation standard, such as LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, MATLAB, Visual BASIC, and C/C++.

Excel and Word Toolbars - Provides direct access to screen images, waveform data, and measurements on the oscilloscope from a toolbar in Excel and/or Word.

Report Generator - Enables the ability to design and create customized report templates that extract the oscilloscope's waveforms, settings, measurements, and other on-screen information with a click of the mouse.

LabVIEW and MATLAB - 30 day evaluation copies plus non-expiring demo programs that perform a variety of LabVIEW and MATLAB display and analysis functions with the oscilloscope.

Software Developer’s Kit (SDK) - a CD is included in the Getting Started With OpenChoice® book. This SDK includes a wealth of documentation, programming tools, and examples to assist programmers working with the TDS5000B Series.

Input/Output Ports

Auxiliary Input - Front panel BNC connector. Trigger level range is adjustable from +8 V to -8 V. The maximum input voltage is ±20 V (DC + peak AC) and input resistance is =1.5 k?.

Probe Compensator Output - Front panel pins. Amplitude 1 V ± 1% into a =10 kO load, frequency 1 kHz ±5%.

Analog Signal Output - Rear-panel BNC connector, provides a buffered version of the signal that is attached to the Channel 3 input (4 channel models only). Amplitude: 50 mV/div ±20% into a 1 M? load, 25 mV/div ±20% into a 50 ? load. Bandwidth (typical): 100 MHz into a 50 ? load.

Auxiliary Output Levels - Rear-panel BNC connector, provides a TTL-compatible, negative polarity pulse when the oscilloscope triggers.

External Reference In - Rear-panel BNC connector. 9.8 MHz to 10.2 MHz.

Parallel Port - IEEE 1284, DB-25 connector.

Audio Ports - Miniature phone jacks for stereo microphone input and stereo line output.

USB Port - Four USB 2.0 ports allows connection or disconnection of USB keyboard and/or mouse while oscilloscope power is on.

Keyboard Port - PS-2 compatible.

Mouse Port - PS-2 compatible.

LAN Port - RJ-45 connector, supports 10Base-T and 100Base-T.

Serial Port - DB-9 COM1 port.

Video Port - DB-15 female connector; connect a second monitor to use dual-monitor display mode. Supports basic requirements of PC99 specification and display resolutions up to 1,920 x 1,440.

GPIB Port - IEEE 488.2 standard, can be configured for talk/listen or controller mode.

Oscilloscope VGA Video Port - DB-15 female connector, connect to show the oscilloscope display on an external monitor or projector.

Power Source

Power - 100 to 240 V_RMS ±10%, 47 to 63 Hz; CAT II, or 115 V_RMS ±10%, 360 to 440 Hz

Power Consumption - <220 W

Physical Characteristics

Benchtop Configuration
Dimensions	mm	in.
Height	361	11.2*1
Width	447	17.6
Depth	288	11.35
Weight	kg	lbs.
Net	11.23	24.75
Shipping	25.63	56.5
Rackmount Configuration
Dimensions	mm	in.
Height	267	10.5
Width	483	19
Depth	231*2	9.1*2
Weight	kg	lbs.
Net	13.49	29.75
Cooling
Cooling clearance	3 inches (76 mm) required on left side.

^*1Does not include accessory pouch.

^*2From rack mounting ear to back of instrument.

Environmental

Temperature

Operating - +5 °C to +45 °C.

Nonoperating - -20 °C to +60 °C without diskette in floppy drive.

Humidity

Operating - 20% to 80% relative humidity with a maximum wet bulb temperature of +29 °C at or below +45 °C, noncondensing. Upper limit de-rates to 30% relative humidity at +45 °C.

Nonoperating - Without diskette in floppy disk drive. 5% to 90% relative humidity with a maximum wet bulb temperature of +29 °C at or below +60 °C, noncondensing. Upper limit derates to 20% relative humidity at +60 °C.

Altitude

Operating - 10,000 ft. (3,048 m).

Nonoperating - 40,000 ft. (12,190 m).

Random Vibration

Operating - 0.1 GRMS from 5 to 500 Hz, 10 minutes each axis, 3-axes, 30 minutes total.

Nonoperating - 2.0 GRMS from 5 to 500 Hz, 10 minutes each axis, 3-axes, 30 minutes total.

Regulatory Certifications

Electromagnetic Compatibility - 89/336/EEC.

Safety - UL61010, CSA-22.2 No. 1010.1, EN61010-1, IEC61010-1.