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T A B L E OF C O N T E N T S
SEC TIO N 1 434 S P E C IF IC A T IO N Page
In tro d u c tio n 1-1
Table 1-1 Electrical
V e rtica l D e fle ctio n System 1-1
Triggering 1-3
H o rizo n ta l D e fle ctio n System 1-4
C a lib ra to r 1-6
Z A x is In p u t 1-6
Power Source 1-6
Display 1-6
Table 1-2 E nvironm ental 1-7
Table 1-3 Physical 1-8
SEC TIO N 2 O P E R A T IN G IN S T R U C T IO N S
General 2-1
O perating V oltage 2-1
O perating Tem perature 2-1
O perating Position 2-1
R a ckm ounting 2-1
C ontrols and Connectors
General 2-2
General Operating In fo rm a tio n
In te n s ity C o n tro l 2-5
Astigm atism A d ju s tm e n t 2-5
Trace A lig n m e n t A d ju s tm e n t 2-5
G raticule 2-5
L ig h t F ilte r 2-5
Beam Finder 2-6
B a ndw idth L im ite r 2-6
V e rtica l Channel Selection 2-6
V e rtica l Gain A d ju s tm e n t 2-6
Step A tte n u a to r Balance
A d ju s tm e n t 2-7
Signal C onnections 2-7
Loading E ffe c t o f 434 2-7
G round C onsiderations 2-8
In p u t C oupling 2-8
D e fle ctio n Factor 2-8
SEC TIO N 2 O P E R A T IN G IN S T R U C T IO N S (cont) Page
Dual-Trace O peration 2-8
Algebraic A d d itio n 2-9
Trigger Source 2-9
Trigger C oupling 2-9
Trigger Slope 2-10
Trigger Level 2-10
Sweep Mode 2-10
H o rizo n ta l Sweep Rates 2-12
Sweep M ag n ifica tio n 2-12
H o rizo n ta l Position C o n tro l 2-12
E xternal H o rizo n ta l In p u t 2-12
In te n s ity M o d u la tio n 2-12
C a lib ra to r 2-13
S im p lifie d O perating In stru ctio n s
General 2-13
N orm al Sweep Display 2-13
M agnified Sweep D isplay 2-13
E xternal H o rizo n ta l Display 2-13
Storage Operation
General 2-14
Slow and M edium Sweep Rates 2-14
Integrated Fast-Rise W aveforms 2-14
Fast Single-Sweep Enhancem ent 2-15
A p p lic a tio n s
General 2-15
Peak-To-Peak Voltage
M easurement—AC 2-15
Instantaneous V oltage
M easurement—DC 2-16
Com parison Measurements 2-17
T im e D u ra tio n Measurements 2-19
D eterm ining Frequency 2-19
R isetim e Measurements 2-19
T im e D ifference Measurements 2-20
M u lti-T ra ce Phase D ifference
Measurements 2-21
High R esolution Phase
Measurements 2-22
Com m on-M ode R ejection 2-22