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Control Summary
about connecting a probe is available. (See page 8, Connecting a Current Probe
to the Ampli fi er .)
OUTPUT Connector The ampli fi er current measurement output is accessed at the OUTPUT connector,
which should be connected to the oscilloscope input. Attach one end of a 50 Ω
BNC cable to this connector and the other end to a 50 Ω vertical input of your
oscilloscope. The output impedance of the ampli fi er is 50 Ω .
To get a direct readout of current on your Tektronix oscilloscope, use the
TEKPROBE interface cable to connect the ampli
fi er to your oscilloscope.
NOTE.
To obtain accurate measurements, the input impedance of your
oscilloscope must be 50 Ω . Make sure your ampli fi er OUTPUT is connected to an
oscilloscope input using a 50 Ω BNC cable, and that the oscilloscope input is set
to 50 Ω impedance. The proper cabling is shown. (See Figure 1 on page 1.)
If your oscilloscope does not have 50 Ω impedance settings for inputs, you can
place a 50 Ω feedthrough termination on the oscilloscope input and connect
the ampli fi er output cable to the termination. Do not place the feedthrough
termination at the ampli fi er end of the BNC connecting cable.
Probe DC Gain Adjust
(located on probes)
After the PROBE DEGAUSS AUTOBALANCE routine has been run, the probe
and ampli
fi er system will meet all published speci fi cations. However, if you want
to improve the tolerance of the system accuracy, or to intentionally offset the
accuracy to make up for total system errors, you can manually adjust the gain of
the probe. See the service manual for adjustment procedures and locations.
NOTE.
You should be careful to note the existing position of the DC Gain
Adjustment before you alter it, so that you may return it to the initial, calibrated
position. By altering the DC Gain Adjustment, you may cause the probe to not
meet the warranted DC Accuracy speci
fi cation.
For example, the typical accuracy of the TCP312 probe on the 1 A/V range is
1%. If you want to measure a 3 Ap-p, 1 kHz square wave and need increased
accuracy (better than 0.25% is attainable),
fi rst adjust the TCP312 on the 1 A/V
range setting using a calibrated 3 Ap-p, 1 kHz square wave source. Then, attach
the probe to your circuit and take your measurement. Remember, altering the DC
Gain Adjustment may cause the probe to not meet the warranted DC Accuracy
speci
fi cation.
GPIB Operation The TCPA300 and TCPA400 Current Probe Ampli fi ers do not have direct GPIB
connections. However, you can use a computer to control the oscilloscope that the
ampli
fi er is connected to, enabling you to change the time and scale factors of
your current measurements over the oscilloscope GPIB bus.
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