High Performance Oscilloscope Calibrator
9500B Mainframe Calibration and Active Head™ Calibration
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'LF Sine' function, selected simply by pressing the
Χ
front-panel push-button
when in Calibration mode.
•
'Resistance Measurement', selected by pressing the Aux front panel push-button
when in Calibration mode.
Active Head Calibration
Active Head calibration correction factors are stored in non-volatile calibration memory
in the Active Head itself. The following calibrations are required:
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'Sine' flatness above 50 kHz
•
'Low Edge' and 'Fast Edge' functions
•
'Load Capacitance' measurement functions
•
'Termination Compensation' functions
Head calibration involves the use of a verified 9500B Mainframe.
Note
Heads can be calibrated only within the bandwidth of the mainframe. For
example, Head Model 9510 with Mainframe Variant 9500B/400 can only
be calibrated to 400 MHz.
Other Functions
Other 9500B functions are either derived directly from functions that are calibrated, or
are calibrated 'for life' during manufacture:
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Dual-Sine
•
Current
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Composite Video
•
Linear Ramp
•
Overload Pulse
•
Zero Skew
•
Auxiliary Input
•
Input Leakage
Attempting to select these functions during Mainframe calibration, (or those in Active
Head Calibration) while the Model 9500B is in CAL mode, will result in an error
message being displayed:
No calibration for this function