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Service and Maintenance
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Keysight U1818A/B Operating and Service Manual
Tips for using browser probe heads
– Spring steel wires will last longer if the span is set by grabbing the lead near
the PC board edge and twisting instead of just pulling or pushing the wires
apart or together.
Tips for using solder-in probe heads
– When soldering in leads to DUT always use plenty of flux. The flux will insure a
good, strong solder joint without having to use an excessive amount of solder.
– Strain relieves the micro coax leading away from the solder-in tips using hook-
and- loop fasteners or adhesive tape to protect delicate connections.
– Note that for the differential solder- in probe head, the + and - connection can
be determined when the probe head is plugged into the probe amplifier,
therefore, it does not matter which way the tip is soldered.
Procedures and soldering tips for using N5425A InfiniiMax ZIF probe
heads
The InfiniiMax ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) Probe Heads system is a way to use a less
expensive connection accessory (ZIF tip) that can be installed at many locations
on a device under test, to connect to a probe head (N5426A) that transports the
signal to the probe amplifier. The advantages of this system are that the ZIF tip is
very small and connects to the probe head using a zero insertion force feature
allows connection without compressing the delicate wires which cannot support
this compression.
A close-up of the ZIF tip and the ZIF probe head before the probe head is inserted
into the ZIF tip is shown in
Figure 2-30
. Note that lever on the ZIF tip is shown in
the open position (pointed up) which allows the insertion of the probe head
contacts into the ZIF tip with zero insertion force.