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Introduction to Oscilloscopes and Probes
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Active Voltage Probes
Active voltage probes
contain active components such as
transistors. Often, the active device is a field-effect transistor
(FET). An active FET voltage probe can provide a very low
input capacitance. As a result, active FET probes have
predefined bandwidths ranging from 500 MHz to more than
4 GHz.
The high input impedance of an active FET voltage probe
allows measurements to be made at test points of unknown
impedance with lower risk of loading effects. As a result,
active voltage probes can be used on high-impedance
circuits that are sensitive to loading. On the other hand,
passive voltage probes cause more loading effects,
especially at high frequencies.
The voltage range of active FET voltage probes is ±0.6 V to
±10 V. In addition, these probes can typically withstand a
maximum voltage of ±40 V, without being damaged.
Therefore, active voltage probes are used for low signal
level applications, including fast logic device families, such
as ECL and GaAs.
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