TDS 420A, TDS 430A & TDS 460A Service Manual
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Typical Characteristics
This section contains tables that list the various typical characteristics that
describe the TDS 400A Digitizing Oscilloscopes.
Typical characteristics are described in terms of typical or average performance.
Typical characteristics are not warranted.
This subsection lists only typical characteristics. A list of warranted characteris-
tics starts on page 1--15.
Table 1- 17: Typical Characteristics — Signal Acquisition System
Name Description
Accuracy, DC Voltage Measurement , Measurement Type DC Accuracy
Not Averaged
Any Sample ±(1 .5 % × (|reading -- Net Offset
1
|) + Offset
Accuracy + 0.13 div + 0.6 m V)
Delta Volts between any two sam-
ples
2
±(1 .5 % × |reading| + 0. 26 div + 1. 2 m V)
Frequency Limit, Upper, 100 MHz Band-
width Limited
100 MHz
Frequency Limit, Upper, 20 MHz Band-
width Limited
20 MHz
Nonlinearity
<1 DL, differential; ≤ 1 DL, integral, independentl y based
3
Analog Bandwidth, DC-1 MΩ Coupled with
Standard-Accessory Probe Attached
Volts/Div TDS 420A
Bandwidth
TDS 430A and TDS 460A
Bandwidth
5mV/div--10V/div DC--200 MHz DC--400 MHz
2mV/div--4.98mV/div DC--150 MHz DC--250 MHz
1mV/div--1.99mV/div DC--100 MHz DC--100 MHz