Nominal Traits
TDS 500B, 600B and TDS 700A Service Manual
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Table 1–5: Nominal Traits — Triggering System
Name Description
Range, Delayed Trigger Time Delay 16 ns to 250 s
Range, Events Delay TDS 600B; 2 to 10,000,000
TDS 500B/700A: 1 to 10,000,000
Range (Time) for Pulse-Glitch,
Pulse-Width, Time-Qualified Runt, Timeout,
or Slew Rate Trigger, Delta Time
1 ns to 1 s
n
, S
up
nd
d f
r
Feature Min to max
T
S
up/
d V
n Tr
r
Setup Time
Hold Time
Setup + Hold Time
–100 ns to 100 ns
–1 ns to 100 ns
2 ns
For Setup Time, positive numbers mean a data transition before the clock edge and
negative means a transition after the clock edge.
For Hold Time, positive numbers mean a data transition after the clock edge and negative
means a transition before the clock edge.
Setup + Hold Time is the algebraic sum of the Setup Time and the Hold Time
programmed by the user.
n
, Tr
r L
v
r T
r
d Source Range
Any Channel
Auxiliary
Line
±12 divisions from center of screen
±8 V
±400 V
Video Trigger Modes of Operation
(Option 05 Video Trigger)
Supports the following video standards:
H NTSC (525/60) – 2 field mono or 4 field
H PAL (625/50) – 2 field mono or SECAM, 8 field
H HDTV –
(787.5/60)
(1050/60)
(1125/60)
(1250/60)
H FlexFormat
TM
(user definable standards)
User can specify: field rate, number of lines, sync pulse width and polarity, line rate,
and vertical interval timing.