Tektronix TDS 500B

Nominal Traits
2–10
TDS 500B, TDS 600B & TDS 700A Performance Verification and Specifications
Table 2–4: Nominal Traits — Time Base System
Name Description
Range, Sample-Rate
1,3
TDS 684B: 5 Samples/sec to 5 GSamples/sec on four channels simultaneously
TDS 680B: 5 Samples/sec to 5 GSamples/sec on two channels simultaneously
TDS 644B: 5 Samples/sec to 2.5 GSamples/sec on four channels simultaneously
TDS 620B: 5 Samples/sec to 2.5 GSamples/sec on two channels simultaneously
TDS 520B and 724A: 5 Samples/sec to 1 GSamples/sec when acquiring 1 channel,
to 500 MSamples/sec when acquiring 2 channels
TDS 540B and 782A: 5 Samples/sec to 2 GSamples/sec when acquiring 1 channel,
to 1 G Sample/sec when acquiring 2 channels,
or, for TDS 540B only, to 500 MSamples/sec when acquiring 3 or 4 channels
TDS 540B with option 1G: 5 Samples/sec to 1 GSamples/sec when acquiring 1 channel,
to 1 G Sample/sec when acquiring 2 channels,
or to 500 MSamples/sec when acquiring 3 or 4 channels
TDS 754A: 5 Samples/sec to 2 GSamples/sec when acquiring 1 or 2 channels,
to 1 GSamples/sec when acquiring 3 or 4 channels
TDS 784A: 5 Samples/sec to 4 GSamples/sec when acquiring 1 channel,
to 2 G Sample/sec when acquiring 2 channels,
or to 1 GSamples/sec when acquiring 3 or 4 channels
Range, Interpolated Waveform Rate
2,3
TDS 600B: 10 GSamples/sec to 250 GSamples/sec
TDS 520B, 540B, 724A, and 754A: 1 GSamples/sec to 100 GSamples/sec
TDS 782A and 784A: 2 GSamples/sec to 250 GSamples/sec
Range, Seconds/Division TDS 600B: 0.2 ns/div to 10 s/div
TDS 500B, 724A, and 754A: 0.5 ns/div to 10 s/div
TDS 782A and 784A: 0.2 ns/div to 10 s/div
Record Length Selection 500 samples, 1000 samples, 2500 samples 5000 samples, 15000 samples
The TDS 520B, 724A and 782A also offer: 50000 samples and, with option 1M, 75000,
100000, 130000 (1 or 2 channels), or 250000 (1 channel) samples
The TDS 540B, 754A, and 784A also offer: 50000 samples and, with option 1M, 75000,
100000, 130000, 250000 (1 or 2 channels), or 500000 (1 channel) samples
1
The range of real-time rates, expressed in samples/second, at which a digitizer samples signals at its inputs and stores
the samples in memory to produce a record of time-sequential samples.
2
The range of waveform rates for interpolated (or equivalent-time on the TDS 700A) waveform records.
3
The Waveform Rate (WR) is the equivalent sample rate of a waveform record. For a waveform record acquired by
real-time sampling of a single acquisition, the waveform rate is the same as the real-time sample rate; for a waveform
created by interpolation of real-time samples from a single acquisition or, on applicable products, the equivalent-time
sampling of multiple acquisitions, the waveform rate created is faster than the real time sample rate. For all these cases,
the waveform rate is 1/(Waveform Interval) for the waveform record, where the waveform interval (WI) is the time between
the samples in the waveform record.