Appendix A: Specifications
TDS5000 Series User Manual
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Table A- 3: Horizontal and acquisition system specifications
Characteristic Description
Acquisition modes Sample, Peak detect, Hi Res, Average, and Envelope
Acquisition rate Up to 100,000 waveforms per second i n Fast Acquisition
mode
Up to 130 waveforms per second with Fast Acquisition off
Minimum record length 500 points
Maximum record l ength Depends on the num ber of active channels and the
amount of memory installed
Standard 100,000 points (3 or 4 channels)
200,000 points (2 channels)
400,000 points (1 channel)
Option 1M installed 500, 000 points (3 or 4 channels)
1,000,000 points (2 channels)
2,000,000 points (1 channel)
Option 2M installed 2, 000,000 points (3 or 4 channels)
4,000,000 points (2 channels)
8,000,000 points (1 channel)
Real-time sample rate range Number of channels ac-
quired
Sample rate range
1 1.25 S/s to 5 GS/s
2 1.25 S/s to 2.5 GS/s
3or4 1.25 S/s to 1.25 GS/ s
Equivalent-time sample rate or
interpolated waveform rate range
2.5 GS/s to 250 GS/s
Equivalent-time acquisition can be enabled or di sabled.
When disabled, waveforms are interpolated at the fastest
time base settings.
Seconds/division range 200 ps/div to 40 s/div
Maximum FastFrame update rate,
nominal
225,000 frames per second
Horizontal delay range 16 ns to 250 s
Long term sample rate and delay
time accuracy
±15 ppm over any ≥ 1 ms interval
RMS aperture uncertainty, typical ≤ [3 ps + (0.1 ppm × record duration)]