General-Purpose Application Examples
THS710A, THS720A, THS730A & THS720P User Manual
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Setup to Detect Narrow Glitches
S
PE
AUTO
RANGE
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ACQUIRE Acquire Mode Envelope
Monitor the clock signal for several minutes. In Envelope acquisition
mode, the TekScope instrument displays the 1 kHz square wave
clock signal plus intermittent glitches that are as narrow as 8 ns.
Going Further
You can trigger on the glitch itself with the following setup:
S
PE
E
Trigger Type Pulse
ME
Trigger
Source
Ch1
Polarity and
Width
Positive Set width to
500 s
Trigger When Less Than
Width
Mode Normal
A triggers occurs only if a positive pulse narrower than 500 ms (half
the period of the clock signal) is detected.