N2863A AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, N2863A Datasheet - Page 2

• Manufacturer Part Number: N2863A
• Description: 10:1 Passive Oscilloscope Probe
• Manufacturer: AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES

Specifications of N2863A

• Test Probe Type: Oscilloscope
• Bandwidth: 300MHz
• Cable Length: 1.2m
• For Use With: Agilent Technologies DSO1000, DSO3000 & DSO5000 Series Oscilloscopes & U2702A Scope
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: na

Compensation Adjustments
The probes can be adjusted for low-
frequency compensation and high-
frequency compensation.
For the best measurements you should
compensate your probe
to match its characteristics to
the oscilloscope. A poorly
compensated probe can
introduce measurement errors. Low-
frequency compensation should be
performed before performing high-
frequency compensation.
Low-frequency compensation
1. Connect the probe from the
2. Press Autoscale. Adjust the
3. Set the low-frequency
High-frequency compensation
1. Using the BNC adapter, connect the
2. Press Autoscale. Adjust the
3. Set the high-frequency
2
appropriate oscilloscope channel to
1-kHz square
wave source.
oscilloscope to display two to three
cycles of the waveform over two to
six vertical divisions.
compensation adjustment on the
probe for the flattest pulse possible
(see Figure 2).
probe to a square wave generator
operating between 10-kHz and
1-MHz, and terminated into 50-Ω.
oscilloscope to display one cycle
of the waveform over two to six
vertical divisions.
compensation adjustment on the
probe for the flattest, most square,
and most horizontal pulse possible
(see Figure 4).
Figure 1. Low-frequency compensation adjustment.
Figure 2.
Figure 3. High-frequency compensation adjustment.
Figure 4.
Low-frequency adjustment
Incorrect
Incorrect
High-frequency adjustment
Incorrect
Incorrect
Correct
Correct