Tektronix TAP2500 Active Probe

The TAP2500, TAP3500 and TAP4000 Single-ended Active FET probes provide excellent high-speed electrical and mechanical performance required for today's digital system designs.

Key features

• Outstanding electrical performance
  • High probe bandwidth
  • Fast probe rise time
  • Excellent signal fidelity
  • ≤0.8 pF input capacitance
  • 40 kΩ input resistance
  • -4 V to +4 V input dynamic range
  • -10 V to +10 V_DC input offset range
  • ±30 V (DC + peak AC) Maximum input voltage (nondestructive)
• Versatile mechanical performance
  • Small compact probe head for probing small geometry circuit elements
  • DUT attachment accessories enable connection to SMDs as small as 0.5 mm pitch
  • Robust design for reliability
• Easy to use
  • Connects directly to oscilloscopes with the TekVPI™ probe interface
  • Provides automatic units scaling and readout on the oscilloscope display
  • Easy access to oscilloscope probe menu display for probe status/diagnostic information and to control probe DC offset
  • Remote GPIB/USB probe control through the oscilloscope
• Applications
  • Verification, debug, and characterization of high-speed designs
  • Signal integrity, jitter, and timing analysis
  • Manufacturing engineering and test
  • Signals with voltage swings up to 8 V_p-p