The Tektronix TDS754D is a 500 MHz, four-channel digital phosphor oscilloscope engineered for advanced electronic design, debugging, and signal analysis. It captures and displays three dimensions of signal information—amplitude, time, and amplitude distribution over time—with quantitative intensity and color-grading to reveal signal dynamics, instantaneous changes, and their frequency of occurrence. This unit ships with Options 13, 1F, and 2F installed.
Technical Specifications
Bandwidth & Sampling
• Bandwidth: 500 MHz
• Sample rate: Up to 4 GS/s (2 GS/s on single channel)
• Vertical resolution: 8-bit; 11-bit with averaging; 13-bit with Hi-res
• Vertical sensitivity: 1 mV/div to 10 V/div
• Vertical accuracy: ±1%
• Peak detect: 1 ns
• Record length: 50 k points per channel (expandable to 8 M points with Option 2M)
Time Base & Triggering
• Time base range: 500 ps/div to 10 s/div
• Time base accuracy: 25 ppm
• Trigger jitter: 8 ps
• Bandwidth limit: 20 MHz and 250 MHz selectable
• Channel deskew: ±25 ns
Acquisition & Display
• Waveform capture rate: Up to 200,000 waveforms/second; 100 M points/sec for DPO display density
• Display: Color CRT monitor
• Advanced features: Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope (DPO) technology, FastFrame™ Time Stamp, histograms with statistics, limit test
– Key Features
Triggering
Logic triggering isolates glitches, runts, and timing problems. Trigger conditioning includes HF, LF, and noise rejection.
Measurements & Analysis
29 automatic measurements and measurement statistics. Waveform math includes FFT, integration, and differentiation. Extended waveform math enabled (Option 2F). Differential measurements up to 1 GHz or 1.5 GHz.
Storage & Connectivity
3.5″ floppy disk drive (Option 1F). RS-232C and Centronics hardcopy interfaces (Option 13). Full GPIB programmability. Compatible with Tektronix AFTDS Differential Signal Adapter.
– Typical Applications
Electronic design verification, signal integrity analysis, timing characterization, and multi-channel signal debugging across general-purpose and communication-oriented measurements.
– Compatibility & Integration
Full GPIB programmability enables remote control and data logging. TekProbe interface compatibility supports external differential signal adapters.
