Agilent Technologies 6000 Series manual Normal Mode, Peak Detect Mode, High Resolution Mode

6 Displaying Data

Normal Mode

In Normal mode at slower sweep speeds, extra samples are decimated (in other words, some are thrown away). This mode yields the best display for most waveforms.

Peak Detect Mode

In Peak Detect mode at slower sweep speeds, minimum and maximum samples are kept in order to capture infrequent and narrow events (at the expense of exaggerating any noise). This mode displays all pulses that are at least as wide as the sample period (see Table 16).

Table 16 Agilent 6000 Series Model Numbers and Sampling Rates

Bandwidth	100 MHz	300 MHz	500 MHz	1 GHz
Maximum Sample Rate	2 GSa/s	2 GSa/s	4 GSa/s	4 GSa/s
A sample is taken every	500 ps	500 ps	250 ps	250 ps
(sample period)
2-Channel DSO	DSO6012A	DSO6032A	DSO6052A	DSO6102A
4-Channel DSO	DSO6014A	DSO6034A	DSO6054A	DSO6104A
2-Channel + 16 Logic Channels MSO	MSO6012A	MSO6032A	MSO6052A	MSO6102A
4-Channel + 16 Logic Channels MSO	MSO6014A	MSO6034A	MSO6054A	MSO6104A
4-Channel DSO	DSO6014L		DSO6054L	DSO6104L

High Resolution Mode

In High Resolution mode, at slower sweep speeds extra samples are averaged in order to reduce random noise, produce a smoother trace on the screen, and effectively increase vertical resolution.

High Resolution mode averages sequential sample points within the same acquisition together. An extra bit of vertical resolution is produced for every factor of 4 averages. The number of extra bits of vertical resolution is dependent on the time per division setting (sweep speed) of the scope.

The slower the sweep speed, the greater the number of samples that are averaged together for each display point.

266 6000 Series Oscilloscope User’s Guide