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HOW TO USE THE INSTRUMENT

The signal on channel 1 is a square wave. Consequently, there will be only two vertical levels to display.

The signal on channel 2 is a sine wave, which is now displayed as a function of the square wave on channel 1.

-Press the X SOURCE softkey so that ’line’ is

-Turn off channel 1.

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CH1 200mV

 

CH2 1.00V

X=ch1

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Horizontal deflection is now obtained from the line voltage. On the screen channel 2 (sine-wave) is displayed against the line voltage. The signals on the horizontal deflection (line) and the vertical deflection (ch2) have different frequency.

-Vary the frequency of the generator to get an almost stable picture.

The displayed figure is called a Lissajous figure. This lissajous figure has 5 (60 Hz line) or 6 (50 Hz line) tops depending on the line frequency. The number tops multiplied by the horizontal (line) frequency results in the frequency of the vertical signal.

2

CH2

1V

X=lne

ch1

 

 

ch2

 

 

ch3

2

 

ch4

 

line

 

 

50Hz

60Hz CH2 1V

X=lne

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If the generator is equal or close to the line frequency, the Lissajous figure is an ellips whose shape depends on the phase difference. Measuring phase difference using the X Deflection mode is one of the typical applications for this mode.

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