5968-4632E Datasheet, PDF (9/77 Pages) Keysight Technologies – Probing Solutions for Logic Analyzers

09 | Keysight | Probing Solutions for Logic Analyzers - Data Sheet
Selecting the Optimum Probing Strategy
What is the best way to probe your signals, given their unique characteristics?
Available probing options for all Keysight logic analyzers
Connectorless
Connector Samtec
Connection to the
target system
Advantages
Disadvantages
Requires appropriate pro series soft touch or original soft touch
footprint designed into the target system. Retention module is
used for alignment and mechanical retention only.
– Reduces cost and shortens the design cycle by eliminating
a connector
– Eliminates the capacitive loading of a connector, which
gives you the lowest-loading (less than 0.7 pF),
highest-performance (> 2.5 Gb/s rate) logic analyzer
probing option available
– Pliable micro spring-pin design with four-point crown tip
allows you to easily attach and get a reliable, repeatable
contact even for contaminated or uneven board surfaces
– Flow through signal routing streamlines design flow and
maintains differential pair spacing to ensure constant
differential-mode impedance and virtually eliminate stubs
– Acquire high-speed single-ended or differential signals
without impacting the performance of your circuit, while
providing an accurate representation to the logic analyzer
– Provides ability to attach retention module to probe and
browse multiple signals by pressing the probe against the
target device
– Compatible with all board finishes, including lead free
– Requires up-front design of probe footprint on PCB
Requires 100-pin Samtec connector designed into the target
system
– High-performance connector solution (1.5 pF loading,
1.5 Gb/s data rate)
– Supports single-ended and differential signals
– 3 times the performance and half the loading of Mictor
solution
– Added cost to include connector
– Requires up-front design of connector on PCB