Using InfiniiMax Probes with Test Equipment other than Infiniium Oscilloscopes

Introduction

The benefits of the Keysight Technologies, Inc. award-winning InfiniiMax probes are not restricted to Keysight Infiniium oscilloscopes. A variety of accessories are available that allow you to use InfiniiMax probes with other test equipment, for example spectrum analyzers. Benefits of InfiniiMax probes include:

- Wide bandwidth (up to 12‑GHz)

- Flat frequency response up to specified bandwidth

- Very low reactive circuit loading

- Differential or single-ended measurements

- Accessories to adapt to any probing challenge without compromising performance

This guide will walk you through the steps to configure an InfiniiMax probing system to meet your specific needs.

• Step 1 Select an InfiniiMax probe amplifier
• Step 2 Select probe heads and accessories
• Step 3 The rest of the package

Step 2

Select probe heads and accessories

The minimum configuration required for a complete probing solution is a probe amplifier and a probe head.

Solder-in probe heads are ideal for hands-off access to fine-pitch components in high-density electronics. Solder-in probe heads are available to support bandwidths up to 12‑GHz.

Socketed probe heads make it easy to move probes to various test points for hands-off probing. Socketed probe heads support mea­surement bandwidth up to 8‑Ghz.

Hand-held browser probe heads make hand-held probing easy with variable tip spacing and Z-axis compliance. The E2675A hand-held browser supports measurements up to 6‑GHz. The N5382A hand-held microbrowser supports measurements up to 12‑GHz.

Dual-SMA probe heads enable differential measurements up to 12‑GHz on coax while requiring only one channel of the measuring instrument. This is the only solution for differential coaxial measurements on spectrum analyzers.

Step 3

The rest of the package

Order one each of the following items:

- N1022B probe adapter

- N1022-60014 3.5 mm NMD to type N adapter

- 1143A probe power supply with option 001, 1.5 m extension cable

The 1143A probe power supply will support two InfiniiMax probes. If you need dual probes for two channel measurements, you can order two probes with accessories, two of each adapter listed above, and one power supply.