Technical data

86100A/B/C

Firmware Release Notes

A.06.00 Release Notes, December 15, 2005 (Differences from Release

A.04.20)

New Feature List

• Added Enhanced Impedance and S-parameters (#202)

• Support for S-parameter results for single-ended (S11, S21, S12, and S22), differential

(SDD11, SDD21, SDD22, SDD12), and common modes (SCC11, SCC21, SCC22, SCC12).

• S-parameter display graphs feature markers, graph formatting, Autoscale, and print

support

• S-parameter is calculated between two time periods which allows customers to using time

gating before converting to S-parameter

• Corrected impedance profile for single-ended and differential signals

• Allows export of S-parameter measurements into either .s1p or .s2p Touchstone data

format for import into circuit simulators

• Support for 86100C Mainframe

• New TDR User Interface for measurement setup and display

• Improved TDR Calibration that supports time base changes, time delays, and zooming into

data

• Guided TDR Calibration Procedure to improve usability

• Support of external TDR edge accelerators in TDR Mode

• Extensive support for math functions like derivatives, constant multiplications, add,

subtract, and scaling

• Maximum/Minimum/Average Measurements in TDR Mode

• Export of time data in X & Y format

• Display of ER Cal factor

• Changed from hardware graphics to software graphics

General Firmware Defects Fixed in A.06.00

• Increased maximum allowable time base delay in TDR mode to 100 ns.

• 86100B + 54754A previously did not invert white trace color on print. The waveform color

is set to gray during printing to prevent a white waveform trace on a white background.

• Repaired 86106B not successfully completing Autoscale with filter on

• Resolved ?g:DISK:SIM 'filename.jpg' ?gcausing instrument to hang when file specified is

read-only. Added error checking before attempting to save file.

• Phase is correct now for reference clock frequencies between 25 GHz and 39 GHz on the

40 GHz input of an 86107A Option 40 module.

• Added a remote command to raise the jitter shade :DISPlay:JITTer:SHADe

• Allow TDR mode to accept maximum time base delay up to 100ns

• Extinction Ratio calibration factor is always loaded into dialog boxes

• After 86100C power cycle, TDR mode is recalled properly

Known Issues

• PLTS customers should not upgrade to A.06.00 software at this time since the executable

will fail to run properly. PLTS customers should use DCA firmware version A.04.11.

• 86119A (Optical Sampling Oscilloscope) is designed to work on software versions A.03.06

and A.03.05 only.

• 86100A/B Mainframes are not supported on DCA Firmware Revision A.06.00