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Tektronix IsoVu ™ Technology - Isolated Measurement Probes
Whether designing an inverter, optimising a power supply, testing communication links, measuring across a current shunt resistor, debugging EMI or ESD issues, or trying to eliminate ground loops in your test setup, common mode interference has caused engineers to design, debug, evaluate, and optimise “blind.”
Revolutionary Tektronix IsoVu ™ technology uses optical communications and power-over-fiber for complete galvanic isolation. When combined with an oscilloscope equipped with the TekVPI interface, it is the first, and only, measurement system capable of accurately resolving high bandwidth, differential signals, in the presence of large common mode voltage with:
- Complete galvanic isolation
- Up to 1 GHz bandwidth
- 1 Million to 1 (120 dB) common mode rejection at 100 MHz
- 10,000 to 1 (80 dB) of common mode rejection at full bandwidth
- Up to 50 V differential dynamic range
- 60kV common mode voltage range
Tektronix IsoVu ™ Features
Tektronix IsoVu ™ Benefits
Complete galvanic isolation eliminates the direct electrical connection between the floating inputs and the ground referenced output. | Eliminates measurement system ground loops which inject noise and offset into the measurement. |
Greater than 120 dB (1 Million: 1) Common Mode Rejection from DC to 100 MHz which is 33,000 times better than previously available measurement systems. At 1 GHz, IsoVu™ offers 80 dB (10,000:1) Common Mode Rejection at 1 GHz which is more than a thousand times better than previously available measurement systems. | Gives the freedom to measure anywhere in a circuit without common mode signals impacting differential measurements. |
Allows users to accurately measure small differential signals (5 mV - 50 V) in the presence of large common mode voltages less than 60 kV from DC to 1 GHz. | Common mode voltage capability does not derate over bandwidth. |
Offers a 10 meter fiber optic cable option with the same performance specifications as the 3 meter option. | Allows you to move your test system away from sources of interference and radiated emissions to minimize coupling, without degrading measurement performance. |
“I can say that for any future development in compound semiconductors we will be using Tektronix oscilloscopes and Tektronix IsoVu ™ probes to deliver the measurement insights we need to be successful.”
Daijiro Arisawa
Staff Engineer, System Development Group
Panasonic Semiconductor Solutions
Tektronix IsoVu ™ Probe Models
Bandwidth: 200 MHz
Differential Voltage: ± 50 V
Common Mode Voltage: ≤ 2000 V
Common Mode Rejection Ratio: DC: > 120 dB — 100, MHz: 120 dB — 200, MHz: 110 dB
Fiber Cable Length: 3 meters
Bandwidth: 200 MHz
Differential Voltage: ± 50 V
Common Mode Voltage: ≤ 2000 V
Common Mode Rejection Ratio: DC: > 120 dB — 100, MHz: 120 dB — 200, MHz: 110 dB
Fiber Cable Length: 10 meters
Bandwidth: 500 MHz
Differential Voltage: ± 50 V
Common Mode Voltage: ≤ 2000 V
Common Mode Rejection Ratio: DC: > 120 dB — 100, MHz: 120 dB — 500, MHz: 100 dB
Fiber Cable Length: 3 meters
Bandwidth: 500 MHz
Differential Voltage: ± 50 V
Common Mode Voltage: ≤ 2000 V
Common Mode Rejection Ratio: DC: > 120 dB — 100, MHz: 120 dB — 500, MHz: 100 dB
Fiber Cable Length: 10 meters
Bandwidth: 1 GHz
Differential Voltage: ± 50 V
Common Mode Voltage: ≤ 2000 V
Common Mode Rejection Ratio: DC: > 120 dB — 100, MHz: 120 dB — 1 GHz: 80 dB
Fiber Cable Length: 3 meters
Bandwidth: 1 GHz
Differential Voltage: ± 50 V
Common Mode Voltage: ≤ 2000 V
Common Mode Rejection Ratio: DC: > 120 dB — 100, MHz: 120 dB — 1 GHz: 80 dB
Fiber Cable Length: 10 meters
Tektronix IsoVu ™ Downloads
The Tektronix TIVM Series IsoVu™ Measurement System offers a galvanically isolated measurement solution for accurately resolving high bandwidth, differential signals up to ±50 Vpk in the presence of large common mode voltages with the best in class common mode rejection performance across its bandwidth.
Find out more and download: IsoVu™ Datasheet >
This application note focuses on accurate high-side VGS measurements using the IsoVu measurement system. The measurements described in this application note are shown on a half-bridge configuration with eGaN FETs on both the high-side and low-side switches. While high-side gate measurements are the focus of this application note, the lowside gate will also be examined. This application note addresses measurements during the following events:
- High-side Turn-on
- Hide-side Turn-off / Low-side Turn-on
Download: Measuring Vgs on Wide Bandgap Semiconductors >
This white paper describes the optically isolated measurement system architecture trademarked IsoVu™. IsoVu offers complete galvanic isolation and is the industry’s first measurement solution capable of accurately resolving high bandwidth, low voltage differential signals in the presence of large common mode voltages. The stand out feature of IsoVu™ is its best in class common mode rejection across the entire bandwidth.
Download: White Paper >
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