Helpful Hints; Low-Inductance Grounding; Figure 2- 3: Low-Inductance Grounding - Tektronix P6245 Manuel D'utilisation

Helpful Hints

Follow these helpful hints to make probing easier and noise free.

Low-inductance Grounding

Placing a ground plane on top of a package being probed can
minimize ground lead length and inductance. See Figure 2- - 3.

Figure 2- 3: Low-inductance Grounding

Attach a small piece of copper clad on top of the package and
connect it to the package ground connection. Use the low-inductance
ground lead provided with the P6245 to keep the ground lead length
as short as possible.
This method is very useful when making many measurements on the
same package. Using a ground plane on the package makes probing
the package easier, and avoids adding unnecessary ground lead
length and distortion.
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