
TLA5000 Series Logic Analyzers
TLA5201  TLA5202  TLA5203  TLA5204 
Logic Analyzers  www.tektronix.com/logic_analyzers
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Characteristics 
General 
Number of Channels –  
(All channels are acquired including clocks.) 
TLA5201:34 channels (2 are clock channels).
TLA5202:68 channels (4 are clock channels).
TLA5203:102 channels (4 are clock and 2 are
qualifier channels).
TLA5204:136 channels (4 are clock and 4 are
qualifier channels).
Time Stamp – 
51-Bits at 125 ps resolution 
(3.25 days duration).
Clocking/Acquisition Modes –  
Internal,internal 2X,internal 4X,external,external
2X,source synchronous.125 ps (8 GHz) MagniVu
high-speed timing is available simultaneous with 
all modes.
Input Characteristics (with
P6417, P6418, P6419 or
P6434 probes) 
Capacitive Loading –  
<0.7 pF typical data/clock (P6419).
1.4 pF typical data; 2 pF typical clock (P6418).
2 pF typical data/clock (P6417,P6434).
Threshold Selection Range – 
From –2.0 V to
+4.5 V in 5 mV increments.Threshold presets
include TTL (1.5 V),CMOS (1.65 V),ECL (–1.3 V),
PECL (3.7 V),LVPECL (2.0 V),LVCMOS 1.5 V 
(0.75 V),LVCMOS 1.8 V (0.9 V),LVCMOS 2.5 V
(1.25 V),LVCMOS 3.3 V (1.65 V),LVDS (0 V) and
user-defined.
Threshold Selection Channel Granularity –  
Separate selection for each of the clock/qualifier
channels and one per group of 16 data channels.
Threshold Accuracy (including probe) – 
±(100 mV) 
Input Voltage Range –  
Operating:–2.5 V to 5.0 V.
Nondestructive:±15 V.
Minimum Input Signal Swing – 
±250 mV (P6417,P6418,P6419).
±300 mV (P6434).
Input Signal Minimum Slew Rate – 
200 mV/ns typical.
State Acquisition
Characteristics (with P6417,
P6418, P6419 or P6434 probes)
Maximum State Clock Rate – 
235 MHz.
Maximum State Data Rate – 
470 Mb/s.
State Memory Depth with Timestamps (half/full
channels) – 
1 Mb/512 Kb,4/2 Mb,16/8 Mb.
Setup and Hold Time Selection Range – 
16 ns
range that may be shifted towards the setup region
by 0 ns [+8,–8] ns,4 ns [+12,–4] ns,or 8 ns
[+16,0] ns.
Setup-and-hold Window – 
All Channels:1.5 ns
typical.
Minimum Clock Pulse Width –  
1.5 ns (P6434).
1.25 ns (P6417,P6418,P6419).
Demux Channel Selection – 
Channels can be
demultiplexed to other channels through user 
interface with 8 channel granularity.
Timing Acquisition
Characteristics (with P6417,
P6418, P6419 or P6434 probes) 
MagniVu
Timing – 
125 ps (8 GHz).Storage rate
adjustable to 250 ps,500 ps,1 ns and 2 ns.
MagniVu Timing Memory Depth – 
16 Kb per
channel,with adjustable trigger position.
Deep Memory Timing Resolution
(quarter/half/full channels) – 
500 ps/1 ns/2 ns 
to 50 ms.
Deep Memory Timing Memory Depth
(quarter/half/full channels with timestamps and
with or without transitional storage) – 
2 Mb/
1 Mb/512 Kb,8/4/2 Mb,32/16/8 Mb per channel.
Deep Memory Timing Memory Depth with 
Glitch Storage Enabled – 
Half of default main
memory depth.
Channel-to-channel Skew – 
1 ns.900 ps typical.
Minimum Recognizable Pulse/Glitch Width
(single channel) – 
1 ns (P6417,P6418,P6419)
1.25 ns (P6434).
Minimum Detectable Setup/Hold Violation –  
250 ps.
Minimum Recognizable Multi-channel Trigger
Event – 
Sample period + channel-to-channel skew.
Trigger Characteristics 
Independent Trigger States – 
16.
Maximum Independent If/Then Clauses 
per State – 
16.
Maximum Number of Events per If/Then
Clause – 
8 
Maximum Number of Actions per If/Then
Clause – 
8.
Maximum Number of Trigger Events – 
18 (2
counter/timers plus any 16 other resources).
Number of Word Recognizers – 
16.
Number of Transition Recognizers – 
16.
Number of Range Recognizers – 
4.
Number of Counter/Timers – 
2.
Trigger Event Types – 
Word,group,channel,tran-
sition,range,anything,counter value,timer value,
signal,glitch,setup-and-hold violation,snapshot.
Trigger Action Types – 
Trigger main,trigger
MagniVu,store,don’t store,start store,stop store,
increment counter,decrement counter,reset counter,
start timer,stop timer,reset timer,snapshot current
sample,goto state,set/clear signal,do nothing.
Trigger Sequence Rate – 
DC to 500 MHz (2 ns).
Counter/Timer Range – 
51 Bits each (>50 days 
at 2 ns).
Counter Rate – 
DC to 500 MHz (2 ns).
Timer Clock Rate – 
500 MHz (2 ns).
Counter/Timer Latency – 
2 ns.
Range Recognizers – 
Double bounded (can be as
wide as any group,must be grouped according to
specified order of significance).
Setup-and-Hold Violation Recognizer Setup Time
Range – 
From 8 ns before to 7.5 ns after clock
edge in 125 ps increments.
Setup-and-Hold Violation Recognizer Hold Time
Range – 
From 7.5 ns before to 8 ns after clock
edge in 125 ps increments.
Trigger Position – 
Any data sample.
MagniVu Trigger Position – 
MagniVu position can
be set from 0% to 60% centered around the
MagniVu trigger.
Storage Control (data qualification) – 
Global
(conditional),by state (start/stop),block,by trigger
action or transitional.Force main prefill selection
available.
TLA5000 Series with TDS5000 Series
Oscilloscope.