On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 02:27:18 -0700, Roy Lewallen
wrote:

An oscilloscope probe has capacitance between the probe tip and ground
connection. Any inductance in series with this path makes a resoant
circuit that rings when hit by a fast transition. I highly recommend
reading Tek's "ABCs of Probes", which you can get at

http://www.tek.com/Measurement/App_N...60W_6053_7.pdf

It mentions the phenomenon on p. 10, but it would be very worthwhile to
read the whole thing.

Many thanks, Roy. I will. I really need to get better acquainted with
these finer points.
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