US 11,719,721 B2
Test and measurement probe having a touchscreen
Karl A. Rinder, Sparks, NV (US); David A. Sailor, Boring, OR (US); and Josiah A. Bartlett, Forest Grove, OR (US)
Assigned to Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Appl. No. 17/251,179
Filed by Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/036596
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 10, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/241280, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/683,611, filed on Jun. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0263074 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. G01R 1/067 (2006.01); G01R 1/02 (2006.01); G01R 1/04 (2006.01); G01R 31/302 (2006.01)
CPC G01R 1/06788 (2013.01) [G01R 1/025 (2013.01); G01R 1/04 (2013.01); G01R 31/3025 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A test-and-measurement probe for a test-and-measurement instrument having an instrument user interface, the test-and-measurement probe comprising:
a probe head configured to obtain a signal from a device under test; and
a touchscreen user interface separate from the probe head but electrically coupled with the probe head configured to visually convey test-and-measurement information to a user and to accept user touch input.