Passive voltage probes are used for general purpose probing and are made with passive components only such as wires, connectors, capacitors and resistors
(when attenuation is required). There are no active components such as transistors or amplifiers in the probe, and therefore passive voltage probes do not need to
be powered.
The Agilent/HP 1160A Family of Miniature Passive probes are for use with the Agilent Infiniium oscilloscopes. They are small, rugged, come with a wide range of accessories and are compatible with the Agilent Autoprobe interface.
The Agilent/HP 1163A Miniature Passive Probe, 10:1, 500 Ohm, 1.5 GHz is a small, rugged, resistive divider probe for use with the all Agilent Infiniium oscilloscopes
Agilent / HP 1163A features low capacitive loading and wide bandwidth, resulting in very accurate timing measurements. Resistive divider probes are useful for probing low voltage signals such as ECL circuits, 50 Ω transmission lines, and GaAs circuits.