Introduction When you combine many circuit elements with similar frequency responses, you get a Gaussian response. Traditional analog oscilloscopes chain many analog amplifiers from the input to the cathode ray tube (CRT) display, 1 and therefore exhibit a Gaussian response. The properties of a Gaussian-response oscilloscope are fairly well understood in the industry. Less familiar, though, is the flat-response that is now more commonly exhibited by modern, high-bandwidth digital oscilloscopes. A digital oscilloscope has a shorter chain of analog amplifiers, and it can use digital signal processing techniques to optimize the response for accuracy. More importantly, a digital oscilloscope can be subject to