to a representative embodiment oscilloscope probe 900 is a high dynamic range oscilloscope probe and represents one of many potential applications of the output clamping circuit described above referring to fig9 and 10 oscilloscope probe 900 is connected to two oscilloscope channels a and b channel a is used for observing an input signal at a broad scale i e a u201c zoomed out u201d scale and channel b is used for observing small portions of the input signal on a magnified scale u201c zoomed in u201d scale a probe amplifier 905 receives the input signal through a pair of probe leads connected to a dut and it transmits the input signal to the respective channels a and b through amplifiers 1005 and 1010 amplifier 1005 is a tower gain i e a first gain differential amplifier with moderate bandwidth i e a first bandwidth and amplifier 1010 is a higher gain i e a second gain differential amplifier with lower bandwidth i e a second bandwidth to enhance or optimize low current level snr to prevent channel b from being overdriven or saturated by signals output through the higher gain differential amplifier clamping circuit 310 is placed at the output of this amplifier although not.