Tektronix launches ‘World’s fastest’ oscilloscopes
25 February 2009
Tektronix has launched what it describes as the world’s fastest oscilloscope. The company go on to claim that the DPO70000B Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope (DPO) and DSA70000B Digital Serial Analyzer (DSA) Series, built on the series that offered the highest available bandwidth for real-time oscilloscopes, now in
“B” models also provide the best vertical noise performance, flattest frequency response, and greatest effective number of bits (ENOB). Adding to the Pinpoint™ Trigger system, the new models also provide the fastest available hardware-based pattern triggering for advanced serial data bus speeds at rates up to 5Gb/s.
In addition, new upgrade options via the Tektronix SpeedBooster upgrade program, enable “B” series customers to upgrade their bandwidth from 4GHz to 6, 8, 12.5, 16 and ultimately to 20GHz. This enables engineers to purchase what they need today, and easily increase the bandwidth of their instrument as test requirements change in the future. The DPO/DSA70000B Series oscilloscopes provide support on all channels simultaneously for high bandwidth, deep memory, fast sample rate, and fast waveform capture rate. The models can be used to debug signals running up to 12Gb/s on each of four lanes, making them ideal for design engineers developing and testing multi-lane, high-speed serial data applications including PCI-Express 3, SATA 6Gb/s, SuperSpeed USB, HDMI, DisplayPort and Ethernet.
"The enhanced Tektronix DSA70000B series oscilloscope is ideal for bench testing emerging multi-lane 8Gb/s and 10Gb/s serial data signals." said Mark Marlett SERDES Architect, Xilinx Corporation. "With its low noise floor, multi-lane capacity, and performance at 20GHz, I'm able to quickly and confidently analyse my
multi-lane SERDES for these next generation serial signals."
The DPO/DSA70000B Series oscilloscopes provide scalable performance with 4, 6, 8, 12.5, 16, and 20GHz models. This level of performance is necessary for testing highspeed technologies. The 20GHz DSA72004B
provides 5th harmonic measurements on signals running up to 8Gb/s and 3rd harmonic measurements for data rates up to 12Gb/s. This performance satisfies the signal integrity measurement and compliance
requirements of the latest 3rd generation serial bus architectures. The FastAcq acquisition mode provides a capture rate greater than 300,000 waveforms per second – about 100 times faster than the competing
alternative - delivering both critical insight into signal behaviour and in-depth analysis.
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