A new generation
04 May 2010
LeCroy’s sixth-generation of DBI technology has been demonstrated in its design labs.
This latest generation technology will use new front-end chips, providing lower noise and higher native bandwidths. The combination of new silicon and improved DBI (Digital Bandwidth Interleave) techniques can produce low-noise digital oscilloscopes with true analogue bandwidths up to 60GHz, doubling the capabilities of LeCroy's current industry-leading bandwidth performance of 30GHz.
Product development efforts using the new technology have begun and are expected to yield a fresh pipeline of high-end products during the next two years. The first products using this new technology will be announced before the end of the year and will provide four simultaneous channels with 45GHz real-time bandwidth.
"We continue to be impressed with the market demand for our high-bandwidth oscilloscopes," said LeCroy President and Chief Executive Officer Tom Reslewic. "Design engineers working with high-speed serial data links are faced with enormous challenges to ensure that designs achieve targeted levels of performance. Recently, there has been a marked increase in design activity and interest in very high-speed applications, such as 100Gb Ethernet. These applications are driving the development of oscilloscopes with increasingly higher bandwidths."
LeCroy's WaveMaster 8 Zi two-channel 30GHz oscilloscopes are currently the highest bandwidth solutions available. Their 45GHz technology will be vital as the next generation of research and development shifts to serial data links that require unprecedented speed and signal fidelity.
"LeCroy's next-generation high-bandwidth oscilloscopes will offer increased channel density, higher bandwidth, lower noise and improved jitter performance. As always, we will continue to provide our high bandwidth oscilloscope customers with a migration path to the next-generation products when they arrive," added Reslewic.
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