Tektronix Increases Oscilloscope Sampling Rates, Signal Integrity

By DE Editors

Tektronix, Inc. has announced the DPO/DSA/MSO70000C Series of digital and mixed signal oscilloscopes that now deliver 100 GS/s sampling rate performance; enabling lower noise along with increased data points on 5x oversampled 20 GHz acquisitions. Other enhancements include a new, faster compute platform and a more stable timebase.

High-performance oscilloscopes with bandwidth of greater than 4 GHz are used in a variety of high-speed serial, wideband radar, fast optical communications systems, high-end embedded systems, and high-energy physics applications.

"With few exceptions, the most important requirement for a high-performance oscilloscope is that it have a high sample rate that in turn leads to a lower noise floor and less jitter, thus providing a better performing instrument for signal integrity measurements," says Brian Reich, general manager, Performance Oscilloscopes, Tektronix. "The DPO/DSA/MSO70000C Series, with its 100 GS/s acquisition performance, gives our customers even more measurement margins that they can put to use today to increase their designs' performance levels and lower manufacturing costs."

Along with a two-fold increase in sampling rate compared to the "B" Series it replaces, the DPO/DSA/MSO70000C Series features a faster compute platform.  This new platform offers faster processing for longer data records such as jitter, noise, BER (bit error rate) measurements and statistics. Boot and application start up times are also significantly quicker, according to the company.

DPO/DSA/MSO70000C Series is available now globally. Pricing starts at $110,000 for a 12.5 GHz DPO71254C.

For more information, visit Tektronix.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.