Fastest RT scopes also have lowest noise, jitter

Fastest RT scopes also have lowest noise, jitter

With real-time bandwidth of 62 GHz on two channels and 33 GHz on four, the Infiniium 90000 Q-Series oscilloscopes are not only the fastest real-time scopes commercially available, but they also lay claim to having the lowest noise (4.4 mV at 50 mV/div, 62 GHz) and jitter measurement floor(~75 fs) of any such instruments. Thanks to these performance breakthroughs, the scopes let users make measurements on devices designed to emerging advanced standards. Further, the low intrinsic jitter and noise floor let the instruments capture and display digital edges more accurately than competitive scopes, so engineers can design to tighter margins.

Among the scopes’ capabilities are direct digitization of M-band signals, capture of the third harmonic on signals to 40-Gbit/s, digital analysis of IEEE 802.3ba 40/100/400-GbE and Optical Internetworking Forum CEI 3.0 signals, and measurement of up to four differential channels with a single acquisition. And they can make direct measurement of voltage swings larger than 1 V, particularly valuable when high-bandwidth and general-purpose measurements need to be made with the same instrument.

To achieve their high-level performance, the scopes use a new technology called RealEdge, a combination of new architectures, an advanced indium phosphide semiconductor process, and next-generation microcircuits and thin-film-component designs. Leveraging this technology is seamless integration of probing technology, more than 40 measurement-specific application packages, and the ability to join multiple scopes together to form systems of 40 channels or more.

Also, InfiniiView software lets engineers analyze data on a PC or laptop instead of tying up the scope, and N2807A PrecisionProbe Advanced software helps engineers characterize and correct for cables to the full 62 GHz. (From $191,000 to $436,000 — available in July.)

By Richard Comerford

Agilent Technologies , Santa Clara , CA
Sales 800-829-4444
www.agilent.com