Tektronix Develops World's Fastest Real-Time Oscilloscopes

Tektronix, Inc. announced the world's fastest, most capable real-time oscilloscopes and a new probe that will facilitate designs in the computing, communications, and consumer electronics industries based upon second-generation serial data standards such as second-generation PCI-Express, SATAIII and double XAUI. Tektronix is introducing new members of the TDS6000 family of digital storage oscilloscopes (DSO) -- the 12 GHz TDS6124C and the record-breaking 15 GHz TDS6154C -- along with the P7313 Z-Active(TM) low-loading probe. The new products offer customers uncompromised industry-leading performance for the most demanding applications.

To keep pace with the worldwide explosion of high-speed technologies, engineers are tasked with developing the next-generation systems that operate at serial data rates in excess of 4 Gb/s. This will lead to faster, more sophisticated computers, data storage networks, wired and wireless technologies, and consumer electronics. Based upon leading-edge third-generation silicon germanium (SiGe) integrated circuits developed in partnership with IBM, the new oscilloscopes offer the highest bandwidth, longest record length and timing resolution, lowest noise floor, and the most complete analysis capabilities for current and emerging serial data standards. The new Tektronix oscilloscopes and probe provide unmatched performance and productivity for engineers designing ultra-high-speed electronics.

"Industry trends are driving markets to develop ever faster and more capable technologies," said Kiran Unni, Frost & Sullivan test and measurement industry analyst. "Electrical system designers demand the very best performance and precision from their test and measurement instruments. With the highest bandwidth and the longest record length at maximum sample rate, the new TDS6124C and TDS6154C provide impressive gains and will deliver to customers the highest performance for capturing and analyzing high-speed serial data on multiple channels at long time windows and with the best timing resolution."

"Our customers have been telling us that they want high bandwidth, fast rise times, long record length, and comprehensive support for next generation serial standards," said Colin Shepard, vice president, Performance Oscilloscopes, Tektronix. "With the new oscilloscopes and probe, Tektronix has raised the benchmark for performance. The combination of new TDS6000C oscilloscopes and the Z-Active P7313 low-loading probe provides customers with uncompromised performance; the fastest, most capable, and most complete design and test instrumentation giving engineers working on high-speed serial data applications a superior solution in every way."

Engineers who need to precisely characterize a signal need to acquire energy at the fifth harmonic. The TDS6154C is the only oscilloscope able to capture the fifth harmonic of the highest frequency pattern for next-generation serial standards such as 5 to 6.25 Gb/s second-generation PCI-Express, 6 Gb/s SATA III, and 6.25 Gb/s double XAUI. The TDS6154C is also the only oscilloscope able to capture the critical third harmonic of a 10 Gb/s signal.

The TDS6124C provides 12 GHz true analog bandwidth and user-selectable DSP for channel-to-channel and unit-to-unit matching. The TDS6154C also includes user-selectable DSP for channel-to-channel and unit-to-unit matching plus bandwidth extension to 15 GHz. DSP adjusts the response throughout the bandwidth of the scope to accurately reflect magnitude and corrects phase response to make it linear. The TDS6154C is able to measure rise/fall times of 30 ps (typical) with accuracy to within five percent (20/80 percent rise time).

Both the TDS6124C and TDS6154C provide 40 GS/s sample rate on two channels simultaneously and up to 64M optional record length on two channels (2M on four channels standard). This equates to the longest time window of 1.6 ms at full bandwidth and 25 ps sample interval ensuring the best resolution at full performance compared to alternative products. The TDS6000C family provides a random jitter noise floor of 420 fs rms (typical) for critical jitter measurements, lower than any competing instruments at comparable bandwidth.

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