Sampling Oscilloscopes to 30 GHz with TDR/TDT and optical models

20 to 30 GHz electrical, 9.5 GHz optical, TDR/TDT, 2-channel and 4-channel, compact, portable, USB instruments.

These units occupy very little space on your workbench and are small enough to carry with your laptop for on-site testing, but that’s not all. Instead of using remote probe heads attached to a large benchtop unit, you can position the scope right next to the device under test. Now all that lies between your scope and the DUT is a short, low-loss coaxial cable. Everything you need is built into the oscilloscope, with no expensive hardware or software add-ons to worry about.

Key specifications

• 15 TS/s (64 fs) sequential sampling, display resolution to 640 TS/s (1.5 fs)
• Up to 15 GHz prescaled, 2.5 GHz direct trigger, and 11.3 Gb/s clock recovery
• Industry-leading 16-bit 1 MS/s ADC and 60 dB dynamic range
• Eye and mask testing to 20 Gb/s with up to 223–1 pattern lock
• Intuitive, touch-compatible Windows user interface
• Comprehensive built-in measurements, histogramming, and editable data mask library
• Integrated, differential, deskewable TDR/TDT step generator

Typical applications

• Telecom and radar test, service and manufacturing
• Optical fiber, transceiver and laser testing
• RF, microwave and gigabit digital system measurements
• Radar bands I, G, P, L, S, C, X, Ku
• Precision timing and phase analysis
• Digital system design and characterization
• Eye diagram, mask and limits test to 10 Gb/s
• Ethernet, HDMI 1, HDMI 2, PCI, SATA, USB 2.0, USB 3.0
• TDR/TDT analysis of cables, connectors, backplanes, PCBs and networks
• Optical fiber, transceiver and laser test
• Semiconductor characterization

Remember: the price you pay for your PicoScope Sampling Oscilloscope is the price you pay for everything – we don’t charge you for software features or updates.

High-bandwidth probes

The PicoConnect 900 Series low-impedance, high-bandwidth probes are ideal companions for the PicoScope 9400 Series, allowing cost-effective fingertip browsing of fast signals. Two series are available:

• RF, microwave and pulse probes for broadband signals up to 5 GHz (10 Gb/s)
• Gigabit probes for data streams such as USB 2, HDMI 1, Ethernet, PCIe and SATA

Comparison with the PicoScope 9400 Series SXRTOs

Find out whether a PicoScope 9300 Sampling Scope or a PicoScope 9400 Sampler-Extended Real-Time Scope is best for your application. See a comparison table.