Oscilloscope technology advanced rapidly from its early 19th Century roots through the triggered sweep and digital/flat-screen transformation in the 1980s. The trend has accelerated. Bandwidth and sampling rates have expanded exponentially. Additionally, new features and measuring and display capabilities have emerged. In this context, one wonders what lies ahead. The major oscilloscope manufacturers maintain robust […]
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Scopes support terabit research with real-time bandwidth to 110 GHz, 256 GSa/sec sample rate
The new Infiniium UXR series is the only oscilloscope series to support terabit research with real-time bandwidth up to 110 GHz industry-leading sample rate (256 GSa/sec) and signal integrity (lowest noise and jitter). As the demand for faster and more data continues to surge, digital speeds increase and consequently, margins decrease. Test equipment has struggled […]
Limiting heat rise in oscilloscopes
Any device carrying electrical current heats up to some degree. The reason, of course, is that electrical conductors and power sources aren’t ideal. Inherent in their nature is a certain amount of internal resistance or impedance. There is always impedance within a power source, for example. The impedance may be high as in a triple-A […]
