Rohde & Schwarz enhances signal integrity for RTP oscilloscope
Adding a larger display and enhanced user interface, the RTP oscilloscope is more flexible yet still compact, said Rohde & Schwarz. The RTP’s footprint is nearly half the size of comparable instruments, claimed the company.
The new generation of R&S RTP oscilloscopes combine signal integrity measurements with the fastest possible acquisition for real-time analysis, claimed the company. The new models come with a 13.3-inch full HD touchscreen and a redesigned front panel. The 16:9 screen format displays waveforms while allowing settings to be altered and changed quickly. The intuitive front panel increases productivity with fast, direct access to primary instrument settings.
R&S RTP high-performance oscilloscopes are available in different bandwidth models from 4.0 to 16GHz with a sample rate up to 40Gsample per second. All models also support bandwidth upgrades right up to 16GHz.
The acquisition and processing ASIC used in the oscilloscope enables an unparalleled acquisition rate of 750,000 waveforms per second, said Rohde & Schwarz, making it easier for engineers to spot, isolate and analyse circuit board design defects. To reliably capture and analyse long events or sequences, Rohde & Schwarz has increased the standard acquisition memory to 100Mpoints per channel, with a further upgrade option of up to 3Gpoints per channel. Rohde & Schwarz claimed that this is a new benchmark in this class.
The hardware implemented 16Gbits per second clock data recovery (HW-CDR) enables real time eye diagrams for long term monitoring of high speed serial interfaces. The company also offers RTP-K136 and K137 options which support data eye analysis of sequential bits in an acquired data stream with maximum data rates of 8.0 and 16Gbits per second. The timing for the bit slicing is based on the continuously running HW-CDR. This has significant advantages relative to traditional post-processing with a software-based CDR, said the company. Users can combine this function with the real time de-embedding and real time differential math functions of the RTP to complete debugging or searches for signal faults in a fraction of the time.
There is also the RTP-K39 user defined maths option. It allows test engineers to call a Python script for complex calculations and display the results as a maths signal on the oscilloscope, creating possibilities to analyse the captured data as needed. Further new application options include the R&S RTP-K27 MIPI D-PHY V2.1/2.5, the R&S RTP-K28 MIPI C-PHY V2.1 and the R&S RTP-K102 USB 3.2 Gen 1 and 2 RX compliance tests. They use the R&S ScopeSuite compliance test framework to support automated tests with image based guidelines and summarise results in test reports.
The sophisticated cooling concept and silent fans also make it the quietest oscilloscope in its class, claimed Rohde & Schwarz.
