Rohde & Schwarz highlights 4-, 6-, and 8-GHz oscilloscopes at IMS

Philadelphia, PA. Rohde & Schwarz has expanded its oscilloscope portfolio with the introduction the new high-performance R&S RTP family, which it highlighted at IMS. The company reports that during the development of the new oscilloscope family, it particularly focused on measurement accuracy, speed, a range of functions, and future-proof technology. The R&S RTP is now available as a 4-GHz, 6-GHz, or 8-GHz model. The R&S RTP combines various instruments to target the debugging of embedded components with fast digital or wideband RF interfaces.

The R&S RTP family combines signal integrity with a high acquisition rate. In standard acquisition mode, it can measure a million waveforms per second, helping users find sporadic errors faster. It also compensates transmission losses from the signal source to the oscilloscope (de-embedding) in real time. The company reports that the oscilloscope is still extremely fast even with signal correction activated. And thanks to its digital trigger architecture, it can precisely trigger on compensated signals.

A further feature of the R&S RTP oscilloscope that saves developers time is hardware acceleration for a range of analysis functions. Mask tests, histograms, and frequency-domain analyses can be performed at high speed for fast results with high statistical reliability.

The R&S RTP combines multiple instruments. Sixteen logic channels, four voltage channels, and four current measurement channels are available in addition to the analog oscilloscope channels. The R&S RTP supports protocol analysis of serial bus interfaces and offers spectrum and signal analysis functions. Thanks to its range of tools, users can test many different types of signals from complex circuits time-correlated with each other with just one instrument.

The new scopes target aerospace and defense, automotive, industrial, and telecommunications, among others. It is suitable for debugging electronic circuitries with different signals during development, including high-speed buses (USB, PCI Express, MIPI, and so on), multichannel RF interfaces (radio or radar), DDR memory interfaces, complex power management units, and even simple control and programming buses (I²C, SPI, and so on). The R&S RTP can test applications where high-resolution signals need to be measured with a wide dynamic range and high sensitivity in the time and frequency domains.

Despite its comprehensive range of functions, the R&S RTP is compact, with a footprint up to 40% smaller than conventional models, the company reports. Thanks to the sophisticated cooling concept and the silent fans, the quiet instrument never disturbs lab operations.

If requirements increase, the measurement bandwidth, memory depth, and range of functions can be upgraded with hardware and software options.

Rohde & Schwarz is planning additional enhancements to the R&S RTP family. More hardware options, such as a generator module with two analog and eight digital channels and a 16-GHz differential pulse source, are planned for 2018. Further R&S RTP models with a higher bandwidth will follow in 2019.