Keysight Technologies
The InfiniiVision HD3 Series, a 14-bit ADC oscilloscope, delivers 4X the signal resolution and half the noise floor of other general-purpose oscilloscopes.

Precision 14-bit Oscilloscope Brings 4X the Resolution

Sept. 5, 2024
Designed and built from the ground up with a custom ASIC and deep memory architecture, the HD3 Series enables engineers to quickly detect and fix signal issues in a variety of applications.

What you'll learn:

  • Keysight's new 14-bit ADC oscilloscope delivers 4X the signal resolution and half the noise floor of legacy general-purpose oscilloscopes.
  • How its custom ASIC and a deep memory architecture help deliver fast, accurate measurements.
  • How it delivers the precision and accuracy needed to identify the smallest and most infrequent signal glitches during design debugging. 
 

The highly integrated and connected electronic ecosystem today places demands on engineers for quick and precise measurements to address a variety of applications. Device and component designs are becoming more complex with signals that are increasingly smaller. 

With this need in mind, Keysight Technologies introduced the InfiniiVision HD3 Series, a 14-bit ADC oscilloscope that can deliver up to 4X the signal resolution with half the noise floor of legacy general-purpose oscilloscopes. Designed and constructed from scratch with a custom ASIC and a deep memory architecture, the HD3 Series can quickly detect and highlight signal issues in a variety of applications.

To ensure product quality and maximize product yields, engineers must troubleshoot circuits as granularly as possible, tracing multiple signals at once to highlight the smallest signal errors showing any design flaws and hardware defects.  The InfiniiVision HD3 Series can measure the smallest and most infrequent signal glitches beyond the noise to correct product issues. It accomplishes this task by offering the highest vertical resolution through a 14-bit ADC and a 50-µV RMS low-noise floor that can detect the smallest signal anomalies. 

Covering bandwidths between 200 MHz and 1 GHz, the HD3 Series accelerates digital debugging and time-to-market with its high precision. It has a 1.3-Mwaveforms/s update rate for all measurements, enabling quick and accurate debugging.

The InfiniiVision Series also has a custom-built ASIC to enable higher sample rates and memory under typical testing conditions, offering high vertical resolution and hardware-based functions such as mask, zone, and serial decode.

Its deep memory captures longer time spans at full sample rate for better measurement and analysis results, and a new interface offers versatile functionality, including full ADC and vertical resolution on every channel, several bandwidth limiting options, HD mode support, and custom measurement thresholds.

The InfiniiVision HD3 Series also provides full test automation with automatic fault-hunter software for general debugging to analyze glitches, slow edges, and runts with a large selection of serial bus protocols and application software. Instant software upgrades provide immediate bandwidth, memory, and feature upgrades, enabling designers to purchase options they need now and upgrade in the future without having to return the instrument to the factory.

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About the Author

Alix Paultre | Editor-at-Large, Electronic Design

An Army veteran, Alix Paultre was a signals intelligence soldier on the East/West German border in the early ‘80s, and eventually wound up helping launch and run a publication on consumer electronics for the US military stationed in Europe. Alix first began in this industry in 1998 at Electronic Products magazine, and since then has worked for a variety of publications in the embedded electronic engineering space. Alix currently lives in Wiesbaden, Germany.

Also check out his YouTube watch-collecting channel, Talking Timepieces

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