TEKTRONIX DSA8200
The Tektronix DSA8200 Digital Serial Analyzer is the ultimate solution for designing and validating today’s high-speed serial devices. This state-of-the-art sampling oscilloscope excels in communication, computer, and consumer electronics, providing comprehensive gigabit transmitter characterization and signal path compliance verification. With remarkable bandwidth, superior signal fidelity, and an extensible modular architecture, the DSA8200 ensures unparalleled performance in TDR and interconnect analysis, delivering precise assessments of signal impairments and Bit Error Rate (BER) calculations for both current and emerging serial data technologies.
The DSA8200 stands out with its unmatched measurement system fidelity, characterized by ultra-low jitter that guarantees the accurate acquisition of high-speed signals. Benefit from advanced analysis capabilities, including 200 fs acquisition jitter enabled by the Phase Reference module, which also allows for the acquisition and measurement of Spread Spectrum Clocking (SSC) signals—a groundbreaking feature for a sampling oscilloscope.
Key Features and Benefits
Experience cutting-edge technology for communication signal analysis, TDR/TDT, and serial data network evaluations:
- Acquisition of Spread Spectrum Clocking (SSC) Signals
- Industry’s first mainframe supporting up to 8 input channels for enhanced flexibility and throughput
- Four color-graded, variable persistence waveform databases
- Measurement system encompassing over 100 automated measurements
- Complete suite of communications measurements, including both types of OMA and SSC profile
- Automated ITU/ANSI/IEEE mask testing
- Built-in masks and measurements for SONET/SDH, FC, Ethernet, and more
- Factory-supplied file for mask updates
- Mask margin testing for guard banding in production testing
Acquisition Modules
- Fully integrated multirate optical modules
- Optical modules with up to 80 GHz bandwidth (80C10B)
- High-accuracy "ER Calibrated" measurements available
- Electrical modules achieving 70+ GHz bandwidth and 5 ps measured rise time (10-90%)
- Flexible rate clock recovery with SSC support
Jitter, Noise, BER, and Serial Data Link Analysis
- Separates deterministic data-dependent jitter from random jitter
- Measures vertical noise, distinguishing deterministic from random noise
- Highly accurate BER and eye contour estimation, supporting DDPWS
- Advanced FFE/DFE and transmitter equalization techniques
- Channel emulation for channels exceeding 30 dB of loss
- Linear filtering for fixture de-embedding and linear filtering applications
TDR (Time Domain Reflectometry)
- Up to 50 GHz TDR bandwidth with extremely low noise at 600 μVRMS
- Superior TDR measurement results featuring 15 ps rejected rise time
- Independent sampler deskew for convenient fixture and probe de-embedding
- Industry’s only mainframe capable of accommodating up to four true-differential TDR or electrical channel pairs, enhancing system versatility
S-parameters Measurements
- Up to 50 GHz for differential, single-ended, mixed mode S-parameter measurements including insertion loss, return loss, and frequency-domain crosstalk
- Supports PCI Express, Serial ATA, Infiniband, and Gigabit Ethernet manufacturing compliance testing
- Fast, accurate automated multiport S-parameter measurements with an intuitive command line interface
With advanced features like the industry’s best standard time-base jitter performance (800 fsRMS) and high-throughput acquisition capabilities, the Tektronix DSA8200 is designed for superior signal fidelity. The true-differential remote sampler enhances the placement near the device under test (DUT), and the FrameScan™ acquisition mode—with eye diagram averaging—isolates data-dependent faults for in-depth analysis of low-power signals. Equipped with a user-friendly MS Windows XP operating system, this powerful analyzer also provides advanced connectivity options for third-party software.
