Sampling Scope Boasts 70 GHz Bandwidth

Claiming new benchmarks for testing 2 to 12.5 Gb/s serial data, the TDS8200 modular sampling oscilloscope can be configured for a bandwidth to 70 GHz. When teamed with the 80A05 electrical clock recovery module, it is also said to be the only recovery system covering all current and emerging serial data standards between 50 Mb/s and 12.6 Gb/s. The scope specifies a system jitter of less than 200 fs&subRMS; and has the ability to measure random and deterministic jitter. When combined with the 80E0x electrical signal acquisition module, the instrument provides a complete electrical signal analysis and clock recovery system for differential and single-ended signals. TEKTRONIX INC., Beaverton, OR. (800) 426-2200.