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DSA8200 Digital Serial Analyzer Sampling Oscilloscope

The DSA8200 digital serial analyzer sampling oscilloscope is the first tool to provide complete Serial Data Link Analysis (SDLA) capability and remains your time- and cost-effective choice for signal path characterization.

As the leader in the market for TDR-based solutions, the DSA8200 gives you the greatest performance for serial data network analysis applications - TDR performance, S-parameter bandwidth, signal fidelity, and RMS noise. And as the leader, it also gives you the versatility for characterization and conformance testing of emerging high-speed computer and communications electrical and optical signals.

Features & Benefits

• First complete Serial Data Link Analysis capability with 80SJNB 

• Industry-leading Timebase Jitter Performance <200 fsRMS 

• Highest Performance Integrated TDR/TDT - 12 ps incident rise time 

• S-parameter Measurements 

Simple and speedy S-parameter measurements: the DSA8200 vs. the VNA. Watch the video
300k/DSL or faster | 100k/ISDN | 56k/Modem

Performance Specifications

Features & Benefits

• State of the Art Sampling Oscilloscope for Communication Signal Analysis, TDR/TDT/Serial Data Network Analysis, Acquisition and Measurements of Repetitive Ultrafast Signals 

  • Acquisition of Spread Spectrum Clocking (SSC) signals 

  • Industry’s Only Mainframe to Support up to 8 Input Channels for Increased Flexibility and Throughput 

  • Four Color Graded, Variable Persistence Waveform Databases 

  • Measurement System with Over 100 Automated Measurements 

  • Complete Suite of Communications Measurements Includes Both Types of OMA, SSC Profile, and Many Others 

  • Automated ITU/ANSI/IEEE Mask Testing 

  • Masks and Measurements for SONET/SDH, FC, Ethernet and Other Standards Built-in 

  • Mask Updates Can be Loaded from Factory-Supplied File 

  • Mask Margin Testing for Guard Banding Production Testing 

• Acquisition Modules 

  • Fully Integrated Multi-rate Optical Modules 

  • Optical Modules up to 80+GHz 80C10B*1 

  • High Accuracy "ER Calibrated" Measurement Available in Some Modules 

  • Electrical Modules to 70+ GHz Bandwidth and 5 ps Measured Rise Time (10-90%) 

  • Flexible Rate Clock Recovery 

  • Clock Recovery with SSC (Spread Spectrum Clocking) Support Available 

• Jitter, Noise, BER and Serial Data Link Analysis 

  • Measures and Separates Deterministic Data Dependent Jitter from Random Jitter 

  • Measures Vertical Noise Separating Deterministic Data Dependent Noise from Random Noise 

  • Highly Accurate BER and Eye Contour Estimation 

  • FFE/DFE Equalization 

  • Channel Emulation 

  • Linear Filter for Fixture De-embedding, Linear Filtering 

• TDR (Time Domain Reflectometry) 

  • Up to 50 GHz TDR Bandwidth with 15 ps Reflected Rise Time and 12 ps Incident Rise Time 

  • Lowest Noise for Accurate Repeatable TDR Measurement Results – 600 μVRMS at 50 GHz 

  • Independent Sampler Deskew Ensures Easy Fixture and Probe De-embedding 

  • Industry’s Only Mainframe to Accommodate up to Four True Differential TDR or Electrical Channel Pairs for Increased System Versatility 

• S-parameters Measurements 

  • Up to 50 GHz Differential, Single Ended, Mixed-Mode; Insertion, Return Loss, Frequency Domain Crosstalk 

  • PCI Express, Serial ATA, Infiniband, Gigabit Ethernet Manufacturing and Standard Compliance Testing for Gigabit Signal Path and Interconnects – Including Eye Mask Tests 

  • Intuitive, Easy and Accurate for Serial Data, Gigabit Digital Design and Signal Integrity 

  • Fast and Accurate Automated Multi-port S-parameter Measurements with Command Line Interface 

• Industry’s Best Standard Timebase Jitter Performance, 800 fsRMS 

• Industry Leading Timebase Jitter Performance, <200 fsRMS*2 Available with Phase Reference Mode 

• Fast Acquisition Rate and High Throughput 

• True Differential Remote Sampler Enabling Placement Near DUT for Superior Signal Fidelity 

• FrameScan™ Acquisition Mode with Eye Diagram Averaging: 

  • Isolate Data Dependent Faults 

  • Examine Low-power Signals 

• MS Windows XP Operating System 

• Advanced Connectivity to 3rd party Software 

Accessories

• P80318 18 GHz 100 Ω Differential Impedance TDR Hand Probe
  This probe enables high fidelity impedance measurements of differential transmission lines.

• P8018 20 GHz Single-ended TDR Hand Probe
  For electrical sampling TDR circuit board impedance characterization and high-speed electrical signal analysis applications.

• 80A03 TekConnect® Probe Interface
  80A03 Interfaces P7000 Series high-performance active and differential probes to DSA8200 series sampling scopes.

Using and Learning

• OpenChoice Analysis and Networking 

• Testimonials 

• TDR and S-parameter Software 

• TDR Tutorials 

• Jitter 360° Knowledge Series

View more detailed specifications in the Data Sheet  (352 KB).