Extension of Serial Standard Test Functions for the DPO70000SX Oscilloscope

Tektronix recently announced a new software option that enables serial bus standard testing support for its ultra-high-performance oscilloscope DPO70000SX family.

With this solution, the DPO70000SX platform, equipped with patented Asynchronous Time Interleaving (ATI) signal acquisition technology, has been able to support excellent performance combined with industry-leading signal fidelity and a scalable architecture that allows multiple devices to be connected and used as signal speeds increase continuously.

As the engineering team prepared next-generation standards for the rapidly growing cloud computing and mobile sectors, they needed a measurement platform for consistent and precise high-speed data rate signaling techniques. To meet these requirements, Tektronix has made it possible to support serial bus testing for 4th generation standards including USB 3.1, USB Type-C, Thunderbolt, PCIe Gen4, and DDR4 of the DPO70000SX series.



In terms of signal fidelity, the new oscilloscope family enables precise margin analysis for 4th generation serial data rates of 10 Gb/sec or higher, thereby expanding the range of choices for engineers within the Tektronix oscilloscope product line.

In addition, Tektronix has introduced a broad portfolio of application solutions to the DPO70000SX product family, which includes over 50 solutions for PHY layer certification testing, device characterization and debugging, data communications, mobile, and display fields. These solutions for both 3rd and 4th generation standards provide features such as automated test setup and execution, built-in reporting options, and in-depth analysis.

Brian Reich, General Manager of High Performance Oscilloscopes at Tektronix, stated, “As enterprise computing moves from 3rd to 4th generation serial standards, our customers need oscilloscopes with the accuracy, support capabilities, and scalability to manage that transition smoothly.” He added, “The scalable architecture of the DPO70000SX, starting with 23GHz or 33GHz models, provides bandwidth scalability, allowing you to minimize the cost of investment when the time comes to test next-generation standards requiring bandwidth of 50GHz or higher.”