Tektronix DSA70804 Digital Serial Analyzer

Overview

The Tektronix DSA70804 is a high-performance 8 GHz, 4-channel digital oscilloscope designed for signal integrity analysis and serial data testing. It employs an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to convert measured voltages into digital information, enabling precise analysis of sophisticated electronic designs. The instrument is part of the specialized DSA70000 Series, providing dedicated solutions for high-speed serial design verification and compliance testing.

Key Features

• Bandwidth: 8 GHz
• Channels: 4
• Sample Rate: 25 GS/s
• Record Length: 20M
• Time Base Range: 20 ps/div to 1000 s/div
• Waveform Capture Rate: >300,000 wfm/s per channel
• Pinpoint® Triggering with over 1400 trigger combinations
• Unique Serial Pattern Triggering for NRZ data and 8b/10b protocols
• Up to 3.125 Gb/s and 8b/10b standard protocol triggering
• Serial data analysis and compliance testing for PCI Express, Serial ATA, FB-DIMM, SAS, Fibre Channel, IEEE 1394b, RapidIO, XAUI, HDMI, DVI, Ethernet, USB 2.0
• Advanced jitter and timing measurement package
• 12.1" XGA Touch Screen display
• Event Search and Mark functionality

Applications

• Signal Integrity, Jitter and Timing Analysis
• Verification, Debug and Characterization of Sophisticated Designs
• Debugging and Compliance Testing of Serial Data Streams
• Telecom and Datacom Industry Standards Testing
• Investigation of Transient Phenomena
• Spectral Analysis