Keysight InfiniiVision HD3 Series 14-bit precision oscilloscope

Keysight Technologies introduces the InfiniiVision HD3 Series — a 14-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) oscilloscope designed to deliver four times the signal resolution and half the noise floor of other general-purpose oscilloscopes. The series enables engineers to quickly detect and fix signal issues in a variety of applications, with a custom-built application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) that gives engineers high sample rates and memory under typical testing conditions, a high waveform update rate, high vertical resolution, and hardware-based functions such as mask, zone and serial decode.

Device and component designs are becoming more complex, using signals that are increasingly smaller. To ensure product quality and maximise product yields, engineers must troubleshoot designs by tracing multiple signals at once to identify the smallest signal errors that indicate design flaws and hardware defects. Engineers need to measure the smallest and most infrequent signal glitches beyond the noise to correct product issues.

The oscilloscope series meets this challenge by giving digital designers and engineers high vertical resolution through a 14-bit ADC and a 50 µV_RMS low noise floor that can detect small signal anomalies. Covering bandwidths between 200 MHz and 1 GHz, the series is designed to accelerate digital debugging and time to market with an update rate of 1.3 million waveforms/s for all measurements.

The user interface enables versatile functionality, including full ADC and vertical resolution on every channel, several bandwidth limiting options, HD mode support and custom measurement thresholds. The deep memory architecture meanwhile captures long time spans at the full sample rate for optimal measurement/analysis results.

Automatic fault hunter software enables general debugging, which analyses glitches, slow edges and runts while engineers complete other tasks. Engineers can also automate measurements with a large selection of serial bus protocols and application software.

Immediate bandwidth, memory and feature upgrades are provided through software licensing, enabling designers to purchase options they need now and upgrade as their designs evolve in the future without having to return the instrument to the factory.