RIGOL MSO8000A Digital Oscilloscopes Series Introduction

The RIGOL MSO8000A series oscilloscopes are advanced instruments designed to provide high performance and advanced functionality. This series of oscilloscopes combines powerful real-time signal acquisition, large memory, and a wide range of analysis functions. There are various licensing options available to customize and further expand the capabilities of RIGOL MSO8000A oscilloscopes according to the specific needs of the user.

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Main Specifications:

• Up to 10 GSa/s real-time sample rate
• Up to 500 Mpts memory depth (standard)
• High waveform capture rate (over 600,000 waveforms per second)
• Up to 450,000 frames of hardware real-time and ceaseless waveforms recording and playback
• Integrates 7 independent instruments into 1
• Analog bandwidth: 750 MHz, 1.5 GHz and 2 GHz
• The bandwidth of MSO8204A can reach 3 GHz when using only 1 channel
• Upgradable to a higher bandwidth at any time via software options
• Vertical resolution up to 12 bits, with a decrease in maximum bandwidth
• 10.1" capacitive multi-touch screen, 256-level intensity grading display, with color persistence
• Web Control and VNC remote command
• Waveform histogram analysis (standard); Auto measurement of 41 waveform parameters; full-memory hardware measurement function

New UltraVision II Technology Platform
MSO8000A series digital oscilloscope adopts RIGOL's chipset "Phoenix", which can gain the data acquisition capability of up to 10 GSa/s sample rate, realizing the high integration of all the function modules required for the analog front-end (AFE), and greatly improving the consistency and reliability of the digital oscilloscope. This innovative UltraVision II technical platform is equipped with higher waveform capture rate, full digital trigger technology, and full memory hardware measurement technology. The MSO8000A series digital oscilloscope also integrates multiple instrument modules, such as MSO, arbitrary waveform generator, digital voltmeter, 6-digit counter and totalizer, and protocol analyzer, offering extraordinary user experience at an unprecedented price point.

Use the 750 MHz bandwidth and 1.5 GHz bandwidth model respectively to perform eye measurement on the 1 Gb/s signal.

Excellent Bandwidth and Sample Rate Make the Eye Diagram Pre-test Easy
Bandwidth and the sample rate are two key technical specifications that engineers take priority in choosing the digital oscilloscope. The higher the bandwidth of the oscilloscope, the better the oscilloscope can keep the steep fast edge, abundant harmonics components and energies of the signal under test. The sample rate determines the time interval of the sample points,and will affect the bandwidth of the oscilloscope.

The MSO8000A series provides a maximum of 2 GHz analog bandwidth and 10 GSa/s real-time sample rate. Its models are equipped with 750 MHz bandwidth, 1.5 GHz bandwidth and 2 GHz bandwidth. The bandwidth of MSO8204A can reach 3 GHz when using only 1 channel. To view the subtle waveform details, you can upgrade the low bandwidth models to 2 GHz (single-channel and half-channel modes) at any time to achieve higher signal fidelity and lower resolu­tion (as low as 100 ps, capable of reaching 2 ps for the minimum timebase) at an affordable price.

Based on the excellent bandwidth and sample rate, the MSO8000A series oscilloscope provides the real-time eye plot and measurement with the clock recovery function. In the digital signal world, you can use the eye measurement function of the oscilloscope to better observe the transmission quality of the digital signal and understand the strong and weak Inter-Symbol Interference in the system, so that you can make improvement in the system design. For those who need to frequently make qualitative test and verification for the electronic device, serial digital signal in the chip or high-speed digital signal, it is undoubtedly a good choice for you to choose the MSO8000A series equipped with the eye measurement function.

The MSO8000A series supports the eye measurement for all the analog channels and also provides measurement for several parameters of the eye diagram: eye height, eye width, eye amplitude, crossing percentage, and Q Factor. It also supports various clock recovery methods, such as constant clock (Auto, Semi-auto, Manual), First-order PLL (Phase-Locked Loop), Second-order PLL (Phase-Locked Loop), and explicit clock, to meet the demands of customers for different application scenarios.

Visualize Signal Integrity with Advanced Jitter and Real-time Eye Measurements
In the analysis method and tools for signal integrity, real-time eye measurement and jitter analysis have already become the common debugging methods. The MSO8000A series oscilloscope not only provides the eye measurement function, but also offers the flexible and convenient jitter measurement and analysis, enabling the users to accurately and quickly make deterministic jitter measurement for serial clock signals or parallel bus signals.
If you have purchased and activated the MSO8000-JITTER option, the oscilloscope also supports real-time eye diagram and jitter analysis functions.

The various clock recovery methods supported include:

• Constant clock (Auto, Semi-auto, Manual)
• First-order PLL (Phase-Locked Loop)
• Second-order PLL (Phase-Locked Loop)
• Explicit clock

The jitter analysis is mainly used to measure and analyze the clock jitter. The MSO8000A series can accomplish the following jitter analysis items. Among the items, TIE is the most commonly used jitter specification.

• TIE (Time Interval Error)
• Cycle to Cycle
• +Width to +Width
• -Width to -Width