Teledyne LeCroy develops high-bandwidth, high-definition oscilloscope to support next-generation serial data technologies

Teledyne LeCroy, a worldwide pioneer in advanced oscilloscopes and a business unit of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated announced the launch of their new WaveMaster 8000HD high-bandwidth, high-definition oscilloscope platform with models from 20 to 65 GHz of bandwidth and 12 bits of encoding for high-definition vertical resolution.

The new WaveMaster 8000HD maintains its unrivalled validation and debug capabilities while adding a new SDA Expert serial data analysis software option for testing next-generation serial data technologies.

WaveMaster 8000HD

"Teledyne LeCroy has a long history of pioneering the market with innovations in oscilloscopes and we are excited to introduce the next iteration of our WaveMaster platform in response to the industry's evolving needs for higher resolution at higher bandwidths," said Kevin Prusso, General Manager for Teledyne LeCroy.

WaveMaster 8000HD doubles bandwidth while also providing industry-pioneering HD resolution"

"Building upon the trusted and proven capabilities of its predecessor, the WaveMaster 8000HD doubles bandwidth while also providing industry-pioneering high-definition resolution and acquisition memory, all critical to effectively characterise next-generation serial data technologies."

AI and ubiquitous computing

"Innovations like artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing, and ubiquitous computing are driving the unprecedented growth of industry I/O requirements, enabled by serial data links with increased signaling speed and complexity, such as PCI Express 6.0 and USB4 Specification v2.0," said Jim Pappas, Director of Technology Initiatives, Intel Corporation.

He adds, "Making solutions like those from Teledyne LeCroy vital to the continued growth of these applications and ecosystems."

More bandwidth, resolution, and acquisition memory

Serial data technologies are increasing in speed, driving the need for higher bandwidth capability. As an example, PCI Express® 6.0 delivers 64 Giga transfers per second (GT/s) data rates (PCIe 5.0 delivered 32 GT/s), while USB4® Specification v2.0 delivers 80 gigabits per second (Gbps) transfers (USB4 V1 delivered 40Gbps).

In addition, these technologies use multi-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) signals, which increases the need for higher-resolution captures.

• 8 Giga points (Gpts)

WaveMaster 8000HD offers an exceptional signal characterisation of the multi-level PAM3 and PAM4 signals

WaveMaster 8000HD more than doubles the available bandwidth and sample rate from the previous model WaveMaster. With an industry-pioneering 12-bit resolution, the WaveMaster 8000HD offers an exceptional signal characterisation of the multi-level PAM3 and PAM4 signals used in USB4 Specification v2.0 and PCIe 6.0, respectively.

The industry-pioneering 8 gigapoints (Gpts) of acquisition memory further enhances the capabilities of CrossSync PHY™, the first and only available solution to link oscilloscopes to protocol analysers, offering an integrated trigger, capture, and view of physical and protocol logic layers of high-speed serial data signals.

• High-bandwidth oscilloscopes

"Teledyne LeCroy's high-bandwidth oscilloscopes and compliance tools have been critical to our product development process for testing our next-generation serial interfaces," said Vivek Khanzode, Vice President, Systems Engineering at Marvell Semiconductor.

"The ability to link the scopes to our Teledyne LeCroy protocol analysers is invaluable for fast root-cause analysis of interoperability problems, increasing confidence and significantly reducing our time to market."

Comprehensive serial data expertise

The new WaveMaster 8000HD oscilloscopes also provide comprehensive serial data expertise for next-generation serial data technology characterisation and compliance verification.

The new SDA Expert software option provides simplified expertise with tailored technology analysis for PCIe, USB, DisplayPort, and more, as well as powerful PAM and nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) eye, jitter, and link analysis tools. 

• QualiPHY® test packages

QualiPHY® test packages provide simple compliance test automation for complex high-speed serial data interfaces

QualiPHY® test packages provide simple compliance test automation for complex high-speed serial data interfaces.

This combination of serial data capabilities is especially useful for next-generation PCIe 6.0, USB4, USB4 Specification v2.0, and other USB Type-C technologies.

Capabilities to support embedded system debugging

The WaveMaster 8000HD offers several unique capabilities to help meet the need for complex link and high-speed embedded system debugging.

These include the ability to:

• Seamlessly merge the functions of the WaveMaster 8000HD oscilloscope with a Teledyne LeCroy PCIe or USB protocol analyser using CrossSync™ PHY cross-layer analysis to provide unique insights into high-speed link behaviours.
• Easily capture low-speed serial data sideband, training and negotiation links, power rails, and other associated signals using nearly every 50 Ω or 1 MΩ coupled probe (including passive probes and current probes) offered by Teledyne LeCroy.
• Utilise any of more than 20 low-speed serial triggers and decoders making it easier to perform low-speed and high-speed debugging using up to 8 Gpts of acquisition memory.