TSP #171 - Tektronix 6-Series 4-Channel 25GS/s 8GHz MSO Review, Teardown & Experiments

In this episode Shahriar reviews the top-of-the-line Tektronix 6-Series Oscilloscope: https://www.tek.com/oscilloscope/6-se... This 4-channel instrument offers 8-GHz of bandwidth at 25GS/s on all channel independently. Tektronix has made great strides in offering low-noise front-end custom ASICs combined with hardware digital down-conversion built into the core of the 6-Series. This enables advanced triggering across in both time and frequency domains as well as multi-domain correlated measurements. This review is organized as follows: 00:00 – Introductions 01:42 – Instrument design, front and back panels 03:34 – Full acquisition board teardown, analysis and architecture 18:11 – PLL Experiment: Spectrum View, advanced triggering, PLL characterization and debugging 38:33 – Backplane Communication: Jitter analysis, eye diagrams, jitter composition, cross-talk 49:24 – Concluding remarks The Signal Path www.TheSignalPath.com    / thesignalpath   www.Patreon.com/TheSignalPath