The company offers two new product ranges and a total of six instruments, including the R&S RTO line, which includes oscilloscopes with a bandwidth between 1 GHz and 2 GHz. These oscilloscopes are capable of analyzing one million waveforms per second and visualize the least frequent errors in a fraction of a second.
The single-core A/D converter in R&S RTO oscilloscopes operates at a rate of 10 Gsample per second. Traditionally, such high conversion speeds were obtained with several slower A/D converters operating in out-of-phase mode. However, errors could occur since the behavior between several A/D converters is not identical. With more than seven effective bits, the 8-bit converter from Rohde & Schwarz, presents a very wide dynamic range.
"Here we focus mainly on high speeds and optimal signal fidelity, two extremely important factors in real-life applications," explained Josef Wolf, director of the Oscilloscope Branch. "These features, in combination with our touch-screen interface, enable users to perform even complex test and measurement tasks in minimal time."
The R&S RTM product range is intended for universal applications and measures electrical signals where needed. With a bandwidth of 500 MHz, 5 Gsample per second and a memory size of up to 8 Msample, these compact instruments perform a wide variety of functions, making them ideal for testing and debugging analog and digital circuits with low clock frequencies.
To enable users to fully engage in test and measurement tasks, R&S RTM oscilloscopes offer color-coded control elements, flat menu structures as well as an 8.4-inch XGA TFT polychrome display.
By pressing just one key, the 'QuickMeas' quick metering function displays the key measurement values for an active signal in the waveform, including the maximum positive and negative voltage, the up and down time as the average voltage. The measurement values are continuously updated. Error detection is facilitated thanks to a zoom function, event markers, cursor-based measurement functions, FFT function, mask tests and color temperature indicators.
The demand for more basic oscilloscopes (bandwidths up to 350 MHz) is met by Hameg Instruments, a subsidiary of Rohde & Schwarz.
