LeCroy Corporation, a supplier of oscilloscopes, protocol analysers and serial data test solutions, has announced the launch of the SPARQ series of Signal Integrity Network Analyzers.
The SPARQ measures 40 GHz S-parameters on up to four ports with single button press operation.
The SPARQ is a time domain instrument, using TDR/T technology along with patented LeCroy innovations to rapidly acquire waveforms and measure the S-parameters of a device under test.
The SPARQ measures both frequency and time domain results, and outputs standard Touchstone S-parameter files that are ready to be loaded into the user's simulation software.
The unit is small, rugged, PC-based and portable, and includes all of the hardware and software tools required by the signal integrity engineer for characterising passive devices.
The SPARQ calibrates using an OSLT calibration kit that is internal to the unit.
This allows the calibration and measurement to proceed automatically with a single button click and without any need to connect and disconnect calibration standards.
A standard SPARQ includes all of the hardware and software tools required for fast and accurate S-parameter measurements with high dynamic range.
Users can measure single-ended, differential and mixed-mode S-parameters (both magnitude and phase), and view corresponding time domain results including step response, impulse response, rho and Z normalised to a user-selectable rise time.
The TDR and TDT waveforms can also be viewed, and the unit includes a TDR/TDT mode of operation for debugging purposes.
LeCroy is represented by Vicom Australia Pty Ltd in Australia and New Zealand.