| PicoScope 9200 Series Specifications |
| Model |
9201A |
9211A |
9221A |
9231A |
| 12 GHz sampling oscilloscope |
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| USB port |
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| LAN port |
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| Clock recovery trigger |
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| Pattern sync trigger |
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| Dual signal generator outputs |
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| Electrical TDR/TDT capability |
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| 8 GHz optical-electrical converter |
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| VERTICAL |
| Number of channels |
2 (simultaneous acquisition) |
| Bandwidth |
Full: DC to 12 GHz
Narrow: DC to 8 GHz |
| Pulse response rise time |
10% to 90%, calculated from Tr = 0.35/BW
Full bandwidth: : 29.2 ps
Narrow bandwidth: 43.7 ps |
| RMS noise, maximum |
Full bandwidth: 2 mV
Narrow bandwidth: 1.5 mV
With averaging: 100 µV system limit |
| Scale factors (sensitivity) |
2 mV/div to 500 mV/div. 1-2-5 sequence and 0.5% fine increments. |
| Nominal input impedance |
(50 ± 1) Ω |
| Input connectors |
SMA (F) |
| TIMEBASES |
| Timebases |
10 ps/div to 50 ms/div (main, intensified, delayed, or dual delayed) |
| Delta time interval accuracy |
±0.2% of of delta time interval ±15 ps |
| Time interval resolution |
200 fs minimum |
| TRIGGER |
| Trigger sources |
External direct trigger, external prescaled trigger, internal clock trigger, clock recovery trigger (not 9201A) |
| Direct trigger bandwidth and sensitivity |
DC to 100 MHz : 100 mV p-p |
| 100 MHz to 1 GHz |
increasing linearly from : 100 mV p-p to 200 mV p-p |
| Prescaled trigger bandwidth and sensitivity |
1 to 7 GHz: 200 mV p-p to 2 V p-p
7 to 8 GHz: 300 mV p-p to 1 V p-p
8 to 10 GHz typical: 400 mV p-p to 1 V p-p |
| Trigger RMS jitter, maximum |
4 ps + 20 ppm of delay setting |
| ACQUISITION |
| ADC resolution |
16 bits |
| Digitizing rate |
DC to 200 kHz maximum |
| Acquisition modes |
Sample (normal), average, envelope |
| Data record length |
32 to 4096 points maximum per channel in x2 sequence |
| DISPLAY |
| Display resolution |
Variable |
| Display style |
Dots, vectors, variable or infinite persistence, variable or infinite grey scaling, variable or infinite color grading |
| MEASUREMENTS AND ANALYSIS |
| Marker |
Vertical bars, horizontal bars (measure volts) or waveform markers (x and +) |
| Automatic measurements |
Up to 40 automatic pulse measurements |
| Histogram |
Vertical or horizontal |
| Mathematics |
Up to four math waveforms can be defined and displayed |
| FFT |
Up to two FFTs simultaneously, with built-in filters (rectangular, Nicolson, Hann, flat-top, Blackman-Harris and Kaiser-Bessel) |
| Eye diagram |
Automatically characterizes NRZ and RZ eye patterns. Measurements are based on statistical analysis of the waveform. |
| Mask test |
Acquired signals are tested for fit outside areas defined by up to eight polygons. Standard or user-defined masks can be selected. |
| CLOCK RECOVERY AND PATTERN SYNC TRIGGER (PicoScope 9211A and 9231A only) |
| Clock recovery sensitivity |
12.3 Mb/s to 1 Gb/s : 50 mV p-p
1 Gb/s to 2.7 Gb/s: 100 mV p-p Continuous rate. |
| Pattern sync trigger |
10 Mb/s to 8 Gb/s with pattern length from 7 to 65,535 max. |
| Recovered clock trigger jitter, maximum |
1 ps + 1.0% of unit interval |
| Maximum safe trigger input voltage |
±2 V (DC + peak AC) |
| Trigger input connector |
SMA (F) |
| SIGNAL GENERATOR OUTPUT (9211A and 9231A) |
| Rise/fall times |
100 ps (20% to 80%) typical |
| Modes |
Step, coarse timebase, pulse, NRZ, RZ |
| OPTICAL-ELECTRICAL (O/E) CONVERTER (9231A only) |
| Unfiltered bandwidth |
DC to 8 GHz typical. DC to 7 GHz guaranteed at full electrical bandwidth. |
| Effective wavelength range |
750 nm to 1650 nm |
| Calibrated wavelengths |
850 nm (MM), 1310 nm (MM/SM), 1550 nm (SM) |
| Transition time |
10% to 90% calculated from Tr = 0.48 / BW: 60 ps max. |
| RMS noise, maximum |
4 µW (1310 & 1550 nm), 6 µW (850 nm) |
| Scale factors (sensitivity) |
1 µV/div to 400 µV/div (full scale is 8 divisions) |
| DC accuracy, typical |
±25 µW ±10% of vertical scale |
| Maximum input peak power |
+7 dBm (1310 nm) |
| Fiber input |
Single-mode (SM) or multi-mode (MM) |
| Fiber input connector |
FC/PC |
| Input return loss |
SM: -24 dB, typical MM: -16 dB, typical, -14 dB, maximum |
| GENERAL |
| Operating temperature range |
+5 °C to +35 °C (+15 °C to +25 °C for stated accuracy) |
| Power |
+6 V DC ± 5%
PicoScope 9201A:1.9 A max. PicoScope 9211A: 2.6 A max. PicoScope 9231A: 2.9 A max.
Mains adaptor supplied for UK/US/EU/AUS/NZ. |
| PC connection |
USB 2.0 (compatible with USB 1.1) |
| LAN connection |
10/100 Mbit/s (9211A and 9231A only) |
| PC requirements |
Windows XP (SP3), Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8, 32-bit or 64-bit |
| Dimensions |
W 170 mm x D 260 mm x H 40 mm |
| Weight |
1.1 kg |