TSP #239 – SJL Instruments 6GHz GigaWave Sampling Oscilloscope Review, Teardown & Experiments

In this episode Shahriar review the new sampling oscilloscope from SJL Instruments. Our GigaWave™ digital sampling oscilloscopes offer 12-bit vertical resolution, 1-ps time resolution, and 6 GHz analog bandwidth, all in a tiny 4” form factor:

https://www.sjl-instruments.com/

This review is organized as follows:

00:00 – Introductions
00:34 – Sampling scope & real-time scope theory and comparison
04:13 – CDF versus PDF method of waveform reconstruction
06:12 – Teardown & circuit analysis
09:35 – Input return loss characteristics and channel isolation
10:36 – GUI overview, capturing a fast pulse, comparison with Keysight DCA-X, built-in measurements, dot and vector mode
19:09 – Eye diagram measurements, ISI measurements, multi-channel view
24:15 – Multi-tone capture, FFT functions
25:09 – Concluding remarks

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