LeCroy announces the launch of the WaveLink 25 GHz high bandwidth differential solder-in probe. This probe expands the 13-20 GHz WaveLink probe line and is well-matched to LeCroy’s WaveMaster 8 Zi oscilloscope product line, which includes bandwidths up to 30 GHz. Now, engineers who find it insufficient to use SMA cables to input signals directly into their oscilloscope can use a LeCroy WaveLink D2505 differential probe and a WaveMaster 825Zi oscilloscope to achieve 25 GHz of scope and probe bandwidth.
The baseline electrical noise in the probe product line has been dramatically lowered and is only 3.1 mVrms at 25 GHz, and only 1.6 mVrms at 13 GHz. In addition, the probes exhibit superior AC loading in the mid-band and high frequency range with only 350 Ohms at 7 GHz, 575 Ohms at 13 GHz, 325 Ohms at 16 GHz, 160 Ohms at 20 GHz, and 120 Ohms at 25 GHz. This combination of performance and bandwidth is essential for accurately characterizing next generation serial data signals, and comes closer in signal fidelity to cabled inputs than any other similar bandwidth oscilloscope probe. This is especially important when oscilloscope channels must be conserved for multiple differential signal measurements, such as with multi-lane protocols like PCI Express.
Wolfgang Patelay, Editor Print & Online 