Sources | | channel 1, channel 2, channel 3, channel 4, inverted channels, external trigger, differential, common mode |
Sensitivity | | 10–4 div, from DC to instrument bandwidth for all vertical scales |
Trigger jitter | full-scale sine wave of frequency set to –3 dB bandwidth | < 1 ps (RMS) (meas.) |
Coupling mode | standard | same as selected channel |
| lowpass filter | cutoff frequency selectable from 100 kHz to 50% of analog bandwidth |
Sweep mode | | auto, normal, single, n single |
Event rate | max. | one event for every 400 ps time interval |
Trigger level | range | ±5 div from center of screen |
Trigger hysteresis | modes | auto (standard) or manual |
| sensitivity | 10–4 div, from DC to instrument bandwidth for all vertical scales |
Holdoff range | time | 100 ns to 10 s, fixed and random |
| events | 1 event to 2000000000 events |
Main trigger modes |
Edge | triggers on specified slope (positive, negative or either) and level |
Glitch | triggers on glitches of positive, negative or either polarity that are shorter or longer than specified width |
| glitch width | 100 ps to 1000 s |
| | 50 ps to 1000 s (R&S®RTO6-B94, R&S®RTO6-B96 options) |
Width | triggers on positive or negative pulse of specified width; width can be shorter, longer, inside or outside the interval |
| pulse width | 100 ps to 1000 s |
| | 50 ps to 1000 s (R&S®RTO6-B94, R&S®RTO6-B96 options) |
Runt | triggers on pulse of positive, negative or either polarity that crosses one threshold but fails to cross a second threshold before recrossing the first one; runt pulse width can be arbitrary, shorter, longer, inside or outside the interval |
| runt pulse width | 100 ps to 1000 s |
| | 50 ps to 1000 s (R&S®RTO6-B94, R&S®RTO6-B96 options) |
Window | triggers when signal enters or exits a specified voltage range; triggers also when signal stays inside or outside the voltage range for a specified period of time |
Timeout | triggers when signal stays high, low or unchanged for a specified period of time |
| timeout | 100 ps to 1000 s |
| | 50 ps to 1000 s (R&S®RTO6-B94, R&S®RTO6-B96 options) |
Interval | triggers when time between two consecutive edges of same slope (positive or negative) is shorter, longer, inside or outside a specified range |
| interval time | 100 ps to 1000 s |
| | 50 ps to 1000 s (R&S®RTO6-B94, R&S®RTO6-B96 options) |
Slew rate | triggers when the time required by a signal edge to toggle between user-defined upper and lower voltage levels is shorter, longer, inside or outside the interval; edge slope may be positive, negative or either |
| toggle time | 100 ps to 1000 s |
| | 50 ps to 1000 s (R&S®RTO6-B94, R&S®RTO6-B96 options) |
Data2clock | triggers on setup time and hold time violations between clock and data present on any two input channels; users can specify monitored time interval ranging from –100 ns to 100 ns around a clock edge and must be at least 100 ps wide |
Pattern | triggers when a logical combination (and, nand, or, nor) of the input channels stays true for a period of time shorter, longer, inside or outside a specified range |
State | triggers when a logical combination (and, nand, or, nor) of the input channels stays true at a slope (positive, negative or either) in one selected channel |
Serial pattern | triggers on serial data pattern up to 128 bit clocked by one input channel; pattern bits may be high (H), low (L) or don’t care (X); clock edge slope may be positive, negative or either; hardware CDR selectable as clock source (requires R&S®RTO6-K13 option) |
| max. data rate | < 2.50 Gbps |
| | < 5 Gbps (R&S®RTO6-B94, R&S®RTO6-B96 options) |
TV/video | triggers on baseband analog progressive and interlaced video signals including NTSC, PAL, PAL-M, SECAM, EDTV and HDTV broadcast standards as well as custom bi-level and tri-level sync video standards |
| trigger modes | all fields, odd fields, even fields, all lines, line number |
Advanced trigger modes |
Zone trigger | triggers on user-defined zones drawn on the display |
| source | acquired waveforms (input channels), math waveforms |
| number of zones | up to 8 |
| zone shapes | rectangles, polygones |
| zone types | must intersect, must not intersect |
| combination of zones | logical combination of zones of multiple sources using Boolean expressions |
| trigger compatibility | compatible with the edge, glitch, width, runt, window, timeout, interval, slew rate, data2clock, pattern, state, serial pattern, trigger qualification, and sequence trigger modes |
Trigger qualification | trigger events may be qualified by a logical combination of unused channels |
| qualifiable events | edge, glitch, width, runt, window, timeout, interval |
Sequence trigger (A/B/R trigger) | triggers on B event after occurrence of A event; delay condition after A event specified either as time interval or number of B events; an optional R event resets the trigger sequence to A |
| A event | any trigger mode |
| B event | edge, glitch, width, runt, window, timeout, interval, slew rate |
| R event | edge, glitch, width, runt, window, timeout, interval, slew rat |
Serial bus trigger | optional | see dedicated triggering and decoding options |
NFC trigger | | with R&S®RTO6-K11 option |
CDR trigger | triggers on clock signal recovered from the trigger source signal; phase of the trigger instant userselectable as fraction of bit period; requires R&S®RTO6-K13 option |
| CDR configuration parameters | PLL order (first or second), nominal bit rate, loop bandwidth, relative bandwidth, damping factor, unit interval offset |
| CDR bit rate range | |
| R&S®RTO6-B92, R&S®RTO6-B93 options | 200 kbps to 2.5 Gbps |
| R&S®RTO6-B94, R&S®RTO6-B96 options | 200 kbps to 2.5 Gpbs standard, 400 kbps to 5.0 Gbps when operating at 20 Gsample/s realtime sampling rate 3) |
External trigger input | input impedance | 50 Ω (nom.) or 1 MΩ (nom.) || 20 pF (meas.) |
| max. input voltage at 50 Ω | 5.5 V (peak) |
| max. input voltage at 1 MΩ | 30 V (RMS) derates at 20 dB/decade to 5 V (RMS) above 25 MHz |
| trigger level | ±5 V |
| sensitivity | |
| input frequency | ≤ 100 MHz 300 mV (Vpp) |
| 100 MHz < input frequency ≤ 500 MHz | 600 mV (Vpp) |
| input coupling | AC, DC (50 Ω and 1 MΩ), GND, HF reject (attenuates > 50 kHz or > 50 MHz, user-selectable), LF reject (attenuates < 5 kHz or < 50 kHz, user-selectable) |
| trigger modes | edge (rise or fall) |
Trigger out | functionality | a pulse is generated for every acquisition trigger even |
| output voltage | 0 V to 5 V at high impedance; 0 V to 2.5 V at 50 Ω |
| pulse width | selectable between 50 ns and 60 ms |
| pulse polarity | low active or high active |
| output delay | depends on trigger settings |
| jitter | ±600 ps (meas.) |