02 | Keysight | InfiniiScan Event Identification Software - Data Sheet

Identify Signal Integrity Issues Quickly and Easily

Today’s digital signals are increasingly

complex. Designers of serial links and

parallel busses want to quickly identify

signal anomalies in their designs.

Engineers have traditionally relied on

hardware triggering and deep memory

to capture such illusive events. However,

these classic methods fall short in some

key areas.

The Keysight Technologies, Inc. InfiniiScan

software allows you to use an oscilloscope

to identify signal integrity issues that

hardware triggering is unable to find in

your electronic designs. This innovative

software scans through thousands of

acquired waveforms per second to help

you isolate signal anomalies, saving you

Consideration

Classic methods

InfiniiScan software

Number of events that can

be monitored simultaneously

One, the hardware trigger event

Up to five different events or the

same event on four channels

Number of occurrences

of that event that can be

identified

One, the occurrence at the

hardware trigger point

Unlimited number of events

within the acquired time window

Variety of events that can be

identified

Approximately ten, fixed and

limited by hardware triggering

capabilities

Software descriptions provide

increased event definition

flexibility

Maximum speed of events

that can be isolated

Minimum input setting of 300 ps,

limited by hardware triggering

circuits

Events as narrow as 70 ps can be

isolated, limited only by sample

rate resolution

Difficulty in defining the

proper setup to capture the

event

Requires triggering expertise.

Many people end up pressing

the Single key many times or

spending hours scanning though

acquired data.

If you can see it, you can capture

it using the zone qualify capabil-

ity or any of InfiniiScan’s other

power isolation mechanisms

Finding an event of interest

in a deep memory capture

Manually inspecting waveforms

is impractical, as 1 M point of

memory represents 10,000

screens of waveforms

Scope scans the waveform

so you don’t have to, and no

programming is required

Looking for a third state

event

Trigger on two events and scan

through data to find the third

stage

With InfiniiScan and hardware

triggering of the 90000 Series,

trigger on the first two events

and the scope scans for the third