Teledyne LeCroy LabMaster 9Zi-A - Manual (Page 16)

LabMaster 9 Zi-A
8 922157-00 Rev A
LabMaster Overview
LabMaster is a unique modular oscilloscope solution that allows a
configuration of more channels at higher bandwidths than traditional four
channel oscilloscopes. It is ideally suited for test situations where there are
many lanes of serial data to be captured and analyzed simultaneously,
where crosstalk analysis is performed, or for capturing four channels at the
highest-possible bandwidths for optical coherent modulation applications.
Each LabMaster consists of a single Master Acquisition Module or Master
Control Module, and optional additional Slave Acquisition Modules. Slaves
can be added at any time for easy channel upgrades. Bandwidth upgrades
are available for both Master Acquisition Modules and Slave Acquisition
Modules for future scalability.
Unique ChannelSync™ architecture ensures precise synchronization
between all oscilloscope channels located in different acquisition modules.
A single 10 GHz distributed clock signal is generated in the Master
Acquisition Module or Master Control Module, and then used in or
distributed to as many as five Master Acquisition Modules or Slave
Acquisition Modules. The 10 GHz clock frequency - 1000 times faster than
the 10 MHz reference clocks commonly used to synchronize lab equipment
- ensures precise synchronization and high-timebase accuracy between all
acquisition modules. Additionally, a single trigger signal is used for all
acquisition modules to completely eliminate trigger jitter between
modules, such as would be found when two conventional oscilloscopes are
synchronized with 10 MHz clocks and a common trigger signal. The system
also ensures Acquisition Modules are automatically identified to the
Master, and software de-skew calibration routines allow for fast calibration
and correction for any static acquisition skew between all acquisition
modules.
NOTE: Detailed steps explaining how to set up either configuration are covered in
Configuration Setups Overview (on page 25).