The LeCroy WaveSurfer 44Xs is a 400 MHz, 4-channel digital oscilloscope engineered for circuit debugging and signal analysis on the benchtop. Its 10.4-inch color touch-screen display delivers 800 × 600 SVGA resolution with WaveStream™ Fast Viewing Mode—an intensity-graded display that simulates analog scope performance and excels at capturing jitter and signal anomalies. The instrument combines high sample rates with extensive memory and flexible triggering to streamline complex measurement tasks.
Technical Specifications
• Bandwidth: 400 MHz
• Channels: 4
• Sample Rate (Single-Shot): 2.5 GS/s
• Sample Rate (RIS Mode): 50 GS/s
• Record Length: 2.5 Mpts/Ch or 5 Mpts/Ch standard; optional up to 10 Mpts/Ch for 4-channel models
• Vertical Resolution: 8-bit
• Vertical Sensitivity (1 MΩ): 2 mV/div to 10 V/div
• Vertical Sensitivity (50 Ω): 2 mV/div to 1 V/div
• DC Gain Accuracy: ±1.0% of full scale (typical); ±1.5% of full scale warranted ≥10 mV/div
• Bandwidth Limit: 20 MHz, 200 MHz selectable
• Maximum Input Voltage (50 Ω): 5 Vrms
• Maximum Input Voltage (1 MΩ): 400 V max (DC + Peak AC ≤5 kHz)
• Input Impedance: 1 MΩ || 16 pF or 50 Ω
• Rise Time: 875 ps
• Input Coupling: AC, DC, GND
– Key Features
• Touch-screen interface with simplified front-panel layout
• Edge, Glitch, Width, Logic (Pattern), and TV (NTSC, PAL, SECAM, 720p/1080i/1080p HDTV) triggering modes
• Optional advanced triggers: SMART, runt, slew rate, qualified edge/state, interval, dropout
• Trigger hold-off: 1 ns to 20 s or up to 1 billion events
• Pre-trigger and post-trigger delay: 0–100% and 0–10,000 divisions respectively
• Simultaneous display of up to 6 measurement parameters (Delay, Duty, Frequency, Maximum, Mean, Minimum, Period, Phase, RMS, Skew, Standard Deviation, Width, Rise Time, Fall Time)
• Zoom via QuickZoom button, touch screen, or mouse box selection
• Math functions: Sum, Diff
– Typical Applications
Ideal for clock/data timing analysis, signal integrity verification, and debugging of embedded systems where long memory and high sample rates reveal transient anomalies and jitter characteristics.
– Compatibility & Integration
External trigger input: EXT/10 ±4 V; EXT ±400 mV. Trigger sources selectable from any input channel, External, Ext/10, or Line.
