Tektronix MDO4000B Mixed Domain Oscilloscope Series

The Tektronix MDO4000B Mixed Domain Oscilloscope is a versatile component testing instrument featuring a built in spectrum analyzer. This integration enables you to continue to use your debug tool of choice, the oscilloscope, to investigate frequency domain issues rather than having to find and re-learn a spectrum analyzer. However, the power of the MDO4000B Series goes well beyond simply observing the frequency domain as you would on a spectrum analyzer. The real power is in its ability to correlate events in the frequency domain with the time domain phenomena that caused them.

When both the spectrum analyzer and any analog or digital channels are on, the oscilloscope display is split into two views. The upper half of the display is a traditional oscilloscope view of the Time Domain. The lower half of the display is a Frequency Domain view of the spectrum analyzer input. Note that the Frequency Domain view is not simply an FFT of the analog or digital channels in the instrument, but is the spectrum acquired from the spectrum analyzer input.

Another key difference is that with traditional oscilloscope FFTs, you can typically either get the desired view of the FFT display, or the desired view of your other time domain signals of interest, but never both at the same time. This is because traditional oscilloscopes only have a single acquisition system with a single set of user settings such as record length, sample rate, and time per division that drive all data views. But with the Tektronix MDO4000B Series, the spectrum analyzer has its own acquisition system that is independent, but time correlated, to the analog and digital channel acquisition systems. This allows each domain to be configured optimally, providing a complete time correlated system view of all analog, digital, and RF signals of interest.

The spectrum shown in the Frequency Domain view is taken from the period of time indicated by the short orange bar in the time domain view – known as the Spectrum Time. With the MDO4000B Series, Spectrum Time can be moved through the acquisition to investigate how the RF spectrum changes over time. And this can be done while the oscilloscope is live and running or on a stopped acquisition.

The Tektronix MDO4000B Series includes the MDO4014B-3, MDO4034B-3, MDO4054B-3, MDO4054B-6, MDO4104B-3, and MDO4104B-6 models.

Product Info Related Products

MDO4000B Model	4014B-3	4034B-3	4054B-3	4054B-6	4104B-3	4104B-6
Analog channels	4
Analog channel bandwidth	100 MHz	350 MHz	500 MHz	500 MHz	1 GHz	1 GHz
Rise time	3.5 ns	1 ns	700 ps	700 ps	350 ps	350 ps
Sample rate (1 ch)	2.5 GS/s	2.5 GS/s	2.5 GS/s	2.5 GS/s	5 GS/s	5 GS/s
Sample rate (2 ch)	2.5 GS/s	2.5 GS/s	2.5 GS/s	2.5 GS/s	5 GS/s	5 GS/s
Sample rate (4 ch)	2.5 GS/s
Record length (1 ch)	20M
Record length (2 ch)	20M
Record length (4 ch)	20M
Digital channels	16
RF channels	1
RF channel frequency range	9 kHz - 3 GHz	9 kHz - 3 GHz	9 kHz - 3 GHz	50 kHz - 6 GHz	9 kHz - 3 GHz	9 kHz - 6 GHz

Spectral analysis
- Dedicated front-panel controls for commonly performed tasks
- Automated peak markers identify frequency and amplitude of spectrum peaks
- Manual markers enable non-peak measurements
- Trace types Include: Normal, Average, Max Hold, and Min Hold
- Detection types include: +Peak, -Peak, Average, and Sample
- Spectrogram display enables easy observation and insight into slowly changing RF phenomena
- Automated measurements include: Channel Power, Adjacent Channel Power Ratio (ACPR), and Occupied Bandwidth (OBW)
- Trigger on RF power level
- Triggered or Free Run spectral analysis
Mixed-domain analysis
- Time-correlated analog, digital, and RF signal acquisitions in a single instrument
- Wave Inspector® controls provide easy navigation of timecorrelated data from both the time and frequency domains
- Amplitude, frequency, and phase vs. time waveforms derived from spectrum analyzer input
- Selectable spectrum time to discover and analyze how RF spectrum changes over time - even on a stopped acquisition
Optional serial triggering and analysis - serial protocol trigger, decode, and search for I2C, SPI, USB, Ethernet, CAN, LIN, FlexRay, RS-232/422/485/UART, MIL-STD-1553, and I2S/LJ/RJ/TDM
264 mm (10.4 inches) bright XGA color display
Small footprint and lightweight - Only 147 mm (5.8 inches) deep and 5 kg (11 lb.)