Rohde and Schwarz RTA4000 Series

Rohde and Schwarz RTA4000 Series

Designed with class-leading signal integrity and responsive ultra-deep memory, the R&S®RTA4000 brings the power of 10 to a new level. A Rohde&Schwarz designed 10-bit ADC combined with class-leading low noise, memory depth, and timebase accuracy gives you sharp waveforms, more accurate measurements, and confidence when facing unexpected measurement challenges.



Traditionally, excellent signal integrity has been overlooked in the benchtop class of instruments because it is hard to accomplish and also expensive for instrument manufacturers. Users have had to compromise on measurement accuracy to get an affordable instrument that they could use for everyday debugging and troubleshooting tasks. With the R&S®RTA4000, signal integrity was at the forefront when we designed it. The 10-bit A/D converter yields up to a fourfold improvement over conventional 8-bit A/D converters. The class-leading low noise allows users to take advantage of this extra vertical resolution. You get sharper waveforms with signal details that would have been hidden on other oscilloscopes in this class.



Oscilloscopes in the R&S®RTA4000 class have traditionally made users choose between deep memory and fast update rates. Each of these has its place and having to choose one or the other means you may have the wrong tool for the problem you are addressing. The R&S®RTA4000 doesn’t make you choose; it provides a fast update rate and ultra-deep memory to tackle any challenge that may come up. The R&S®RTA4000 provides users with more than just an oscilloscope. It includes a logic analyzer, protocol analyzer, spectrum analyzer, waveform, and pattern generator, and digital voltmeter. A large, high-resolution capacitive touchscreen with a widely acclaimed user interface makes it easy to take advantage of all these tools.

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Key Features

  • Bandwidth: 200 MHz to 1GHz
  • Sample rate: up to 5 Gsample/s
  • Memory depth: up to 1 Gsample
  • ADC resolution: 10-bit
  • Display: 10.1’’ capacitive touchscreen
  • 500 µV/div: full measurement bandwidth
  • Class-leading low noise front end

10-bit ADC with up to 16-bit resolution
Rohde&Schwarz engineered a proprietary 10-bit A/D converter that delivers a fourfold improvement over conventional 8-bit A/D converters. The increased resolution results in sharper waveforms with more signal details that would otherwise be missed. One
example is the characterization of switched-mode power supplies. The voltages across the switching device must be determined during the on/off times within the same acquisition. For precise measurements of small voltage components, a high resolution of more than 8 bit is essential. With high resolution decimation, the R&S®RTA4000 even provides up to 16-bit vertical resolution, a resolution previously unseen in this class of instrument.

500 µV/div: full measurement bandwidth 
The R&S®RTA4000 oscilloscope offers outstanding sensitivity down to 500 µV/div. Traditional oscilloscopes can only reach this level of input sensitivity by employing software-based magnification of larger settings or by limiting the bandwidth. The R&S®RTA4000 oscilloscope shows the signal’s real sampling points over the full measurement bandwidth – even at 500 µV/div.

Class-leading low noise 
Higher resolution is only beneficial if the extra bits are not consumed by the noise of the oscilloscope. The R&S®RTA4000 has class-leading low noise that allows you to take advantage of the extra bits of resolution and see signals that are hidden in the noise of other oscilloscopes.

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