Agilent 86100C Infiniium DCA Oscilloscope w 092,701 + 86109A, 86109B

The Agilent 86100C Infiniium DCA Oscilloscope with 86109A and 86109B modules delivers integrated optical and electrical waveform analysis for high-speed digital communications testing. This Digital Communications Analyzer platform operates as a multi-function instrument - oscilloscope, jitter analyzer, TDR, and DCA - supporting simultaneous multi-channel measurements at 10 Gb/s and beyond. The system performs advanced jitter decomposition, compliance testing against optical transmission standards, and standards-based transmitter verification across telecommunications and data communications applications.

Technical Specifications

• Instrument modes: Digital Communications Analyzer, wide-bandwidth oscilloscope, Time Domain Reflectometer, Jitter Analyzer


• Jitter analysis: Component decomposition (TJ, RJ, DJ, DDJ, PJ, DCD, SRJ)


• Standard trigger bandwidth: 3.2 GHz


• Enhanced trigger bandwidth (Option 001): 13 GHz with PatternLock for pattern-synchronized triggering


• Waveform analysis capability: 40 Gb/s and beyond


• Compliance testing: Automated, standards-based with eye-diagram masks


• Filter support: Broad range of standards-based filter combinations


• Storage: 40 GB internal hard drive for setups, waveforms, and captures


• Operating system: Windows XP Pro 86109A Plug-in Module


• Optical channel: 30 GHz bandwidth (unfiltered), 1000–1600 nm wavelength range, integrated flat-response receiver, built-in average power meter


• Electrical channel: 40 GHz bandwidth standard, 18 GHz reduced bandwidth mode, 3.5 mm male connector 86109B Plug-in Module


• Optical channel: 40 GHz bandwidth, amplified for 9/125 fiber, 1000–1600 nm wavelength range, 20 µW RMS noise characteristic


• Electrical channel: 40 GHz bandwidth

Key Features

• PatternLock triggering automatically detects pattern length, data rate, and clock rate


• Modular architecture enables customization with plug-in modules for optical and electrical domains


• Multi-channel simultaneous analysis for signal quality assessment


• Standards-based compliance masks and automated test execution

Typical Applications

• 10 Gb/s and higher optical transmission testing


• Jitter characterization and decomposition in high-speed digital systems


• Transmitter compliance verification


• Signal integrity analysis in telecommunications and data communications

Compatibility & Integration The 86100C mainframe accepts the 86109A and 86109B modules in a scalable configuration, allowing parallel optical and electrical measurements with independent channel bandwidth and processing capabilities.