You have to watch this video of LeCroy’s Eye Doctor in action.Wow, is there anything this scope can’t do? For SerDes designs you get it all – de-embedding, emphasis controls, and more. From LeCroy’s website:

Eye Doctor II provides the channel emulation and de-embedding tools that engineers need for the next generation of serial data standards

Adds precision to signal integrity measurements

Vital for anyone using an 8 GHz or higher oscilloscope

Seamlessly integrates into LeCroy’s SDA II software for eye diagram and jitter analysis

Creates eye diagrams 50x faster than existing solutions

Uses industry standard Touchstone format S-parameter files for fixture and channel definition.

Ability to read single ended or mixed mode S-parameter files

DFE, FFE and CTLE Receiver Equalization

Fully integrated into the user interface which allows the engineer to use additional LeCroy tools for post-processing

Use Eye Doctor II’s Advanced mode to:

• Flexibly arrange components to allow any combination of de-embedding or emulation for Virtual Probing™ of any point in the test circuit not otherwise accessible

Increase measurement accuracy through the use of a more advanced transmitter and receiver termination model that incorporates customerspecific characteristics

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