New method for measurement of waveform capture rate using random signal

Waveform capture rate is one of the most important indicators of digital storage oscilloscope, representing the ability of the system to capture waveforms in unit time. But for the actual acquisition systems, it is difficult to measure this indicator only by its external characteristics. In this paper, by analyzing the relation between the waveform capture rate and the dead-time of DSO, the new measurement method based on random pulse signal for waveform capture rate is proposed, and then this method has been verified in the actual system and gives the test results accordingly.