What limits the highest-frequency signal that a digital oscilloscope can accurately display?
A digital scope must sample fast enough to represent the waveform; insufficient sample rate loses waveform detail and can create aliases.
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A digital scope must sample fast enough to represent the waveform; insufficient sample rate loses waveform detail and can create aliases.
A spectrum analyzer shows how signal energy is distributed across frequency, unlike an oscilloscope, which normally shows amplitude versus time.