Siglent Technologies
SIGLENT Technologies, Inc. is a multinational electronics company specializing in electronic test & measurement instruments. Eric Qin (a software engineer) and Jacky Shao (a hardware designer) started researching digital oscilloscope design in 2002. Their goal was to produce affordable, professional-quality test and measurement instruments. They were later joined by an FPGA design engineer, Zane Zhao.[1]
At the time, Digital Storage Oscilloscopes (DSO) were too expensive for most small engineering firms. After five years of intensive research and development, SIGLENT was established in 2007.[2]
Company Growth
SIGLENT has experienced consistent year-on-year growth over the past 15 years of 37.60%. SIGLENT’s revenue for the 2021 year was more than 303 million CNY (47.5 million USD). North America is SIGLENT’s largest market, delivering around 40% of total revenue, with Europe in second place, contributing about 30% of its earnings.[3]
Product Offering
SIGLENT now produces DSOs, function and arbitrary waveform generators (AWG), RF/MW signal generators, RF spectrum analyzers, vector network analyzers (VNA), digital programmable power supplies, digital multimeters, isolated handheld oscilloscopes, DC electronic loads, and other general test instruments.[4]It also manufactures entry-level products for LeCroy.[5]
Oscilloscopes
The rapid growth of more sophisticated technologies (such as 5G wireless, advanced semiconductors, renewable energy, and artificial intelligence) has introduced new demands on test and measurement equipment – particularly for high-bandwidth, high-precision, and small-signal measurement. Older, 8-bit oscilloscopes fail to meet these requirements, and a lack of affordable high-end measurement instruments presents an increasingly prominent bottleneck.
SIGLENT addressed these challenges in the development of its newest generation of Professional series oscilloscopes – the SDS6000 Pro – which feature 2GHz bandwidth and 12-bit resolution. It achieves this using Xilinx’s Kintex® UltraScale™+ FPGA, which resolves cost, performance, and power issues. The company launched the SDS6000 Pro in September 2020, becoming only the third oscilloscope vendor (alongside Tektronix and LeCroy) to offer this level of performance.[6]
Generators
Function and arbitrary signal generators have become a critical tool for electronics laboratories, where a flexible source can easily simulate sensor outputs, communications, and other complex signals. SIGLENT offers useful entry-level arbitrary waveform generation as an option in some of its oscilloscopes.
However, there are a number of emerging measurement challenges, such as MEMS sensor tests. What is needed is a bandwidth of up to 1 GHz, large single-ended and differential outputs with a usable DC offset. The SIGLENT SDG7000A series AWG offers all of this – an effective and affordable tool for this and other advanced measurement applications. This is one of the key growth areas for the company as it pushes into more advanced and more sophisticated product categories.[7]
Vector network analyzer
SIGLENT has shrunk the physical size of vector network analyzers (VNA) to about one third of conventional VNAs without sacrificing performance and functionality. The dynamic range of the SNA5000A is 125 dB and it comes with standard bias tees, optional TDR function. It can be widely used in filter, amplifier, and antenna tests.[8]
Research & Development
Product innovation is a key driver for the company – investing more than 15% of total sales into R&D. In 2021, alone, SIGLENT sought 50 new patent applications. In total, the company has been granted 241 patents, with a further 89 patents pending. Among these, Phosphor technology for oscilloscopes, EasyPulse and TrueArb technology for AWG have been ground-breaking improvements. TrueArb technology enables Siglent AWG to output waveforms point by point and with less jitter.
In 2018, it was nominated for the World Electronics Achievement Awards (WEAA), organized by EE times and EE magazines.[9] Siglent is one of a handful of electronics instrument manufacturers whose ongoing research and innovations have directly impacted the global market for electronic test equipment. It has seen the prices drop dramatically while the overall capabilities and quality have improved significantly.
Corporate Structure
Headquartered in Shenzhen China, SIGLENT has branch offices in Ohio, USA and Augsburg, Germany.[10]
In 2021, SIGLENT was listed on the sci-tech innovation board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), and has become the first company in the general electronic test and measurement instrument industry to list on the A-share market in China. Siglent is headquartered in Shenzhen China, and it has two international branch offices in Ohio, United States and Augsburg, Germany.[11]
References
- ↑ "SIGLENT Technologies". int.siglent.com. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
- ↑ "EEVblog #826 - Siglent CEO Eric Qin Visits The EEVblog Lab". youtube.com. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ↑ "SIGLENT's 2021 Financial returns, as listed on the sci-tech innovation board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE)," (PDF). www.sse.com.cn. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ↑ "Company profile". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2020-09-16. Unknown parameter
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- ↑ "Xilinx Kintex® UltraScale+™ FPGA helps Siglent's SDS6000 Pro oscilloscope balance cost, performance and power, while Vivado design suite shortens time-to-market" (PDF). japan.xilinx.com. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ↑ "SIGLENT presents its most powerful arbitrary function generator series to date". www.electronics-today.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ↑ "SNA5000A Series from Siglent are 2 and 4-Port Vector Network Analyzers that operate from 9 kHz to 8.5 GHz with a frequency resolution of 1 Hz". www.everythingrf.com. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ↑ "Siglent nominated for WEAA". doublesummits.eet-china.com.
- ↑ "SIGLENT Technologies". int.siglent.com. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
- ↑ "Chinese scope maker Siglent Technologies opens North American headquarters in Ohio". Electronic Products. 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2020-09-16. Unknown parameter
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