The WaveCatcher family of SCA-based 12-bit 3.2-GS/s fast digitizers

The recent progresses in detector developments have raised the requirements for the associated readout electronics. High-end oscilloscopes are well adapted for test and characterization setups, but their cost per channel is high and their number of channels very limited. Precision test benches can also make use of ADC-based fast digitizers, but most of these modules are expensive and the most performing house very few channels. The recent progress of high speed Switch Capacitor Arrays (SCA) now permits offering sampling rates far above 1 GHz over 12 bits at low cost and low power consumption.