Operation Overview; Introduction; Features - Keysight Technologies N4960A User Manual

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Features

Keysight N4960A Serial BERT 17 and 32 Gb/s User Guide

2 Operation Overview

The N4960A serial BERT consists of a controller, which is a stressed
clock source with multi-sourced jitter capability, and support for an
externally connected pattern generator and error detector to form a
BERT. When used as a clock synthesizer, the range is 1 to 16 GHz.
When used with a remote head attached, the range of the clock
synthesizer is 2.5 to 16 GHz for the 32 Gb/s system, or 2 to 8.5 GHz for
the 17 Gb/s system. The pattern generator and error detector remote
heads use half rate clock architecture, giving a data rate range of 5 to
32 Gb/s for the 32 Gb/s system, or 4 to 17 Gb/s for the 17 Gb/s system.
All features can be controlled through the control panel, remotely
through the GPIB or USB interface using the remote commands, or
through the N4980A multi-instrument BERT software.
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Controller (stressed clock synthesizer)
o Operation from 2.5 to 16 GHz (32 Gb/s system)
o Operation from 2 to 8.5 GHz (17 Gb/s system)
o Two independent sinusoidal jitter injection sources (one for
N4960A-CJ0)
o True Gaussian random jitter stress (N4960A-CJ1 only)
o Spread spectrum clock (N4960A-CJ1 only)
o Fully programmable clock output parameters
o Low intrinsic jitter
o Jittered, non-jittered, and divided outputs
o Remote control through GPIB (IEEE 488.2) or USB2.0
o User interface along with SCPI command set for easy
automation and test system integration
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