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The servicing instructions are for use by qualified personnel only. To avoid personal injury, do not perform any servicing unless you are qualified to do so. Refer to all safety summaries prior to performing service. Supports LE160 & LE320 Product Firmware V1.0 and above *P077088400* 077-0884-00...
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Tektronix, with shipping charges prepaid. Tektronix shall pay for the return of the product to Customer if the shipment is to a location within the country in which the Tektronix service center is located. Customer shall be responsible for paying all shipping charges, duties, taxes, and any other charges for products returned to any other locations.
Read the safety sections of the other component manuals for warnings and cautions related to operating the system. When incorporating this equipment into a system, the safety of that system is the responsibility of the assembler of the system. LE160 & LE320 Specifications & Performance Verification...
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Slots and openings are provided for ventilation and should never be covered or otherwise obstructed. Do not push objects into any of the openings. LE160 & LE320 Specifications & Performance Verification...
(This symbol may also be used to refer the user to ratings in the manual.) The following symbols may appear on the product: LE160 & LE320 Specifications & Performance Verification...
Emissions which exceed the levels required by this standard may occur when this equipment is connected to a test object. For compliance with the EMC standards listed here, high quality shielded interface cables should be used. LE160 & LE320 Specifications & Performance Verification...
The area is protected from direct sunshine, rain, or direct wind. ■ Pollution Degree 4. Pollution that generates persistent conductivity through conductive dust, rain, or snow. Typical outdoor locations. viii LE160 & LE320 Specifications & Performance Verification...
European Union requirements according to Directives 2002/96/EC and 2006/66/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and batteries. For information about recycling options, check the Support/Service section of the Tektronix Web site (www.tektronix.com). Restriction of hazardous This product is classified as an industrial monitoring and control instrument, and...
This document lists the product specifications and provides procedures to verify instrument performance. Related documentation The following documentation is available to support your linear equalizer product. The documents can be downloaded from the Tektronix Web site at www.tektronix.com/manuals. ■ LE160 & LE320 Quick Reference Installation Instructions (Tektronix part number, 071-3222-xx).
The instrument must have had a warm-up period of at least 30 minutes. For optimum performance using an external oscilloscope, please consult the documentation for any external oscilloscopes used with your Tektronix linear equalizer to determine the warm-up period and signal-path compensation requirements.
1100 pattern amplitude Additive Jitter. The LE320/LE160 can be configured to many conditions resulting in increased Data Dependent Jitter (DDJ) and Random Jitter (Rj), for example in a backplane emulation configuration. The LE320 can be tuned to have < 300 fs RJ RMS and < 6 ps of DDJ.
5% to 45% RH above 30 °C up to 50 °C, non-condensing Altitude Operating Up to 3000 m (9842 ft.) Derate maximum operating temperature by 1 °C per 300 m above 1500 m altitude. Nonoperating Up to 12,000 m (39,370 ft.) LE160 & LE320 Specifications & Performance Verification...
The linear equalizer must be operating at a stable ambient temperature. ■ No error messages are displayed in the user interface. Functional checks This section describes procedures to verify that the instrument is functional, but might not meet the advertised performance specifications. LE160 & LE320 Specifications & Performance Verification...
LE160/ LE320 6 in. coaxial cable 2.92 mm, flex K-male to Tektronix pn K-male (174-6362-00), standard part of LE160/ LE320 Functional setups Complete the functional setups before proceeding with the Warranted Characteristic tests. LE160 & LE320 Specifications & Performance Verification...
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PC through the graphical user interface. 4. Click the Connect tab at the top of the window. 5. Click the 4T tab to open the 4T window. The LE application should look similar to the following figure. LE160 & LE320 Specifications & Performance Verification...
The Channel 1 button should be highlighted in green. d. Adjust the Output Amplitude control on the linear equalizer to 800 mV The LE display should look similar to the following figure. LE160 & LE320 Specifications & Performance Verification...
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Set the vertical controls of the oscilloscope to 100 mV per division. d. Set the horizontal controls of the oscilloscope to 10 ps per division. e. Center the traces horizontally on the display as shown in the following figure. Figure 4: Sampling oscilloscope display LE160 & LE320 Specifications & Performance Verification...
Performance verification Warranted characteristics tests The following procedures in this section verify the LE160/LE320 performance is within the warranted specifications. Photocopy the test record at the end of this document and use it to record the performance test results. Warm up information Before continuing with this procedure ensure that all equipment has had a 20- minute warm-up period.
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This is the skew between the Ch 2 DP and DN outputs of the linear equalizer. 6. Verify that the entries in rows G and N meet the specifications in the table near the top of the Test Record. LE160 & LE320 Specifications & Performance Verification...
LE output cables L. Scope Ch 2 measurement M. Calculate: row K - row L LE Ch 2 Skew between DP and DN N. Calculate: (row J - row M) / 2 LE160 & LE320 Specifications & Performance Verification...
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Test record LE160 & LE320 Specifications & Performance Verification...
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