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Keysight Technologies N4960A BERT Tester manual available for free PDF download: User Manual
Keysight Technologies N4960A User Manual (240 pages)
Serial BERT 17 and 32 Gb/s
Brand:
Keysight Technologies
| Category:
Measuring Instruments
| Size: 6 MB
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
7
1 Setting up the System
11
Rack Mount Kit
11
Unpacking
11
Important Notes
12
Measurement Best Practices
12
General Specifications
13
Safety and Regulatory
14
Declaration of Conformity
15
Installation
15
2 Operation Overview
17
Introduction
17
Features
17
Control
19
Introduction to Stress
19
Quantifying Jitter
20
Types of Jitter / Stress
21
Stress for Jitter Tolerance Testing
24
3 Operation
25
General Information
25
Performance Recommendations
25
Connector Care
26
Power on Settings
26
N4960A Serial BERT Controller Front Panel
27
N4960A Serial BERT Controller Rear Panel
30
N4951A Front Panel
31
N4951A Rear Panel
32
N4951B-D17/-D32 Front Panel
33
N4951B-D17/-D32 Rear Panel
34
N4951B-H17/-H32 Front Panel
34
N4951B-H17/-H32 Rear Panel
35
N4952A Front Panel
36
N4952A Rear Panel
37
Block Diagram (32 Gb/S System)
38
Block Diagram (17 Gb/S System)
39
N4960A Serial BERT Controller
40
Divided Clock Output
40
Delayed Clock Output
41
Jittered Clock Output
42
Sinusoidal, Random, and External High Band Paths
42
Low Frequency Band Periodic or External Jitter Path
44
Spread Spectrum Clock Modulation (N4960A-CJ1 Only)45
45
External Clock Input
45
Delayed Clock Input
46
N4960A Serial BERT Controller Output Stages
47
Pattern Generator
48
Library of Patterns
48
Programmable Patterns
48
Error Injection
49
Pattern Generator Output Stage
50
Dual Pattern Generator Operation
50
N4951B-D17/-D32 Pattern Generator with 5-Tap De-Emphasis
51
Error Detector
52
Error Detector Input Stage
53
Pattern Selection
53
Synchronization
54
Auto Pattern
54
Alignment
55
Half Rate Clock Architecture
56
Jitter Relationship between Clock Output and Pattern Generator Output
57
Delay Relationship between Remote Head and Delay Clock Output
57
Bit Error Rate Tests
58
Setting up a Basic BER Test
58
Accumulated and Instantaneous BER
59
Control Panel Operation
60
Menu Navigation
60
Changing Parameters
62
Menu Structure
64
Menu Label Descriptions
69
Working with Setting Dependencies
83
Verifying Operation
85
Initial Hardware Setup - Controller and Pattern Generator
85
Initial Settings
86
Enabling Sinusoidal Jitter
87
Enabling Random Jitter (N4960A-CJ1 Controller Only)
88
Enabling Spread Spectrum Clock (N4960A-CJ1 Controller Only)
89
Bit Error Rate Test
90
Setting Frequency and Output Amplitude
92
Setting Random Jitter Injection (N4960A-CJ1 Controller Only)
93
Setting Sinusoidal Jitter Injection
93
Setting External Jitter High Frequency Injection
94
Setting Delay Clock Output
94
Setting Divided Clock Output
95
Event/Error Log
96
4 Applications
97
Introduction
97
Testing Transceivers Used in Fibre Channel Networks
98
5 Performance Specifications
101
N4960A Clock Source/Bert Controller Non-Stressed Specifications
101
N4960A Clock Source/Bert Controller Jitter Specifications
103
Maximum N4960A Clock Modulation Range Without PG
106
Maximum N4960A Clock Modulation Range with PG
107
N4951A/N4951B Pattern Generator Specifications
108
N4952A-E17/N4952A-E32 Error Detector Specifications
111
6 Remote Operation
113
GPIB Interface
113
USB Interface
114
USB Driver
115
USB Programming Note
115
Remote Command Syntax
116
Command Structure
116
IEEE Common Commands
117
SCPI Mandated Commands
118
SCPI Protocol Description
118
SCPI Example
118
SCPI Numeric Parameters and Optional Units
119
Pattern Generator Channelization
119
Command Conventions
121
SCPI Standard Negative Event/Error Codes
121
Settings Conflict" Used for Settings Dependencies
122
N4960A Serial BERT Controller Device Commands
123
Pattern Generator Device Commands
166
Error Detector Device Commands
184
Command Summary
208
N4960A Serial BERT Controller Command Summary
208
Pattern Generator Command Summary
212
Error Detector Command Summary
214
Programming Example
217
Programming Tips
227
Example Using *OPC
228
Example Using *WAI
228
Communication Timeouts
229
7 Returning the N4960A to Keysight
233
8 Appendix A Preset State
235
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