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86100D-9FP PAM-N Analysis Software for 86100D DCA-X Oscilloscopes

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86100D-9FP PAM-N Analysis Software for 86100D DCA-X Series Oscilloscopes

Analyze electrical and optical Pulse Amplitude Modulated (PAM) signals quickly and accurately

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Introduction

Demand for increased network bandwidth in data centers continues to grow. Several industry groups and standards bodies are using or are actively considering multi-level signaling for such as Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM) since it enables higher data rates for a given channel bandwidth compared to common Non-Return-to-Zero (NRZ) signaling. However, the switch from NRZ to PAM-4 creates many new design and measurement challenges.

Keysight 86100D-9FP PAM-N analysis software for the 86100D DCA-X wide-bandwidth oscilloscope platform is designed to accurately and quickly characterize electrical and optical PAM-4 designs.

86100D DCA-X Option 9FP PAM Analysis Features

Comprehensive analysis of Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM-4) signals

  • Electrical and optical signals
  • Eye width, eye height, eye skew
  • Level amplitude, level noise, level skew
  • Linearity measurements and more

Flexible, economical

  • PAM measurements are supported by all 86100D DCA-X plug-in modules
  • PAM features are integrated directly into the 86100D’s FlexDCA user interface (not a separate application)
  • Offline analysis on a PC using N1010A-9TP PAM analysis software

Powerful advanced analysis features

  • PAM-4 equalizers (LFE, CTLE, DFE) using 86100D-201 software option
  • Embedding / de-embedding of channels using 86100D-SIM InfiniiSim-DCA software
  • Jitter and amplitude analysis on IEEE JP03 patterns using 86100D-200/300 software options
  • Powerful PAM-4 simulation capabilities on saved or simulated PAM signals

1. Select your 86100D DCA-X hardware configuration

Option 9FP PAM analysis software works with any DCA-X hardware configuration.

At high data rates, an oscilloscope that provides sufficient bandwidth to capture the high frequency content of your signal, combined with an ultra-low jitter timebase, helps to ensure optimal measurement accuracy. However, with PAM signals, oscilloscope noise becomes a very important consideration. The 86100D DCA-X wide-bandwidth oscilloscope is a flexible solution that provides ultra-low jitter performance together with an extremely low noise acquisition system. For analysis of PAM-4 systems up to 32 GBaud*, recommended configurations include:

Precision electrical

  • Dual 50 GHz electrical bandwidth
  • Integrated clock recovery to 32 GBaud
  • Industry’s lowest jitter (< 45 fs rms typ) and low noise
  • 86100D DCA-X hardware configuration
  • 86100D DCA-X mainframe
  • 86108B precision waveform analyzer

High-bandwidth optical

  • 34 GHz optical bandwidth
  • Up to four optical channels per mainframe
  • Ultra-low jitter timebase < 100 fs rms
  • 86100D DCA-X hardware configuration
  • 86100D DCA-X mainframe with Option ETR/PTB
  • 86105D-281 34 GHz optical module
  • N1075A optical clock recovery (optional)

Combined optical and multi-channel electrical

Highest low-noise channel count in the industry with up to:

  • 16 electrical remote heads
  • Eight electrical plus two optical channels
  • Simultaneous acquisition on all channels
  • Ultra-low jitter timebase < 100 fs rms
  • 86100D DCA-X hardware configuration
  • 86100D DCA-X mainframe with Option ETR/PTB
  • 86105D-281 34 GHz optical module
  • N1045A 60 GHz electrical or N1055A 50 GHz with TDR/TDT
  • N4877A electrical clock recovery to 32 Gbaud (optional)
  • N1075A optical clock recovery (optional)

2. Perform comprehensive analysis of Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM-4) signals using 86100D-9FP

Accurate analysis of electrical and optical signals

Keysight’s 86100D Option 9FP PAM software performs accurate analysis on electrical and optical PAM signals using measurements integrated directly into the FlexDCA user interface (no external application is required). Communication links using PAM typically operate at much higher BER than traditional NRZ links, so the Option 9FP PAM analysis algorithms have been engineered to provide robust measurements even on severely degraded signals.

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