N5991 USB4 Receiver Compliance Test Automation Software

At a Glance

High-speed digital standards are quickly evolving to keep pace with emerging technologies such as 5G, Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR), and autonomous vehicles.

Each generational change introduces new test challenges for your digital designs. You need to test your high-speed digital designs across all product development stages — from design and simulation, analysis, debug, and compliance test. The N5991 software solution anticipates test challenges, optimizes performance, and accelerates time-to-market of your high-speed computing interfaces, data center connections, and consumer electronics.

• Supported standards include USB, PCI Express, DP, CCIX, SAS, MIPI standards and HDMI. Other standards will be continuously added with the requirements for higher data speed testing

• Guided setup with automated fast stress signal calibrations and compliance measurement functions

• Modern look and feel with enhanced functionalities

• System modularity allows the user to enable only required functionalities

• HTML / Excel test reports 

• Link Training Suite products with specific standard that feature debugging of DUTs

• Node-locked or transportable licenses, which include 12 months of service, support and updates

• Characterization mode for in-depth testing

• Support for real-time parameter changes of amplitude levels, jitter components...

Turn your instruments into a solution

An efficient test strategy is a proven competitive advantage. The Keysight N5991 test automation software platform is the successor to the well-known industry standard N5990A test automation software platform. While it follows the same concept of combining the performance of your instruments with the convenience of your PC, the latest N5991 test automation software platform provides unprecedented test integration, high-throughput, and ease-of-use for a wide range of stimulus and response systems. This approach provides a level of control that transforms a collection of instruments into a universal, userfriendly and highly productive test solution.

Fast and reliable testing

The comprehensive N5991 software platform increases test speed, reduces test costs, and ensures greater thoroughness than manual electrical testing. If, for example, the USB standard is tested using the N5991 software, you can test a wide range of products – devices, hosts or retimers – whether they are production-ready prototypes, development boards, or chipsets.

Standardize your tests

The N5991 receiver-test options provide dedicated receiver compliance tests for popular and emerging digital buses. You can choose compliance mode for fast certification testing, or characterization mode for in-depth analysis. The Receiver Test Automation Platform’s compliance testing capabilities have been repeatedly proven at interoperability workshops or “plug-fests”.

The N5991 platform has been built upon the success of previous generations to deliver significant gains in productivity. Like its predecessor (the N5990A software), the interface for the new system has been designed using a common framework, which makes it easy to test multiple buses, such as USB, PCI Express, CCIX, SAS and more. It delivers additional gains by using HTML or Excel formats for reporting results. The N5991 software architecture is based on C# code and Microsoft .NET, which, in conjunction with on-the-fly amplitude and jitter control supported by many Keysight instruments, ensures fast interaction, calibration, and test execution for the highest possible throughput.