BERT Applications - White Paper

Make an informed decision when purchasing your next BERT. Know more than just your BERT characteristic and specifications. Understand how your specific application drives the BERT capabilities you need to successfully test your system under real-world conditions. Whether it is in R&D, characterization, QA, compliance testing or manufacturing test, Keysight has the BERT to fit your need.

BERT Fundamentals - Webinar

This webinar will review bit error rate tester (BERT) basics. Learn how to use your BERT to its fullest potential.

N4962A Serial BERT 12.5 Gb/s

The N4962A is a low cost 0.5 to 11.3 Gb/s pseudo-random bit sequence generator and bit error rate tester designed for automated production-line testing, manufacturing, and R&D use.

Switching Solutions for Multi-Lane BERT Testing

Keysight has a cost-effective solution for multi-lane optical transceiver testing with BERT, and learn to use switching solutions to address degradation issues.

Bit Error Rate or Bit Error Ratio

What is BER? Is it Bit Error Rate? Is it Bit Error Ratio? Which do I want? Understanding the difference is important to assess your system performance.

PCIe 6.0 Receiver Compliance Test Demo

See the M8040A BERT & UXR Oscilloscope demo for PCIe 5.0/6.0 receiver compliance. Streamline testing with N5991PC5A software, ensuring accurate performance analysis and compliance testing to ensure your device adheres to PCI-SIG standards.

Forward Error Correction Solutions – ABCs of Bit Error Rate Testers

Using forward error correction allows receivers to recover a corrupted message and convert it back to the original message. Learn more!

DDR Technology Testing Solutions

High-speed technologies such as double data rate (DDR) and low-power double data rate (LPDDR) carry significant design and test challenges. DDR is a memory chip technology that has progressed through multiple generations in the past 10 years. Each DDR generation improves in speed, efficiency, and memory capacity. But as the standard allows for more data transfer at faster rates, margins decrease. Therefore, design work and testing have become more challenging. Bit error rate testers (BERTs), oscilloscopes, probes, and associated compliance software alleviate some of the challenges when working on the physical layer. For a deeper analysis of the OSI layers, logic analyzers can help you test and debug your designs for functional and protocol compliance.Depending on where you fit in the design stage (device characterization, simulation, prototype, firmware, software), here are three types of tests essential to validate the current and next-generation DDR:• DDR5 receiver conformance and characterization • physical-layer and compliance testing• functional debug, analysis, and protocol compliance

DDR Tools Solutions - Pick the right one for the job!

Bit error rate testers, oscilloscopes, probes, and associated compliance software alleviate some of the challenges when working on the physical layer.

J-BERT M8020A High-Performance BERT

This document provides support to customers and field engineers when configuring the J-BERT M8020A High-Performance BERT for purchase.

Finding Sources of Jitter with Real-Time Jitter Analysis

Finding sources of jitter lies in the ability to time-correlate jitter measurement results with high speed serial data signals. A real-time oscilloscope with jitter analysis can help.

J-BERT M8020A High-Performance BERT Ver. 9.0

The M8020A BERT is a AXIe based Bit Error Ratio Test Solution for PCIe, USB, Thunderbolt and many more industry standards.

M8040A BERT Hardware Promotion

Keysight’s M8040A BERT Hardware Promotion. Save 20% on Hardware for the M8040A BERT.

M8062A 32 Gb/s Front-End for J-BERT M8020A High-Performance BERT

The M8062A extends the data rate of the J-BERT M8020A Bit Error Ratio Tester to the speeds required for testing devices with lane rates in the 25-28 Gb/s range.

Receiver and Bit Error Rate Testing (BERT) Basics

Join Keysight engineers for a skill-building deep dive into receiver and bit error rate testing. This course guides you through the fundamentals of BERT with demonstrations and step-by-step guidance you can start applying in your lab today. By the end of this course, you will be able to confidently perform receiver testing, interpret eye diagrams, and analyze bit error rates to validate high-speed digital designs. Learn: How bit error rate testers (BERTs) work and why they are essential for receiver validation. How to set up and perform compliance testing using eye diagrams and stress signals. How to identify and troubleshoot signal integrity issues affecting receiver performance. This course is ideal for digital design, test engineers, or anyone looking to gain a deeper understanding of receiver testing, BERT methodology, and high-speed digital signal validation.

How to Measure BER

Accurate Bit Error Rate (BER) test results are important to understand your transmitter or receiver performance. Learn how to measure BER with confidence!

M8030A Multi-Channel BERT

The M8030A multi-channel BERT supports multi-channel applications like PCIe, DDR, PON, XAUI and GAUI multi-lane test, the 14-slot mainframe extends the capabilities of the widely used J-BERT M8020A.

N4980A Multi-Instrument BERT Software

The N4980A Multi-Instrument BERT software is a graphical user interface that controls multiple instruments for performing a series of BER measurements.

BERTs, Digitizers, and DAQs Catalog

Explore the comprehensive range of Keysight bit error ratio testers (BERTs), digitizers, and data acquisition (DAQ) systems designed for high-speed receiver testing, precise waveform capture, and scalable data collection. This catalog highlights high-performance BERTs, modular digitizers, and modular DAQs from early R&D and standards conformance testing to manufacturing.

What is a Bit Error Ratio Tester (BERT)?

A Bit Error Ratio Tester (BERT) is a piece of electronic test equipment used to measure BER in a data transmission system. Learn more.