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Powerful test sequence & test plan creation

• Fast execution and test flow visualization, analysis and insights
• Scalable modular “plug-in” software architecture. Take advantage of provided plug-ins, or create your own.
• Built on the PathWave software platform and the OpenTAP open-source test sequencer
  

Licensing

• Fixed (node-locked, single PC), transportable and network/floating licenses with either perpetual or annual time frame

PathWave Test Automation provides powerful, flexible and extensible test sequencing and test plan creation with additional capabilities that optimize your test software development and overall performance. Built on the PathWave software platform, PathWave Test Automation enables you to quickly create your test solutions, maximize your team’s productivity, and accelerate your products’ time-to-market.

• OFDM, FBMC, F-OFDM with SCMA/NOMA multiple access
• FDD/TDD modes, up to 65,539 subcarriers
• Modulation formats from BPSK QPSK, 16 QAM to 1024QAM, 8PSK or uder-defined
• Support Massive MIMO & Beamforming up to 64 channel for 6G research
• EVM, constellation, burst summary, spectrum and more
• Multiple, simultaneous color-coded result views
• Provide the preset for wireless standards such as 6G Radio (FR1 and FR3 TDD), 5G NR (FR1 FDD/TDD), WLAN (802.11a/ah), ISDB-T, DAB, DVB-SH, and DVB-T/H, and more
• Improve EVM measurment with cross-correlated EVM (ccEVM) or IQ noise correction (IQ-NC) technoligies (requires 89601EVMC license)

• Inter-symbol-interference (ISI) emulation
• Channel embedding and de-embedding
• Adjustable loss range at Nyquist frequency
  • [-3dB, +2dB] with 0.5dB accuracy for M8045A pattern generator
  • [-20dB, +10dB] with 0.1dB accuracy for M8042A pattern generator

The M8070ISIB package for M8040A and M8050A BERT platforms is designed to accelerate the development and validation of chips, devices, transceiver modules, sub-components, boards, and systems with serial I/O ports in the server, computing, data center, and communications industry.

It is tailored for receiver (input) testing for many popular interconnect standards that use PAM4 and NRZ data formats such as Ethernet, PCIe, and USB.

The M8091BMCA receiver conformance test application is designed to assist and simplify the stress signal calibration used for testing the inputs of CAUI-4 C2M (host and module), C2C, KR and CR. It reduces user interaction to a minimum and performs required calibration routines and conformance testing automatically by remote controlling all required instruments. M8091BMCA supports a wide range of Keysight instruments. 

• Supported standards include 25GAUI and CAUI-4 Chip-to-Module, Chip-to-Chip, Cable and Backplane Interfaces.
  
• Guided Setup, Automated Stress Signal Calibration and Conformance Measurement according to IEEE 802.3bm and IEEE 802.3by Standards.
  
• Automated generation of compliance test reports.
  
• Wide range of hardware configurations supported.
  
• Choose between Node-locked, Transportable, Network, USB-dongle license types of the Perpetual License Term
  

The Keysight N1081PLCA TX PLL Test application can be used with the various DCA Clock Recovery model and pair with Keysight Jitter source, to quickly and accurately perform PLL measurements according to PCI Express 5.0 and 6.0 PLL test specifications.

The N1081PLCA is an easy-to-use test application that:

• Saves time in understanding details of standards
• Guided Setup and PLL measurement based on PCI Express 5.0 and 6.0 PLL specifications
• Helps debug your device using customer configurations
• Able to generate HTML reports that summarize the performance of your device

PLL measurement and debug solution:

• PLL calibration per data rate (2.5, 5.0, 8.0, 16.0, 32.0 & 64.0 GT/s)
• Measurement details include PLL bandwidth, peaking response, gain frequency, etc. 

Flexible and extensible:

• Operates on an N1000A DCA-X oscilloscope with N1060A Precision Waveform Analyzer, or Keysight N107x model CDR as Jitter Receiver
• Pair with Keysight M8000 series bit error ratio testers or 81160A Arbitrary Noise Generator as Jitter Source
• Test all or selected parameters to conformance limits or custom limits

• Symbol-error distribution
• Consecutive bit-errors distance distribution
• Burst-error capture and analysis
• Error map
• Frame loss ratio (counted and estimated)

The M8070B system software for the M8000 Series of BER Test Solutions can be enhanced by additional software packages, such as M8070ADVB or M8070EDAB to get the best out of the M8040A, M8020A and M8030A J-BERT platforms.
The M8070EDAB Error Distribution Analysis package offers features like burst mechanism detection and analysis, frame loss ratio estimation and error mapping.
For instance, you can easily estimate your FEC decoder margin or find the root cause of systematic errors by exploring the error map. The plugin also supports the use of real-time scopes as error detector.

Figure 1: Measured and estimated symbol error per frame distribution

• Supported Standards include OIF-CEI 56G-VSR/ MR/ LR PAM4 Interfaces
  
• Guided Setup, Automated Stress Signal Calibration and Conformance Measurement according to OIF-CEI 4.0 Standard
  
• Wide Range of Hardware Configuration Supported
  
• Remote-controlled Instruments for Test Automation which Reduced User Interaction
  
• Results can be generated in HTML based format
  
• Choose between Node-locked, Transportable, Network, USB-dongle license types of the Perpetual License Term
  

This test application is developed by Keysight's strategic partner i.e. BitifEye Digital Test Solutions, a market leader for high-speed digital test automation which provides integrated solutions that complement the Keysight instrument portfolio.

The Keysight M8091BSCA is an electrical receiver test application designed to assist and simplify the stress signal calibration. You can use this solution to test the inputs of IEEE 802.3bs, 200GAUI-4, and 400GAUI-8 PAM4 capable hosts and modules, chip-to-chip (C2C), as well as the backplane (KR) and copper cable (CR) interfaces. This product minimizes user interaction and automatically performs the necessary calibration routines and conformance testing by remote control. This solution supports a wide range of Keysight instrument.

• Experience a guided setup, automated stress signal calibration, and conformance measurement according to IEEE 802.3bs standard.
  
• Benefit from a wide range of hardware configurations.
• Reduce user interaction for test automation remote-controlled instruments.
• Generate results in HTML-based format.
• Choose a perpetual license term between node-locked, transportable, network, or USB-dongle license types.

The test application provide a list of all addressable calibrations and conformance tests according to their respective references under the IEEE 802.3bs standard. Detailed connection diagrams and instructions are provided by the test application when each calibration or test is being selected.

The M80885RCA DDR5 Receiver Test Application simplifies stress signal calibration used for testing the inputs of DDR5 SDRAM devices including DIMM, DRAM, RCD, and Buffer devices at the physical layer to ensure minimum required performance and interoperability. It performs all required calibration routines and conformance testing automatically by controlling all required instruments. Additionally, it automatically programs the different type of DUTs into the appropriate test mode.

• Remote control of the main test instrumentation
• Automatically program your DUT into test mode for each test
• Automated calibration following the procedure recommended in the specification
• Automatic and unattended conformance testing and characterization measurements
• Quick and easy measurement results to assess the performance of your DUT without expertise in BERT and DDR5 standard
• Calibration results saved in tabular, graphical, and HTML formats
  
• Support for Data Analytics using KS6800A Data Analytics Web Service Software

The test application provides the same user interface as most of Keysight's transmitter test applications. When performing setup changes, the user is guided by instructions and diagrams to minimize errors.

The solution consists of several test instruments and fixtures, such as a Bit Error Rate Tester (BERT),
Oscilloscope, Compliance Test Card, and Device Test Card operating together with the M80885RCA software package.

• BERT scan
• Jitter tolerance
• DUT control interface
• Parameter sweeps
• External CDR control
• Real-time scope as error detector
• Automated de-emphasis optimization

The M8070B system software for the M8000 Series of BER Test Solutions can be enhanced by additional software packages, such as M8070ADVB or M8070EDAB to get the best out of the M8020A, M8040A, and M8050A BERT systems.
The M8070ADVB Advanced Measurement package offers advanced features like automated jitter tolerance test and parameter sweeps, eye diagram measurement or the integration of external equipment such as electrical and optical clock recovery or error analysis using a real-time scope.

Figure 1: Automated jitter tolerance measurement

• Measure and analyze signals in the time, frequency, and modulation domains
• Support two different acquisition modes as synchronous (simultaneous) or sequenced for carrier aggregation or multiple measurements
• Analyze data from over 45 supported hardware instruments, or use in simulation tools to verify design
• Record the acquired signal waveforms to playback for troubleshooting
• Automate tests using .NET language or SCPI command
• Analog demodulation of AM, FM, PM signals
• Channel quality modulation analysis for group delay and channel response analysis
• Digital modulation analysis, custom IQ modulation analysis, and Flex Frame modulatio analysis
• TEDS modulation analysis
• Custom OFDM modulation analysis
• EVM improvement technologies with ccEVM and IQ-NC
• PowerSuite (ACP and SEM) measurements