Highlights

Capabilities

  • IEEE 802.3bs standard compliant stressed optical receiver characterization N4917BSCB of 200G, 400G, and 800G modules with 50G and 100G/λ optical interfaces (e.g. 400GBASE-LR8/ -FR8 / -DR4, 400G-FR4 MSA, and 800G-SR8).
  • One vendor turnkey solution automates all required instruments in one solution.
  • Repeatable and stable calibration of optical stressed PAM4 signal.
  • Adjustable target values for outer extinction ratio (OER), transmission and dispersion eye closure (TDECQ), and optical modulation amplitude (OMA).

Functionality

  • Unified instrument control and setting with the N4917BSCB software.
  • Automated stress signal calibration, receiver sensitivity, and jitter tolerance measurements.
  • Customized device testing and reporting via DUT control and scripting interface.
  • Adjustable stress mix for user-defined calibration.
  • Flexible calibration based on customer-defined parameter settings.

The Keysight N4917BSCB optical receiver test solution is a complete, automated, and repeatable solution for optical receiver stress test. It provides repeatable calibration of the optical stressed eye, saving hours of calibration time compared to manual calibration according to IEEE 802.3bs clause 121, 122, 124 and 167. The N4917BSCB solution software enables control and setting of all required instruments for calibration, receiver sensitivity, and jitter tolerance tests.

The optical receiver stress test solution leverages the M8040A 64 Gbaud high-performance BERT and includes an arbitrary waveform generator, an optical reference transmitter, a DCA series digital sampling oscilloscope, a tunable laser source, and an optical attenuator. The solution supports alternative setup configurations, and you can use the hardware for other kinds of device-compliance tests such as for optical transmitters and chip-to-module interfaces.

Key Specifications

Supported Data Rates
400 Gb/s
Line Coding
n/a
Standards
IEEE 802.3bs
IEEE 802.3cd
IEEE 802.3db
Supported Data Rates
Line Coding
Standards
400 Gb/s
n/a
IEEE 802.3bs
IEEE 802.3cd
IEEE 802.3db
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Compatible Instruments:
M8040A
M8195A
M8196A
DCA-M sampling
DCA-X sampling oscilloscopes
oscilloscopes
81602A
81606A
81608A
81609A
N7776C
N7778C
N7779C
8163B
8164B
81576A
81577A
81490A
81491A
81492A
N7761A
N7762A
N7764A
N7764C
N766A
N7768A
N7768C
N7751A
N7752A
N7752C
License Types:
Perpetual
Line Coding:
n/a
Standards:
IEEE 802.3bs
IEEE 802.3cd
IEEE 802.3db
Supported Data Rates:
400 Gb/s
Test Types:
Automated stress signal calibration and receiver test
Type:
Optical Receiver Stress Test
Optical Receiver Stress Test Solution

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