Specifications

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Chapter 3: Testing Performance
Equipment Required
Equipment Required
The following equipment is required for the performance test procedure.
Equipment Required
Equipment Critical Specification Recommended Model/Part
Pulse Generator ≥ 765 MHz, two channels, differential
outputs, 150-180 ps rise/fall time (if faster,
use transition time converters).
Agilent or HP 8133A option 003
150 ps Transition Time Converter
(Qty 4)
Required if pulse generator’s rise time is
less than 150 ps. (Pulse generator
conditions: Voffset=1V, ∆V=250 mV.)
Required for 8133A opt. 003.
Agilent or HP 15435A
Oscilloscope bandwidth ≥ 1.5 GHz,
sampling rate ≥ 8 GSa/s
Agilent or HP 54845A/B or similar
SMA Coax Cable
(Qty 2)
>18 GHz bandwidth Agilent or HP 8120-4948
Flying Lead Probe Set
(Qty 2)
no substitute Agilent E5382A
Male BNC to Female SMA
adapters
(Qty 2)
Cambridge Products CP-AD507
(ref: www.cambridgeproducts.com)
SMA/Flying Lead test connectors,
(f) SMA to (f) SMA to Flying Lead
Probe
(Qty 4)
no substitute See “To assemble the SMA/Flying Lead
test connectors” on page 34