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Using the 86100C
Optional Features and Licenses
Option 200, Enhanced Jitter Analysis
The Enhanced Jitter Analysis feature, option 86100C-200, activates the instru-
ment's Jitter Mode, which is entered by pressing the front-panel Jitter Mode
button. Jitter Mode provides powerful tools for measuring the following com-
ponents of jitter:
• Total Jitter (TJ)
• Deterministic Jitter (DJ)
• Data-Dependent Jitter (DDJ)
• Random Jitter (RJ)
• Periodic Jitter (PJ) including analysis of sub-rate PJ components and
asynchronous PJ components
• Inter-Symbol Interference (ISI)
• Duty-Cycle Distortion (DCD)
In addition to tabular results, several graphs of jitter are provided. You can
even view the eye diagram that is used to perform the jitter measurements.
Jitter Mode requires an 86100C with Option 001, Enhanced Trigger, installed.
Option 300, Advanced Amplitude Analysis/RIN/Q-factor
The Advanced Amplitude Analysis/RIN/Q-factor software extends Jitter Mode
into the amplitude domain adding noise measurements such as BER Floor,
BER Limit, Signal Amplitude, Eye Opening, RIN, Q, TI, RN, DI, ISI, and PI. The
following graphs are also provided:
• RN, PI Histogram
•ISI Histogram
•TI Histogram
• Composite Histogram
• ISI vs Bit graph
• Noise Spectrum graph
• BER Bathtub graph
Once installed, press the front-panel Jitter Mode button to access the mea-
surements. Advanced Amplitude Analysis/RIN/Q-Factor Software requires the
installation of Option 200, Enhanced Jitter Analysis Software and Option 001,
Enhanced Trigger.