User guide
Table Of Contents
- 1 Getting Started
- 2 N4962A System Overview
- 3 System Details and Performance Specifications
- 4 Operation
- 5 Remote GPIB Interface
- 6 Returning the N4962A Serial BERT to Agilent Technologies

Getting Started
Serial BERT 12.5 Gb/s User Guide
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1 Getting Started
1.1 General
The N4962A serial BERT 12.5 Gb/s operates from 500 Mb/s – 12.5 Gb/s
referencing an external clock, and from 9.85 – 11.35 Gb/s with the programmable
internal clock.
The N4962A includes:
• Internal clock system
• PRBS generator
• Error detector
1.1.1 Key Features
• Low cost, high performance
• Programmable output amplitude control
• Electronic receiver clock phase adjust
• Differential inputs and outputs
• Synchronous clock & pattern triggers
• Selectable pattern lengths, mark density
• Data Thru switch on Receiver for use with Oscilloscope on received data
• Controlled with GPIB control bus format
1.1.2 Internal clock system
• Internal clock 9.85 to 11.35 GHz
• External clock input for 0.5 to 12.5 GHz operation