User`s guide

MEASUREMENT TOOLS
Oscilloscope - View the waveform
Clock
- Single channel measurements
Clock Analysis - Combines different measurement tools.
Histogram - Statistical analysis of measurements such as period, pulse width, rise time, fall time.
Includes DJ and RJ separation using TailFit
High Frequency Modulation - View jitter accumulation or the spectral content of jitter.
Strip Chart - Plot histogram statistics at regular intervals defined by the user.
PLL Analysis - Extract information such as damping factor, natural frequency, input noise level, lock
range, lock-in time, pull-in time, pullout range and noise bandwidth.
Other Clock Tools
Statistics - Displays time measurements including frequency and duty cycle
Low Frequency Modulation - Power-up testing of PLL circuits; view low frequency jitter - below 20kHz.
Phase Noise - Create phase noise plots.
Locktime - Analyze PLL stabilization time.
Cycle-to-Cycle - Displays a histogram of the difference between two adjacent cycles of a clock.
DRCG - Characterize the effect of the second phase aligner stage of the DRCG on a cycle-by-cycle
basis as specified in the Rambus
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DRCG specification.
Spread Spectrum Clock - Automatically measures SSC effects on signals.
Channel-to-Channel
Propagation Delay and Skew - Histogram of measurement between 2 channels such as prop delay/skew.
Data Bus - Characterize single-ended and differential clock and data signals.
Strip Chart - Plot histogram statistics at regular intervals defined by the user.
Data
- Advanced clock-to-data analysis and extensive jitter analysis including DJ and RJ separation.
Known Pattern with Marker - Used to show jitter and its components on a data pattern relative to its ideal
bit position
Random Data with Bit Clock - Use bit clock as a trigger.
Random Data, no Marker - This tool analyzes a single data signal when there is no bit clock or marker.
Data Standards
PCI Express - Provides both timing and amplitude compliance measurements.
Fibre Channel - Automates measurements and provides pass/fail results.
Serial ATA - Automates jitter generation specification profile measurements and provides pass/fail results.
InfiniBand - Automates measurements and provides pass/fail results.
Other Tools
- Utilize other WAVECREST products.
Jitter Generator (DTS-550) - Versatile clock generator.
Switch Matrix (DSM-16x) – Extends input capability of instrument.
Arm Generator (AG-100) - Produces a pattern marker from a repeating data pattern.
Optical to Electrical Converter (OE-2) - Converts optical communication signals into electrical signals
Pattern Marker (PM50) - On-board pattern marker; uses
SIA-3000 channel card to produce pattern
marker from a repeating data pattern.
Pattern Tool - Identify, load or save repeating data pattern.
Folded Eye Diagram – Measure mask violations on repeating patterns.
Composite Plot
- Overlay related plots. Accessed via the Toolbar ( ).
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