Keysight Technologies N1091 CA Series, Getting Started

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1 Introduction
6 IEEE 802.3 NRZ Compliance Test Application Getting Started
Recommended Equipment
Table 1 lists the recommended equipment. The equipment you select depends on the supported test
equipment that is available to you.
Table 1 Recommended equipment to run tests on the N1091..CA Series IEEE 802.3 NRZ Compliance Test Application
Equipment Configuration
Single Plug-In Module Setup Multiple Module Setup
Oscilloscope N1000A DCA-X with options:
N1000A-LOJ Low jitter timebase
N1000A-PLK Pattern lock trigger hardware
F-JIT Enhanced Jitter Analysis option under N1010100A R&D package
F-EQ Equalizers option under N1010100A R&D package
Or
86100D DCA-X
*
with options:
86100D-ETR Extended Trigger
86100D-200 or F-JIT Enhanced Jitter Analysis option under N1010100A R&D package
86100D-201 or F-EQ Advanced Waveform Analysis option under N1010100A R&D package
Or any of these
N1092 C/E O Two Electrical Channels
N1094A Two Electrical Channels
N1094B Four Electrical Channels
86100D Plug-In Module 86108A or 86108B with options LBW/HBW and 216/232.
Option JSA provides improved jitter measurement accuracy
(
optional ).
N1060A.
86112A, 54754A, 86117A, or 86118A-H01.
86107A (any option).
N1045A, N1045B, N1055A, N1046A 75/85/100 GHz.
N1060A
Clock/Data Recovery and
Demultiplexer
†
N4877A-216/232 Clock Data Recovery & Demultiplexer.
N1076 A/B, N1077A, N1078A Clock Data Recovery.
Software N1091APCA, N1091BMCA, N1091BACA, and N1091BJCA IEEE 802.3 NRZ Compliance Application.
86100DU-401 Advanced Eye Software (for measuring jitter at PRBS31) or F-AEYE under N1010100A R&D package.
Keysight I/O Libraries, 16.3 or higher
Option N1010A-SIM or F-SIM InfiniiSim DCA Waveform Transformation Toolset under N1010100A R&D package.
Provides InfiniiSim Transform operators to FlexDCA.
Performance Network Analyzer
(PNA) or Economy Network Analyzer
(ENA) Any 4-port model with frequency range of at least 19 GHz
(ENA also covers the 1 MHz termination mismatch test)
The network analyzer is used to perform return-loss measurements.
Switching Test Set (optional) Keysight U3020A S26 DC to 26.5 GHz, or BitifEye BIT 2100
Matched Cable Set 86108B- CA2 or 86108B-CA3 (quantity 1)
Phase Trimmers 86108B-PT2 or 86108B-PT3 (quantity 2)
DC Blocks 86108B-DC3, N9398C, N9399C, or 11742A (quantity 2)
Pick-Off N/A N4915A-015 (quantity 2)
Test Adapters (optional) Visit http://shop.wilder-tech.com/category_s/42.htm
* FlexDCA version A.05.80 or greater
† If you have access to the clock for the device, you can connect the clock to the 86100D’s Trigger input instead of
using the clock recovery