Keysight E6961A, User Manual And Method Of Implementation

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1 Overview
10 Keysight E6961A User Guide and Method of Implementation
Introduction
BroadR-Reach specifications (see “Reference Documents” on page 47) defines
the use of various test modes for testing compliance with the BroadR-Reach
Physical Layer (PHY) transmitter. BroadR-Reach was developed by Broadcom
Corporation specifically for automotive applications. OPEN (One Pair EtherNet)
Alliance standardized the technology and established the standard. 100 Mbit/s
Ethernet for automotive applications was standardized as IEEE 802.3bw with the
terminology 100 Base-T1.
Keysight’s N6467B 100BaseT1-TX Compliance Application Software (provided as
a software option to the E6961A Automotive Ethernet Solution) provides five test
modes for the testing and validating the transmitter waveform, transmitter
distortion, transmitted jitter, and transmitter droop. The test modes change only
the data symbols provided to the transmitter circuitry and do not alter the
electrical and jitter characteristics of the transmitter and receiver from those of
normal operation.
Table 1-1 List of Test Modes available
Test Mode Description
1 Transmit droop (positive and negative) test mode
2 Transmit jitter test in MASTER mode
3 Transmit jitter test in SLAVE mode
4 Transmitter distortion test
5
Power Spectral Density (PSD) mask and test.
NOTE
This E6961A User Guide is written as a guide to using the N6467B BroadR-Reach
TX Compliance Application software. For information on the N8847A
BroadR-Reach Protocol Triggering and Decoder software, the E6960A
1000BaseT1 TX Compliance Application, or the E6964A BroadR-Reach MDI
S-Parameter software, refer to their respective documentation.