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BERT Characteristics
The MultiLane BERT family is diverse enough to cover a wide array of baud rates and specific
applications. The key distinguishing characteristics of all ThunderBERT-compatible platforms can be
found below. Detailed product specifications are available in the BERT section of the website
Instrument PN
Channels
Max Baud
Rate (GBd)
Max
Amplitude
(mVpp diff.)
Modulation
Platform-Specific Features
ML4039B
4
28.125
800
PAM4/NRZ
•
Nearly-continuous line rate support
from 1.12
–
1.56 GBd and 2.24-28.125
GBd
ML4039D
4
29.5
1500
PAM4/NRZ
•
High amplitude swing
•
26 GBd-range RS-FEC Emulation
ML4039E
4
58
800
PAM4/NRZ
•
High baud rate coverage
•
53 GBd-range Real HW RS-FEC
(KP/KR)
ML4039EN
4
58
800
PAM4/NRZ
•
High baud rate coverage
•
53 GBd-range Real HW RS-FEC
(KP/KR)
•
Noise Injection
ML4054B
8
28.125
800
PAM4/NRZ
•
Continuous line rate support from
1.12
–
1.56 GBd and 2.24-28.125 GBd
•
Built-in module adapter and
embedded host GUI for QDD, OSFP or
QSFP28
•
26 GBd-range Real HW RS-FEC
(KP/KR)
ML4079D
8
29.5
1500
PAM4/NRZ
•
High amplitude swing
•
26 GBd-range FEC Emulation for 50
Gbps, 100 Gbps and 200 Gbps stripes
ML4079E
8
58
800
PAM4/NRZ
•
High baud rate coverage
•
53 GBd-range Real HW RS-FEC
(KP/KR)
ML4079EN
8
58
1500
PAM4/NRZ
•
High baud rate coverage and
amplitude swing
•
53 GBd-range Real HW RS-FEC
(KP/KR)
•
Noise Injection
Table 10: ThunderBERT Lineup Hardware Characteristics
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