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P6700 Series Serial Analyzer Probes Instruction Manual

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Page 8: ...poser Probe 10 Connecting the Solder Down Probe 14 Reference 19 Probe Dimensions 19 Circuit Board Design 23 Midbus Footprint Pin and Probe Channel Assignments 41 Rearranging Wires in the Probe Connect...

Page 9: ...eep out area 24 Figure 21 16 Channel midbus footprint dimensions and keep out area 25 Figure 22 Recommended trace routing on primary surface layer 26 Figure 23 Via and trace keep out areas for the P67...

Page 10: ...print pin assignments 41 Figure 43 8 Channel midbus footprint connection module connector 41 Figure 44 16 Channel midbus footprint connection module connector 42 Figure 45 Opening the probe connector...

Page 11: ...l link 51 Table 15 X1 2 unidirectional links 52 Table 16 X8 unidirectional link 53 Table 17 X4 bidirectional link 53 Table 18 X4 2 unidirectional links 54 Table 19 X4 unidirectional link and a X2 unid...

Page 12: ...ctor of the mainframe power cord To avoid electric shock the grounding conductor must be connected to earth ground Before making connections to the input or output terminals of the product ensure that...

Page 13: ...or practices that could result in injury or loss of life CAUTION Caution statements identify conditions or practices that could result in damage to this product or other property Symbols and Terms on...

Page 14: ...rendering first aid and resuscitation is present Disconnect Power To avoid electric shock switch off the instrument power then disconnect the power cord from the mains power Use Care When Servicing W...

Page 15: ...nces into the environment and to reduce the use of natural resources we encourage you to recycle this product in an appropriate system that will ensure that most of the materials are reused or recycle...

Page 16: ...tart User Manuals High level operational overview Online Help In depth operation and UI help Installation Quick Reference Cards High level installation information Installation Manuals Detailed first...

Page 17: ...etention mechanism Retention Mechanism The mechanism that connects the probe head to the PCB It fits on the footprint and must be soldered to the PCB Probe Head The end of the probe that connects to t...

Page 18: ...es A midbus probe connects to a retention mechanism installed on your circuit board You must install the retention mechanism to either a PCI Express Gen1 or Gen2 footprint on your circuit board Tektro...

Page 19: ...s card device Tektronix offers the following bidirectional slot interposer probes P6701S PCI Express x1 Slot Interposer probe P6704S PCI Express x4 Slot Interposer probe P6708S PCI Express x8 Slot Int...

Page 20: ...ifferential solder down tip P75TLRST Up to four probes one differential pair each can be installed in each signal connector to the serial module See page 61 Adding Probes to the P6701SD Probe Connecto...

Page 21: ...robe 1 X1 1 1 1 1 X4 1 1 1 1 X8 1 1 1 2 X16 1 2 2 2 1 The link width can be supported with either a P6716P Slot Interposer probe or a P6708 Slot Interposer probe Choose one or the other based on the f...

Page 22: ...robe you must install the retention mechanism The retention mechanism connects the probe head to your circuit board PCB It fits on the footprint and must be soldered to the PCB To install the retentio...

Page 23: ...g a pair of needle nose pliers grasp one of the posts Using the circuit board hole as a fulcrum bend the post outward so that it secures the mechanism to the PCB Bend the other three posts in the same...

Page 24: ...uids or dry chemicals When connecting the probe be careful not to touch the probe head contacts to any other surfaces or components on your circuit board Connect the Probe Connect the probe by followi...

Page 25: ...ed with your probe The probe is completely fastened to the PCB when both mounting screws are seated 5 Refer to the TLA7S08 TLA7S16 Serial Analyzer Modules Instruction Manual to verify that all channel...

Page 26: ...sm is minimized Route the cables as straight as possible maximizing the bend radius and make sure that a 90 degree bend does not occur within three inches of the circuit board surface See Figure 8 You...

Page 27: ...ntacts to any other surfaces or components on your circuit board CAUTION Static discharge can damage the probe head Always wear a grounded antistatic wrist strap whenever handling the probe head Also...

Page 28: ...he mounting bracket and attach the screws 6 Press your PCI Express card device into the probe NOTE When the slot interposer is installed you must connect the power connector to the module and the modu...

Page 29: ...tion Manual Connecting a Probe to a Bidirectional X16 Link To capture signals from a bidirectional X16 link you need to connect two serial analyzer modules to a single slot interposer probe Connect th...

Page 30: ...ed you must connect the power connector to either module and the modules must be powered on whenever the SUT is powered on 8 Refer to the TLA7S08 TLA7S16 Serial Analyzer Modules Instruction Manual to...

Page 31: ...these steps Connect to the Serial Analyzer Module 1 Plug the signal connector into the module and tighten the hold down screws 2 Plug the Power Adapter into the module and tighten the hold down screw...

Page 32: ...inputs on top 2 Align the tip cable lead with the red band to the input Figure 11 Connecting the P75TLRST tip to the probe head 3 Grasp the cable connector by hand and push the cable into the probe bo...

Page 33: ...to your circuit You can work with long wires 1 inch but keep the finished wire lengths of the signal and ground connections as short as possible 2 Lay the wires against a circuit board pad trace or o...

Page 34: ...f the tip into the probe head until it seats in the probe head Figure 13 Connecting the tip to the circuit 9 Secure the probe to the circuit board with tape or with the hook and loop strips and dots t...

Page 35: ...Operating Basics 18 P6700 Series Serial Analyzer Probes Instruction Manual...

Page 36: ...m to be tested with a P6700 series probe s Probe Dimensions The following figure shows dimensions of the P6700 series probes Both the P6708 and P6716 have the same cable lengths Figure 14 P6716S dimen...

Page 37: ...re 15 P6716 cable length dimensions The following figures show the dimensions of the P6700S slot interposer probes Figure 16 P6716S cable length dimensions 20 P6700 Series Serial Analyzer Probes Instr...

Page 38: ...Reference Figure 17 P6701S P6704S and P6708S dimensions P6700 Series Serial Analyzer Probes Instruction Manual 21...

Page 39: ...Reference Figure 18 P6701SD dimensions Figure 19 P75TLRST Solder Tip dimensions 22 P6700 Series Serial Analyzer Probes Instruction Manual...

Page 40: ...immersion silver and hot air solder level HASL also acceptable NOTE Tektronix recommends that the holes made for the retention mechanism posts remain unconnected to a ground plane This prevents overh...

Page 41: ...Reference Figure 20 8 Channel midbus footprint dimensions and keep out area 24 P6700 Series Serial Analyzer Probes Instruction Manual...

Page 42: ...However the following information does not imply that superior routing techniques do not exist It is mandatory that you closely monitor and simulate the routing near and through the midbus probe to i...

Page 43: ...er Routing The following figure shows recommended trace routing on the primary surface layer the surface where the midbus footprint will be The solid white pads shown in the diagram are the ground pad...

Page 44: ...Routing The following figures show suggested trace routing on the inner layer and the secondary surface layer the surface opposite from where the midbus footprint will be The solid white pads shown in...

Page 45: ...on one end and and a small circuit board with a mating three pin connector on the other Only one connector is needed even if more than one TLA7S08 or TLA7S16 module is used In this case a jumper cloc...

Page 46: ...not sensitive to the polarity of the reference clock signal The clock cable connector can be attached in either orientation Figure 27 Clock cable connector dimensions For more specific information on...

Page 47: ...connector bullets The connector bullets are a part of the G3PO connector design providing a self aligning interconnect mechanism between G3PO connectors The G3PO connector in the probe body is design...

Page 48: ...s short as possible to preserve the integrity of the measured signal Typical wire lengths range from 0 010 in to 0 100 in See Figure 29 Figure 29 Typical wire length from probe tip to circuit The foll...

Page 49: ...Reference Figure 30 P75TLRST solder tip with 0 010 inch of tip wire Figure 31 P75TLRST solder tip with 0 050 inch of tip wire 32 P6700 Series Serial Analyzer Probes Instruction Manual...

Page 50: ...Reference Figure 32 P75TLRST solder tip with 0 100 inch of tip wire Figure 33 P75TLRST solder tip with 0 200 inch of tip wire P6700 Series Serial Analyzer Probes Instruction Manual 33...

Page 51: ...nt of probing midbus footprint solder tip input for the solder down probe or the slot connector for the slot interposer probe and are measured by eye height and eye width forming a diamond shape Figur...

Page 52: ...40 MHz are present then apply the filter function described in the graph to the jitter of the signal See Figure 36 on page 36 Minimum eye height at probe connection point 1 60 mV single ended Slot in...

Page 53: ...NOTE The Touchstone data files are included as electronic files attached to the PDF file of this document To access the files open the PDF file and click on the Attachments tab on the lower left side...

Page 54: ...The following graph shows the frequency response of a transmission line loaded with a P6700 midbus probe retention and a probe Figure 38 S parameter data of retention mechanism plus P6700 Series midbu...

Page 55: ...be Graphical representation of the data is provided in the following graph It shows the frequency response of a transmission line loaded with a P6701SD solder down probe and P75TLRST solder tip Figure...

Page 56: ...r on your SUT to connect to the clock cable See page 28 Clock Cable Three Pin Connector Slot interposer probes already have this connector installed on the probe Figure 40 Slot Interposer probe with a...

Page 57: ...mum Typical Maximum Reference Clock Frequency 125 MHz 1 Freq125 125 MHz 300 ppm Reference Clock Total Jitter RefClkJitter 1 MHz 25 ps p p 1 MHz 200 ps p p 1 With SSC spread spectrum clocking enabled o...

Page 58: ...e footprint pin assignments General Guidelines for Pin Channel Assignment Tektronix strongly recommends that you design your system so that pins are assigned to channels according to the following gui...

Page 59: ...must be connected to specific pads pins on the footprint The polarity of the differential pairs can be swapped if required for routing Upstream and downstream channels can be swapped on a footprint if...

Page 60: ...f a TLA7S08 refer to the connector illustrations See Figure 43 on page 41 See Figure 44 on page 42 Ensure that all lanes going to the bottom two connectors of the TLA7S16 or the bottom connector of th...

Page 61: ...GND 7 C2p 10 C3p 9 C2n 12 C3n 11 GND 14 GND 13 C4p 16 C5p 15 C4n 18 C5n 17 GND 20 GND 19 C6p 22 C7p 21 C6n 24 C7n 23 GND 26 GND 25 C8p 28 C9p 27 C8n 30 C9n 29 GND 32 GND 31 C10p 34 C11p 33 C10n 36 C11...

Page 62: ...2n Downstream 17 GND 20 GND 19 C3p Upstream 22 C3p Downstream 21 C3n Upstream 24 C3n Downstream 23 GND 26 GND 25 C4p Upstream 28 C4p Downstream 27 C4n Upstream 30 C4n Downstream 29 GND 32 GND 31 C5p U...

Page 63: ...DirectionA 17 GND 20 GND 19 C6p DirectionA 22 C7p DirectionA 21 C6n DirectionA 24 C7n DirectionA 23 GND 26 GND 25 C0p DirectionB 28 C1p DirectionB 27 C0n DirectionB 30 C1n DirectionB 29 GND 32 GND 31...

Page 64: ...wnstream1 17 GND 20 GND 19 C3p Upstream1 22 C3p Downstream1 21 C3n Upstream1 24 C3n Downstream1 23 GND 26 GND 25 C0p Upstream2 28 C0p Downstream2 27 C0n Upstream2 30 C0n Downstream2 29 GND 32 GND 31 C...

Page 65: ...8 Not connected 17 GND 20 GND 19 Not connected 22 Not connected 21 Not connected 24 Not connected 23 GND 26 GND 25 C0p DirectionB 28 C1p DirectionB 27 C0n DirectionB 30 C1n DirectionB 29 GND 32 GND 31...

Page 66: ...Not connected 17 GND 20 GND 19 Not connected 22 Not connected 21 Not connected 24 Not connected 23 GND 26 GND 25 C0p Upstream2 28 C0p Downstream2 27 C0n Upstream2 30 C0n Downstream2 29 GND 32 GND 31 C...

Page 67: ...8 Not connected 17 GND 20 GND 19 Not connected 22 Not connected 21 Not connected 24 Not connected 23 GND 26 GND 25 C0p DirectionB 28 C1p DirectionB 27 C0n DirectionB 30 C1n DirectionB 29 GND 32 GND 31...

Page 68: ...Not connected 17 GND 20 GND 19 Not connected 22 Not connected 21 Not connected 24 Not connected 23 GND 26 GND 25 C0p Upstream2 28 C0p Downstream2 27 C0n Upstream2 30 C0n Downstream2 29 GND 32 GND 31 N...

Page 69: ...8 Not connected 17 GND 20 GND 19 Not connected 22 Not connected 21 Not connected 24 Not connected 23 GND 26 GND 25 C0p DirectionB 28 Not connected 27 C0n DirectionB 30 Not connected 29 GND 32 GND 31 N...

Page 70: ...5n DirectionA 17 GND 20 GND 19 C6p DirectionA 22 C7p DirectionA 21 C6n DirectionA 24 C7n DirectionA 23 GND Table 17 X4 bidirectional link Pin Signal name Pin Signal name 2 GND 1 C0p Upstream 4 C1p Ups...

Page 71: ...onB 22 C3p DirectionB 21 C2n DirectionB 24 C3n DirectionB 23 GND Table 19 X4 unidirectional link and a X2 unidirectional link Pin Signal name Pin Signal name 2 GND 1 C0p DirectionA 4 C1p DirectionA 3...

Page 72: ...7 GND 20 GND 19 Not connected 22 Not connected 21 Not connected 24 Not connected 23 GND Table 21 X2 bidirectional link Pin Signal name Pin Signal name 2 GND 1 C0p Upstream1 4 C0p Downstream1 3 C0n Ups...

Page 73: ...ND 19 Not connected 22 Not connected 21 Not connected 24 Not connected 23 GND Table 23 X1 bidirectional link Pin Signal name Pin Signal name 2 GND 1 C0p Upstream1 4 C0p Downstream1 3 C0n Upstream1 6 C...

Page 74: ...onA 6 Not connected 5 GND 8 GND 7 Not connected 10 Not connected 9 Not connected 12 Not connected 11 GND 14 GND 13 C0p DirectionB 16 Not connected 15 C0n DirectionB 18 Not connected 17 GND 20 GND 19 N...

Page 75: ...rs upstream with upstream and downstream with downstream The midbus footprint can have multiple links on it but the module end connectors must only have a unidirectional link on it or a bidirectional...

Page 76: ...ed Identify the wire you want to remove from the connector Figure 45 Opening the probe connector 2 Remove the probe sleeve anchor from the connector and pull the sleeve away from the connector so that...

Page 77: ...the connector until the wire slides out Repeat for the second wire Figure 48 Removing individual wires 5 Repeat step 3 for the wire that you want to put in its place 6 Insert the replacement wire maki...

Page 78: ...ctor 1 Press gently on either side of the connector to snap off the cover 2 Remove the probe sleeve anchor from the connector and pull the sleeve away from the connector 3 Use a bent paper clip or sim...

Page 79: ...Reference 62 P6700 Series Serial Analyzer Probes Instruction Manual...

Page 80: ...ve humidity up to 50 C Humidity Nonoperating 5 to 95 relative humidity up to 30 C 5 to 75 relative humidity up to 60 C Operating 3000 m 9843 ft Altitude Nonoperating 12 192 m 40 000 ft For a complete...

Page 81: ...Specifications 64 P6700 Series Serial Analyzer Probes Instruction Manual...

Page 82: ...ccessory tips The bullet contacts are rated for 100 connect disconnect cycles Exceeding this number may degrade the performance of the probe An optional bullet tool is used to replace the bullet conta...

Page 83: ...lder tangs 2 Insert the tool into the probe body so that the holder tangs surround one of the bullets Figure 51 Removing the bullet contacts 3 Release the plunger to secure the holder tangs on the bul...

Page 84: ...to determine if the contacts appear worn or broken and always replace them in pairs Figure 52 Inspect the bullet contacts 1 Good 2 Chipped or bent ground contacts outer conductor 3 Chipped or bent si...

Page 85: ...obe body and seat the bullet in the recess Figure 53 Installing the bullet contacts 5 Squeeze the tool plunger to release the bullet 6 Gently pull the tool out of the probe body 7 Repeat for the other...

Page 86: ...d brushing or rubbing the contacts Never use abrasive cleaners or organic solvents Storing the Probe When not in use store the probe in the Tektronix supplied transport case Repackaging Instructions U...

Page 87: ...Maintenance 70 P6700 Series Serial Analyzer Probes Instruction Manual...

Page 88: ...l reference clocks are properly terminated in the system 1 If your design requires you to use a pin channel assignment that is not recommended please contact your local Tektronix representative for he...

Page 89: ...er probe is installed If a reference clock is provided on the PCI Express card verify that it meets the reference clock probe keep out requirements while connected to the probe Table 29 Reference Cloc...

Page 90: ...der to verify that the system will work with the footprint without the probe attached The system layout follows the guidelines in this manual including Via and trace requirements Differential pair rou...

Page 91: ...rements have been met including Differential voltage requirements Absolute voltage requirements Frequency requirements Simulations of the reference clock network s have been performed using load model...

Page 92: ...8 P6716 Midbus probes P67xx_wop s2p simulation without the probe P67xx_2wp s2p simulation with the probe P6701S P6704S P67018S P6716S Slot Interposer probes P67xxS s4p P6701SD Solder Down probe P6701S...

Page 93: ...Appendix B File Attachments 76 P6700 Series Serial Analyzer Probes Instruction Manual...

Page 94: ...be 1 Electrical considerations midbus probe 73 reference clock connector 74 slot interposer probe 73 Electrical design guidelines 34 Environmental specifications 63 F File attachments 75 load models 7...

Page 95: ...ical considerations 74 Reference clock signal 38 Related documentation ix Repackaging procedures 69 Retention mechanism defined x installing 5 Review checklist 71 Routing considerations inner layers 2...

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