Keysight M8050A High-Performance BERT Getting Started Guide
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Introduction
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M8042A Pattern Generator
The M8042A pattern generator module operates from 2 to 120 GBd. It is
available as one channel or two channel version. You can select three
symbol rate ranges.The M8042A is an instrument module that can be
installed into the M9505A 5- slot AXIe chassis. The one channel version
occupies two slots while the two channel version occupies three slots in he
M9505A 5- slot AXIe chassis. The M8042A requires the clock module with
jitter modulation M8009A, and one remote head for each data output
channel. For operation above 64 GBd the 120 GBd pattern generator
remote head M8059A is required.
For the following generator functions a module option is required:
• Pattern generation up to 32 GBd for NRZ and PAM4 (M8042A-G32)
• Pattern generation up to 64 GBd for NRZ and PAM4 (M8042A-G642)
• Pattern generation up to 120 GBd for NRZ and PAM4 (M8042A-G12)
• Second channel (M8042A-0G2)
• De-emphasis, module-wide license (M8042A-0G4)
M8042A Module Components
The following figure displays the front panel of the M8042A module:
Figure 5
M8042A module front panel
