Optical Transceiver Testing — SFP, SFP+, 300-pin MSA, Xenpak

Optical transceivers come in a variety of architectures, data rates, and ranges for different applications. Examples are XFP, SFP (1 Gb Ethernet; 1x, 2x, 4x Fibre Channel), 300-pin MSA (SONET/SDH), Xenpak/Xpak/X2 (10 Gb Ethernet, 10G Fibre Channel), and the emerging SFP+ (8x Fibre Channel, 10GbE LRM).

Useful Links

X2 MSA: www.x2msa.org

300-pin MSA: www.300pinmsa.org

Fibre Channel: www.t11.org

Gigabit Ethernet: www.ieee.org

SFP+ (Draft): ftp://ftp.seagate.com/sff/SFF-8431.PDF

Recommended Products

BERTScope S 12500B Signal Integrity Analyzer

BERTScope LTS Lightwave Test Set

BERTScope DCRJ Digital Communications Receiver with Jitter Analysis

BERTScope CR 12500A Clock Recovery Instrument

BERTScope Differential ISI Test Board

Comprehensive Optical Stressed Eye and Transmitter Compliance Testing Technical Brief (PDF)

Applications Literature

• Testing an SFP+ Transceiver to the 8x Fibre Channel Specifications, Part II • AUG 2008


• Testing an SFP+ Transceiver to the 8x Fibre Channel Specifications, Part I • AUG 2008


• Optical Transmitter Jitter Measurement Basics • APR 2008


• Product Note: Telecom Jitter Analysis Using the BERTScope and BERTScope DCRJ • JAN 2008


• Product Note: 10 Gb/s Optical Transmitter Testing • DEC 2006


• Measurement Note: Using the XFI 'EQ Filter' to Equalize a Channel to Enable Eye Measurements • FEB 2006


• Stressed Eye: "Know what you're testing with" • JAN 2006


• Constructing a 10 GbE Optical Stressed Eye • JAN 2006


• Constructing a 4x FC Optical Stressed Eye • JAN 2006


• High-Speed Digital Testing of XFP MSA Modules • MAR 2004

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