Literature — Measurement Education

Clock Recovery

• How does Clock Recovery affect my measurements? +
  • WEBCAST (EDN): The Impact of Clock Recovery on Your Serial Data Measurements • Steve Sekel • APR 2008
  • Clock Recovery's Impact on Test and Measurement • NOV 2006
  • The Anatomy of Clock Recovery, Part 1 • MAR 2006
  • The Anatomy of Clock Recovery, Part 2 • MAR 2006
  • The Anatomy of Clock Recovery Poster, Part 1 • FEB 2006
  • The Anatomy of Clock Recovery Poster, Part 2 • MAR 2006

Eye Diagram

• What can I see and what does it mean? +
  • Anatomy of an Eye Diagram — A Primer • OCT 2004
  • Anatomy of an Eye Diagram Poster • Guy Foster • OCT 2004
  • Measurement Brief: Examining Sampling Scope Jitter Histograms • JULY 2005
• Testing optical transmitters +
  • Product Note: 10 Gb/s Optical Transmitter Testing • DEC 2006

BER Contour

• Looking deeper into the Eye — BER Contour measurements +
  • Bridging the Gap between BER and Eye Diagrams — A BER Contour Tutorial • OCT 2004
  • Compliance Contour - Bridging the Gap between BER and Mask Testing for XFI, PCI-Express, OIF-CEI • JUNE 2005

Jitter

• Jitter basics +
  • Optical Transmitter Jitter Measurement Basics • APR 2008
  • WEBCAST (Lightwave): Transmitter Jitter Basics: Two Worlds of Test • Charlie Schaffer • JAN 2008
  • Product Note: 10 Gb/s Optical Transmitter Testing • DEC 2006
• How is a bath tub jitter (‘BERTScan’) measurement made? +
  • Dual-Dirac, Scope Histograms, and BERTScan Measurements • SEPT 2005
  • The Importance of Delay Line Accuracy in Making Direct BERTScan Measurements • JUNE 2005
• What is stressed eye testing? +
  • WEBCAST (EDN): Demystifying Receiver Jitter Tolerance Testing • Steve Sekel • SEPT 2008
  • Stressed Eye Primer v. 1.1 • MAY 2005
• How do I know how stressed my test signal is? +
  • Stressed Eye: "Know what you're really testing with" • JAN 2006
  • Evaluating Stress Components Using BER-Based Jitter Measurements • SEPT 2005
• What are Telecom jitter measurements all about? +
  • Product Note: DCRJ and OmniBER OTN 10 Gb/s Telecom Jitter Generation Correlation Study • MAY 2008
  • Product Note: Telecom Jitter Analysis Using the BERTScope and BERTScope DCRJ • JAN 2008

BER

• What should I look for in a BERT? +
  • Selecting the Right Bit Error Rate Tester (BERT) • OCT 2004
• What can I tell from the errors I measure? +
  • Measurement Brief: Exploring Power Supply Voltage Sensitivity in an IC • MAR 2006
  • Measurement Brief: Signal Integrity of Reference Clock Bleed-Through in an IC • MAR 2006
  • Bit Error Analysis and Beyond • MAR 2000
  • Using Bit Error Rate Testers to Drive Forward Error Correction Codes • Tom Waschura • SEPT 2003

Pre-Emphasis and Equalization

• What are pre-emphasis and equalization? +
  • Combating Closed Eyes: Pre-Emphasis and Equalization Basics • APR 2008
  • WEBCAST (EDN): Combating Closed Eyes – Design & Measurement of Pre-Emphasis and Equalization for Lossy Channels • Tom Waschura • OCT 2007
  • Measurements of Pre-Emphasis on Altera® Stratix® GX with the BERTScope 12500A • JUNE 2005