Bit Error Ratio Test (BERTs) Solutions
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Keysight offers the broadest choice of BERTs - covering affordable manufacturing test and high-performance characterization and compliance testing up to 32 Gb/s
Keysight's Bit Error Ratio Test solutions allow the most accurate and efficient design verification, characterization, compliance and manufacturing test of high-speed communication ports for today's ASICs, components, modules and line-cards in the semiconductor, computer, storage and communication industry.
Keysight offers the broadest portfolio with four BERT families that address a variety of speed classes, usability concepts, and flexibility as well as application specific stimulus and analysis tools. All BERTs provide cost-effective and efficient in-depth insight into critical measurement tasks for today's and next generation devices with gigabit interfaces.
BERTs are used to test and characterize many high-speed digital interfaces:
QPI, FB-DIMM, PCI Express®, SATA,/SAS USB, Thunderbolt, DisplayPort, HDMI, MHL, MIPI, UHS-II, Fibre Channel, XAUI/10Gb Ethernet, CAUI/100GbE, CEI and other backplanes, XFI/XFP/SFP+/CFP modules, OTN, and PON-OLTs, Serdes, DAC, ADC, etc.
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Device |
Bit rate |
Application examples |
Typical requirements |
Recommended Keysight BERT/AWG |
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For R&D Characterization, Compliance |
For Manufacturing | ||||
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High-speed serial |
<16G |
QPI, PCI Express, SATA, SAS, USB3, TBT, DP, SD, UHS II, MIPI D-PHY/ M-PHY, HDMI |
data rates < 16 Gb/s, calibrated jitter, SSC, ISI and S.I., clock recovery, pattern sequencing |
J-BERT M8020A (N4903B) M8030A * or ParBERT 81250* |
n/a |
| <10G |
MIPI D-PHY/ C-PHY HDMI, MHL |
data rates < 10G, no loopback, 3-wire or multi-level |
M8190A, M8195A | n/a | |
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Backplanes, Cables, |
>10G -28G |
10Gbase-KR4/-CR4, CEI, IB, TBT CAUI, CAUI 2/4 10Gbase-KR |
data rates > 10 Gb/s, de-emphasis, x-talk, PRBS |
J-BERT M8020A, M8062A, N4960A, N4965A, (J-BERT N4903B/N4877A) | n/a |
| <58G |
CEI-56G/112G, 400GbE |
PAM-4, NRZ, PRBS | M8040A | n/a | |
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Optical transceivers and sub-components: 0.6 to 58Gb/s |
<58G | 400GbE, 64G FC | PAM-4, NRZ, PRBS | M8040A | |
| <28G |
40G/100GbE, 32G FC, CFP2/4 |
data rates > 16Gb/s clean signals, PRBS |
N4960A, N4967A J-BERT M8020A+M8062A (N4903B+M8061A+N4877A) |
N4960A, N4967A | |
| 10G |
10G/40GbE, PON, OTN, 8G/16G FC, QSFP, SFP+, QFP |
data rates 3 to 15Gb/s, |
J-BERT M8020A, (N4903B+N4917A), M8030A* or ParBERT* |
N2101B, N4906B-012, N4962A |
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| <4G |
1GbE, XFP, PON, 1G/2G/4G FC |
data rates < 3.5Gb/s, fast bit synchronization, PRBS or framed bursts |
N4906B-003, ParBERT 3.3G |
N5980A, ParBERT |
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