Agilent E5910A Serial Link Optimizer for Xilinx FPGAs

PublishTime：2018-09-29

Agilent Technologies and Xilinxhave combined tools andtechnology to create a powerfultest and analysis solution focusedon the challenges of implementinghigh-speed serial links usingXilinx multi-gigabit transceivers(MGTs). The advanced technologyof Xilinx MGTs gives you theflexibility to implement high-speedserial interfaces while enjoyingthe time-to-market advantagesand flexibility that programmabledevices offer. As you look to useserial interfaces in more of yourdesigns, Agilent brings you thetest and measurement capabilityyou need to ensure a qualityproduct that meets yourtime-to-market goals. The abilityto quickly assess margin andautomatically tune transmitterand receiver settings for optimalmargin offers the potential to saveyou weeks of design time whileimproving your product’s quality.
Agilent’s E5910A serial linkoptimizer solution begins withXilinx’s ChipScope Pro Serial I/OToolkit, which provides theinfrastructure required to specifyand implement a bit error ratiotest (BERT) core that is placed inyour FPGA. This internal BERT(IBERT) core provides thenecessary functions to implementa BER test on the MGTs youspecify, and it includes the abilityto access the transmitter andreceiver equalization settings inreal-time. Using this IBERT core,Agilent’s serial link optimizersoftware communicates with thecore via JTAG (using the Xilinxcable) to make measurements andcontrol the MGT transmitter andreceiver settings.This measurement systemarchitecture (see Figure 1)requires no external hardwareother than the standard Xilinxdownload cable, which minimizesyour costs. Using an internal testcore also allows you to measurepost-equalization BER at theon-chip receiver input (asopposed to the pins of the devicefor a typical BER measurement).This approach means you can see the true effect of equalizationsettings on your link design andtest and characterize itsoperation more reliably.

Brand of Product：	Keysight
Part#：	E5910A 、 Xilinx FPGAs More Part#
Product Category：	Serial Link Optimizer More
Application：	[ Xilinx FPGAs ] More
Data Type：	Datasheet More
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Operating Temperature：	Please see the document for details
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Language：	English Chinese Chinese and English Japanese
Date of Creation：	January 24, 2007
Version Number：	Revised: 11/08/06
Data Encoding：	5989-5969EN
Data Size：	493 KB

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