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M8050A
High-performance BERT 120 GBd
Version 1.3
New features: PAM6 and PAM8, SSC, rSSC support
Enabling Your Successful Design Deployments in 800G/1.6T
The Keysight M8050A BERT enables success in chip
deployments of 800G/1.6T and other leading
technologies by providing an unmatched combination of
120 GBd signaling with uncompromised signal integrity.
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Table of Contents
Enabling Your Successful Design Deployments in 800G/1.6T ..................................................................... 1
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 4
Specifications for Pattern Generator Module M8042A and Remote Heads M8058A and M8059A ............. 5
Data output (Data Out 1, Data Out 2) ........................................................................................................... 6
De-emphasis ....................................................................................................................................... 10
Control input A/B (Ctrl In A, Ctrl In B) ................................................................................................. 12
Control output A/B (CTRL Out A, CTRL Out B) .................................................................................. 12
LINK 1/2 (Link1, Link 2) ....................................................................................................................... 13
Channel clock input 1/2 (Ch Clk In 1/2) .............................................................................................. 13
Synchronization input (Sync In) .......................................................................................................... 14
Local bus input/output (LB In, LB Out) ................................................................................................ 14
Pattern and Sequencing .............................................................................................................................. 14
Specifications for Clock Module with Jitter Modulation M8009A ................................................................ 15
Internal synthesizer and clock modes for M8009A ..................................................................................... 16
Channel clock output 1 (Ch Clk Out 1) ................................................................................................... 17
Channel clock output 2 (Ch Clk Out 2) ................................................................................................... 18
Reference clock input (Ref Clk In) .......................................................................................................... 19
Reference clock output (Ref Clk Out) ..................................................................................................... 19
Reference clock output 16G (Ref Clk Out 16G)...................................................................................... 20
Clock output 16G (Clk Out 16G) ............................................................................................................. 20
System trigger input A/B (Sys Trg In A, Sys Trg In B) ............................................................................ 21
Synchronization input (Sync In) .............................................................................................................. 21
Synchronization output A/B/C (Sync Out A, Sync Out B, Sync Out C) .................................................. 21
Jitter Specifications ..................................................................................................................................... 22
Low-frequency jitter ............................................................................................................................. 22
High-frequency jitter ................................................................................................................................ 23
External Level Interference Sources ........................................................................................................... 26
Emulation of ISI (Inter Symbol Interference) ............................................................................................... 29
ISI Channel Boards ..................................................................................................................................... 29
Error Analysis .............................................................................................................................................. 29
Measurements ........................................................................................................................................ 30
Specifications for Error Analysis of Signals above 58 GBd based on Infiniium UXR Series Oscilloscopes
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User Interface and Remote Control ........................................................................................................ 34
M8070B system software for the M8000 Series of BER measurement solutions .................................. 35
M8070ADVB advanced measurement package ..................................................................................... 36