Anritsu Company and Teledyne LeCroy demonstrated an ultra-high-speed signal generation and BER measurement solution in the Teledyne LeCroy booth at DesignCon 2016. The solution integrated the Anritsu MP1800A BERT Signal Quality Analyzer (SQA) and MZ1834A PAM4 Converter with the Teledyne LeCroy LabMaster 10 Zi-A - the world’s highest bandwidth real-time oscilloscope, featuring the company’s PAM4 Signal Analysis package.
Combining the Anritsu MZ1834A PAM4 Converter with the MP1800A BERT supports generation of high-quality 64Gbps PAM4 signals with the best signal-to-noise ratio. At DesignCon 2016, these signals were input into the Teledyne LeCroy LabMaster 10Zi-A, whose industry-leading bandwidth and sample rate – up to 100 GHz at 240 GS/s – enabled the signals to be captured with pristine fidelity. The PAM4 Signal Analysis software allows for comprehensive signal-quality analysis, including jitter measurements, Rj/Dj separation, noise analysis, extensive jitter and noise visualizations, and IsoBER contour plots.
Teledyne LeCroy oscilloscopes have become critical tools for those pushing the boundaries of communications technology. This joint demonstration with the Anritsu MP1800A and MZ1834A shows an ideal configuration for high-performance and flexible generation, acquisition and analysis of the most challenging new signal technologies. The MP1800A is the ideal platform for accurate BER measurements and jitter tolerance test of PAM4 signals due in part to its long-memory programmable pattern function and error-mask function for filtering unwanted errors. Integrating the leading capabilities of the MP1800A with the Teledyne LeCroy LabMaster 10 Zi-A oscilloscope creates a comprehensive solution with the high accuracy necessary for engineers to verify their high-speed server interconnects and backplanes.
The Anritsu MP1800A BERT SQA incorporates a built-in Pulse Pattern Generator (PPG) for generating the highest-quality, highest-amplitude signals in the industry, as well as a built-in Error Detector (ED) with the highest input sensitivity available. It can be configured to generate the high-quality, low S/N, PAM4 and PAM8 data signals necessary for the characterization of high-speed backplanes and 400 GbE interfaces when the MZ1834A/MZ1838A 4PAM/8PAM Converters are used.
