Tektronix DPP125C BERTScope Digital Pre-emphasis
The Tektronix DPP125C is an advanced nonlinear signal conditioner designed to enhance signal quality by adding precise amounts of pre-emphasis. This device is engineered to handle single-ended inputs of data and clock, making it a vital tool for high-speed digital communication testing.
Key Features and Specifications
- Speed Capability: Operates at data rates from 1 to 12.5 Gb/s, supporting hardware-based equalization for 2nd- and 3rd-generation serial standards.
- Compliance Testing Support: Equipped with 3- or 4-tap functionality to ensure compliance testing for a range of standards including 802.3ap, Serial Attached SCSI, 10GBASE-KR Backplanes, DisplayPort™, and USB 3.0/3.1 PCI Express® Gen3.
- Adjustable Pre/Post-cursor Compensation: Fine-tune for optimal inter-symbol interference (ISI) and loss compensation with dedicated pre-cursor or post-cursor adjustments.
- User-Friendly Setup: Features concurrent multiple domain views that simplify operation as a stand-alone instrument or when integrated with a BERTScope, ensuring seamless software integration.
- Flexible Control: Offers precise adjustment through tap weights or step response, allowing extensive design characterization to correct backplane ISI or optical effects.
- Integrated Clock Multiplication: Optional reference clock multiplication to achieve PCIe compliance at 2.5 GHz, 5 GHz, and 8 GHz.
- Eye Opener Functionality: Optional integrated eye opener capability enhances testing of devices under test (DUTs) featuring long channels.
- Clock Doubler Feature: Optional integrated clock doubler for conducting full rate stress tests at 12 Gb/s SAS.
- Cable Compatibility: Internally compensated for clock/data delay, allowing the use of length-matched cables without loss of signal quality.
- Compact Design: Built with the BERTScope footprint for convenient stacking of equipment.
- Enhanced Processing Power: New microcontroller technology for improved performance and capabilities.
- RS-232 Interface Improvement: Enhanced RS-232 interface speeds up PCIe receiver equalization link training, boosting overall efficiency.
