Signal Integrity Measurements by LeCroy

NOTE: you will receive a phone call or e-mail 48 hours before the event confirming the time and location.

Seminar Information

This seminar is presented by Michael Schnecker, Business Development Manager, Signal Integrity, LeCroy Corporation.

Topics Include:

• Jitter Measurement
  
  • Timing measurement
  • Histograms
  • The Dual Dirac jitter model, total jitter and jitter breakdown
  • Jitter transfer function
  • Crosstalk and jitter
  • Example: 3 Gb/s SATA signal
• Compensating for fixture and probe affects
  
  • Channel bandwidth affects on serial data signals
  • Virtual Probing
  • Example: 5 Gb/s PCIe gen 2 signal
• Measuring stressed eye patterns
  
  • Sources of stress: ISI, Pj, Rj
  • Limitations of measurement equipment
  • Using Virtual Probe to improve accuracy
  • Example: 5 Gb/s PCIe signal through backplane
• Signal Integrity in Equalized Receivers
  
  • Equalization basics
  • Limitations of conventional methods: eye closure
  • Simulating equalizers in software
  • Example: 5 Gb/s PCIe signal through backplane