Product description

The Centellax Modular 10G BER Test System is designed for device characterization, research and development testing, production testing, and general lab use. The system features a synthesizer that operates the BERT at bitrates from 500Mbps to 12.5Gbps, and enables stressed eye testing and spread-spectrum clocking. With the addition of other modular hardware, like a 622Mbps-13.5Gbps clock recovery unit, the SB10 system can be configured to address a wide range of physical layer digital signal integrity test applications.

The base system allows physical-layer BER testing of single-ended or differential DUTs with operating rates from 500Mbps to 7Gbps. The system is GPIB controlled with a suite of features including PRBS pattern selection (PRBS7-31), electronic clock/data alignment, variable output voltages (0.6-3.6Vpp differential), and many clock and subrate trigger outputs.

Options to the SB10 enable operation from 500Mbps to 12.5Gbps, easily-controlled jitter injection, and spread spectrum clocking. Other modular hardware options can add clock recovery functionality from 500Mbps to 7Gbps (or to 12.5Gbps), and additional channel test capability. The SB10 system can support six BER test channels.

The system can be used as a bit error rate tester for many different applications, including characterization and production test of components and low-level systems. The jitter injection and clock chirping features allow compliance testing to a wide range of datacom standards, including PCI express, infiniband, serial ATA, and others.

When outfitted with the extended synthesizer range and un-banded clock recovery unit, the SB10 is ideally suited for testing higher-rate devices that induce signal distortion (like fiber loops). The clock recovery unit can also be used to test a signal generated at a remote site, where the fullrate data clock must be recovered to test BER.

The SB10 system comes with a standard 1 year warranty on all modular components. An extended system warranty - which extends the warranty on each component an additional year - is available at any time while the system is still under warranty.

Key benefits and features

• Operates from 500Mbps to 12.5Gbps
• Integrated jitter source for stressed eye testing
• Spread Spectrum Clocking for compliance testing
• Configurable with a clock recovery unit
• Very low-cost alternative to other systems
• Modular solution allows functional additions later
• Differential or single-ended connections to DUT
• System controlled by GPIB remote interface
• PRBS patterns: 7, 10, 15, 23, 31
• Mark/space density (ratio of 0's to 1's): 1/2, 1/4, 1/8

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