40G BERT

The Lowest Cost Production Test Solution

Product description

The Centellax 40G BER Test System is designed for device characterization, research and development testing, production testing, and general lab use. In the past, bit error rate testing at 40 Gb/s required a bench full of large, complex and expensive instruments. With our heritage of designing and manufacturing high performance instrumentation grade microwave ASICs and components, Centellax was able reduce the size and complexity of the instrumentation required for a high data rate BER test system - without compromising performance. The result is a compact system which is easier to set up and operate. Higher levels of integration reduce the cost to a point where full data rate testing is now affordable for both design characterization and production testing.

The PCB12500 Parallel Channel BERT with TR2P1A Error Detector heads is the ideal choice for applications which require monitoring all of the Clock and Data Demultiplexer outputs. This BERT is a modular system itself, comprised of a base controller and up to 5 remote heads which can be any mix of either PRBS Generators or Error Detectors. As the SB40B system uses the TG1P4A PRBS Source for data generation, only Error Detector heads are required, eliminating cost for hardware which would not be used.

The SB40B system comes with a standard 1 year warranty. An extended system warranty - which extends the warranty an additional year - is available at any time while the system is still under warranty.

Key benefits and features

• Operates from 22 Gb/s to 44 Gb/s
• True PRBS pattern generation at full data rate
• Supports differential or single ended inputs and outputs
• High voltage drivers available for laser modulator testing
• Remote control through USB or GPIB
• Automatic receiver clock phase adjustment
• High speed clock option for continuous operation from 22-44 Gb/s
• Compact size

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Typical product performance

All measurements made with the PRBS internal clock at 40 Gb/s, performed on an Agilent 86100 DCA, with 70GHz remote sampling heads (no cable length), and a 20G precision timebase.

NI LabVIEW drivers

The following National Instrument LabVIEW drivers are provided free of charge with no user license required. You may download, modify, and freely distribute the driver. Centellax offers no direct or implied warranty on the software; contact National Instruments for troubleshooting or compatibility concerns. The driver allows virtual instrument (VI) GUI control of the SB40B: 40G BERT system, along with additional BER scan, differential BER measurement, and other features.

The complete LabVIEW 6.1 virtual instrument (VI) files for graphical control of the SB40B: 40G BERT system via GPIB; software includes graphical BER scan, differential BER measurement, and other features.

The NI VISA library, download if you want to use the compiled driver without installing LabVIEW on your computer.

The NI RunTime library, download if you want to use the compiled driver without installing LabVIEW on your computer.

The compiled driver executable, download if you want to use the compiled driver without installing LabVIEW on your computer.

IVI-COM driver

Centellax IVI-COM instrument drivers are provided free of charge to assist you in developing software using Centellax instruments. The driver is a COM-model API that can be used in most application development environments, including Visual C# .NET, Visual Basic .NET, LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, MATLAB, Visual Basic 6.0, Visual C++, and others. Review the Centellax appnotes and the IVI Foundation 'Quick Start' guides for use examples.

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