17 Gb/s Stressed Serial BERT

The SSB17 was designed for users characterizing optical transceivers, communication chips with serial I/O ports, and in system design such as line cards and data switches. For data rates below 8.5 Gb/s, programmable test patterns offer flexibility to users developing PC and tablet motherboards and plug-in peripherals. Affordability and excellent broadband performance make the SSB17 the ideal solution for testing compliance to the following common standards: