Agilent 86100A Data Sheet

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Modular platform for fast, accurate waveform testing up to 40 Gb/s
Infiniium DCA
Agilent 86100A
Wide-Bandwidth Oscilloscope with Digital Communications Analysis and Time-Domain Reflectometry
86100A
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What does a modular platform do for you?
The 86100A supports a large and growing family of optical and electrical plug-in modules. This modular archi­tecture lets you configure the instru­ment for your application both now and in the future. New receiver plug-in modules are being developed to keep pace with the evolving communications industry.
Compatibility Modules
from the 83480A/54750A are fully compatible with the 86100A
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Agilent 86100A Infiniium DCA Wide-Bandwidth Oscilloscope
Powerful combination of performance and ease of use
Agilent Protects Your Investment:
Easily configure from a wide
selection of modules
to fit your needs
Remote programming commands
from the 83480A/54750A are over 95% compatible with the 86100A
Free firmware upgrades The meas-
urement capabilities of the 86100A are always being expanded and improved.
The 86100A Infiniium DCA is three high-performance instru­ments in one. It’s a general purpose wide-bandwidth oscillo­scope, a digital communications analyzer, and a time-domain reflectometer.
The 86100A provides comprehensive measurement capabili­ties and supports wide-bandwidth applications for both opti­cal and electrical signals. Whether you’re working on SONET/SDH, Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre channel, Infiniband, very short reach (VSR) optics, parallel optics, or general elec­trical signals, the 86100A is the ideal instrument for charac­terizing your waveforms.
With exceptional vertical resolution and jitter performance, a fast display update rate, and Windows®-based graphical user interface, the 86100A is a powerful measurement sys­tem for high-speed optical communications, TDR characteri­zation and semiconductor testing of circuit boards.
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Jitter
Agilent breaks through the picosecond jitter threshold allowing you to see signals as never before
Introducing
Agilent’s New
86107A Precision
Timebase Reference
Module
Accurate views of your 40 Gb/s waveforms
When developing 40 Gb/s devices, even a small amount of inherent scope jitter can become significant since 40 Gb/s waveforms only have a bit period of 25ps. Scope jitter of 1ps RMS can result in 6 to 9 ps of peak-to­peak jitter, causing eye closure even if your signal is jitter-free. The Agilent 86100A has been improved specifi­cally for 40 Gb/s waveform analysis.
The new 86107A precision timebase reference module represents one of the most significant improvements in wide-bandwidth sampling oscillo­scopes in over a decade.
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Jitter per­formance has been reduced by almost an order of magnitude to 200 fs RMS.
Oscilloscope jitter is virtually elimi­nated! The reduced jitter of the 86107A precision timebase module allows you to measure the true jitter of your signal. The 86107A requires a 10, 20 or 40 GHz electrical reference clock that is synchronous with the sig­nal under test. Timebase resolution has also been improved from 10 ps/division to 2 ps/division, a 5 times improvement.
The same 40 GHz sinewave captured using current DCA (left) and now with 86107A precision timebase module (below).
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Methods and algorithm used in the precision timebase module are so innovative that a U.S. patent application has been filed.
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Helping you accelerate the next generation optical network
Optical networking is critical to the future of telecommunications and
40 Gb/s transmission rates are
key to the future of optical
networking. The exploding
growth of the Internet,
as well as e-commerce,
IP telephony, and
other data-centric applications, is
prompting a demand
for increased band-
width. The telecommuni-
cations industry needs to
bring new high-capacity fiber
optic systems on line fast to keep up with customer demand for more bandwidth. Agilent’s test solutions enable you to quickly and accurately make the measurements needed to reduce time-to-market for new 40 Gb/s products. The 40 Gb/s optical network will provide the speed, capacity and reliability needed to enable bandwidth
intensive applications and services. Optical components and equipment within this high-speed infrastructure will require characterization with unique time domain measurements due to new modulation formats.
86100A—the ideal instrument for testing devices in the 40 Gb/s network
The wide-bandwidth sampling oscillo­scopes (widely referred to as digital communication analyzers) are used extensively in research, development, and manufacturing of components, modules, line cards, and network sys­tems. The 86100A is the ideal instru­ment for quickly and easily analyzing the quality of your signals.
Faster time to market
Getting ahead in the development, manufacturing and deployment of high-speed optical and electrical com­ponents and network elements means one thing: faster time to market.
And the best way to get there is with a partner like Agilent Technologies.
86100A—the ideal instrument for testing components to systems
The 86100A is
the ideal instrument
for quickly and easily
analyzing the quality
of your signals.
Network elements and systems
Line cards
Modules
Components
Components
Components
E E/O O/O
Multiplexers
Demultiplexers
16:1, 4:1
Optical components (active and passive)
Serial components
(transimpedance amps,
photodiodes, modulators)
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Today’s communication signals have significant frequency content well beyond an oscilloscopes 3-dB band­width. A high-bandwidth scope does not alone guarantee an accurate repre­sentation of your waveform. Careful design of the scopes frequency response (both amplitude and phase) minimizes distortion such as overshoot and ringing.
The new Agilent 86116A and 86109B plug-in module includes an integrated opti­cal receiver designed to pro­vide the optimum in bandwidth, sensitivity, and waveform fidelity.
The 86116A extends the bandwidth of the 86100A Infiniium DCA to 65 GHz electrical and 55 GHz optical. The 86109 is an eco­nomical solution with 50 GHz electrical and 40 GHz optical bandwidth. You can build the premier solution for 40 Gb/s waveform analysis around the 86100A mainframe you already own.
Performing return-to-zero (RZ) waveform measurements
Extensive set of automatic RZ measurements
are built-in for the complete characterization of return-to-zero (RZ) signals at the push of a button.
Built-in RZ Measurements
Bit rate
Extinction ratio
Contrast ratio
Rise and fall times
Pulse width
RMS and peak-to-peak jitter
Eye amplitude
Eye opening factor
Eye height and width
Signal-to-noise ratio and more
Wide wavelength range
S-, C-, and L-band. The 86116A and
86109B covers the widest wave-
length range for testing
devices from 1000 nm
to 1600 nm.
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40 Gb/s
Impulse response
of Agilent’s optical
plug-in modules
86116A 55 GHz
86109B 40 GHz
Meeting your growing need for more bandwidth
0 1 1 0 1 0 0
NRZ
RZ
Modulation formats
With RZ, the light level
"Returns-to-Zero" in between the
transmission of two digital 1’s.
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The explosion in data communications has resulted in the need to move tremendous amounts of data. Much of that data movement is over very short distances within and between equipment in central offices, points of presence, and IT equipment rooms. This short distance space has driven
the development of a class of
economical optical interfaces
targeted at high bit rate data
transfer over short distances
very short reach (VSR) optics.
The Agilent 86100A provides
complete waveform analysis
capability for VSR.
Broad coverage of
VSR standards
The 86100A pro-
vides waveform
test capability for
all of the emerging
standards for
VSRparallel and
serial implementations;
850 nm and 1310 nm imple­mentations. We provide compliance filter options and pre-defined eye mask files for all of the physical layer variants of:
Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) implementation agreements for OC192 and OC768
Testing Very Short Reach Optics
The 86100A provides
waveform test capability for all of the emerging
standards for VSR.
VSR
10 Gigabit Ethernet
InfiniBand
10 Gigabit Fibre Channel
The 86100A also supports testing for many proprietary system interconnects (PSIs) based on parallel optics. Also, you can define your own masks, or modify existing ones, to meet your specific needs.
Many of the VSR standards specify physical variants for non-VSR applica­tionsintermediate and long reach. The 86100A solution covers both VSR and non-VSR implementations of the standards.
Flexible architecture protects your investment
The 86100A mainframe supports all 861xx and 834xx DCA plug-in modules. As your VSR measurement require­ments evolve, leverage your mainframe hardware and software investment to new applications. The architecture allows you to choose the plug-in mod­ules that meet your VSR needs as they arise based on data rates, wavelength, and number of inputs required.
861xx modules support both filtered and unfiltered measurement applica­tions from R&D through manufactur­ingdevelopment, verification, and compliance.
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Parallel Optics
Best solution for testing parallel optics
Test four channels of a parallel device simultaneously with a single main­frame.
The 86100A software revision A.03.00 implements a multiple database archi­tecture that enables simultaneous eye­mode analysis on four channels. Multiple database software along with a full suite of modulesdual optical, dual electrical, and optical/electrical maximize efficiency of waveform analysis for parallel optics.
Configurations can be tailored for a given set of devicestransmitters, receivers or transceiversand test prioritiesmaximum throughput, low­est cost, minimum space, or simplified cabling.
Maximize manufacturing throughput
Simultaneous eye-mode analysis on four channels delivers over a three times improvement in throughput com­pared to sequential test time per unit.
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Autoscale
Improved autoscale for a
quick display of waveforms
including eye-diagrams
Quick measure
Use Quick Measure to do a
compliance test with a single
button press. Quick Measure
can also be configured to
automatically perform your
favorite four measurements.
Multiple databases
Simultaneous eye diagram
analysis on four channels
Simplified marker control
Two X-Y marker pairs with individual knob
control. These knobs are also used for
easy configuration of histograms
Trigger gating
Rear panel trigger gating port allows easy external control of data acquisition for circulating loop or burst-data experiments. Use TTL compatible signals to control when the instrument does and does not acquire data.
Touchscreen
A high-performance
touchscreen allows
easy navigation of the
instrument interface,
or use a mouse.
Familiar interface
A Windows-based graphical user interface makes it easy to access
advanced features.
Icons provide quick
access to an extensive
set of common tests
and measurements.
RZ/NRZ
Complete set of RZ and
NRZ measurements
Reduced size
The 86100A is smaller and much lighter than previous generation wide-bandwidth oscilloscopes.
Modular and upgradeable
Today’s solution. Tomorrow’s solution.
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High-capacity disk drives
The 120-MB SuperDisk™ floppy drive makes it easy to save/retrieve setups, image files, waveforms (and reads/writes to 3.5" disks), and makes system software updates fast and easy. 5.5 GB of hard drive space is available to the user. LAN interface is standard.
Modular
Configure the 86100A for the exact measurement capability you need with a large and growing family of plug-in modules. Modules have both optical and/or electrical input channels. Integrated optical receivers are key to accurate high-speed optical waveform measurements. Modules used in the HP 83480A/54750A are compatible with the 86100A.
Default setup
Default setup returns the scope to a known state. A valuable feature if the scope has multiple users.
Three instruments in one
A digital communications analyzer, a full featured wide-bandwidth oscilloscope, and a time-domain reflectometer. Just select the desired operating mode to setup the instrument you want.
Dedicated controls for common adjustments
Analog oscilloscope type front panel provides simple controls for basic functions.
The Big Picture
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Transmitters used in SONET/SDH applications must perform according to a rigorous set of industry-defined standards. A significant portion of what defines acceptable performance is based on waveform quality tested by a high-speed sampling oscilloscope. The 86100A was designed specifically to verify transmitter compliance with the highest speed and accuracy.
Key parameters include the shape of the eye and the strength of the signal. Eye shape is confirmed through an eye-mask test. Signal strength is veri­fied through average power, extinction ratio, and optical modulation amplitude (OMA) measurements. Tests are per­formed automatically according to industry-recognized procedures.
Are these tests difficult to perform?
Dont waste your time trying to remem­ber how to perform common tasks. A complete compliance test can be achieved in only two keystrokes!
Do the tests require much time?
Waveform analysis should never be the bottleneck in a high-volume production line. Scaling the waveform, acquiring the data, and completing the compli­ance test require only a few seconds.
Almost all compliance measurements are made with a standards-based refer­ence receiver. The typical reference receiver consists of a high-speed photodetector followed by a fourth­order Bessel-Thomson low-pass filter. The overall response of the receiver must meet a frequency response defined by the associated test stan­dard. For accuracy and ease-of-use, reference receivers are integrated within the 86100A. Many of the 86100A plug-in modules include multi­ple filters creating reference receivers for several data rates. Choose from a large family of plug-in modules and customize the 86100A to meet your exact test needs. Filters are easily switched out to allow testing with the full instrument bandwidth.
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Mask test
diagnostics
86100A Infiniium DCA goes beyond basic testing with margin analysis for process monitoring. Mask hits/failures are easily viewed with red pixels.
SONET/SDH
In just a few minutes, become an expert at digital communications compliance testing
With a press of a button, filters can be switched in or out for compliance testing or wide-bandwidth analysis.
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Clock recovery
Identical 622 Mb/s (OC-12/STM-4) signal triggered with a narrow and wide loop bandwidth clock recovery circuits. The narrow loop accurately displays the jitter
while the wide loop effectively removes the jitter.
Narrow loop bandwidth
Wide loop bandwidth
No Trigger? No Problem.
Agilent Makes it Easy!
Agilent 8349x Clock Recovery Modules
Time domain measurements are only as accurate as the signal source that you are triggering on. What you see on the display is highly dependent upon your trigger signal. When a separate trigger source is not available, the 8349X clock recovery modules can derive a timing reference directly from the signal under test allowing you to perform reliable parametric testing even when you do not have access to a clock signal. The 8349X clock recovery modules have exceptional jitter per­formance to ensure an accurate jitter display of the incoming data signal. A built-in coupler/splitter reduces exter­nal hardware requirements. No more need for cables and probes just to get a triggersimply plug in your test signal, select your data rate, and make your measurements.
SONET/SDH, Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel Data Rates
The clock recovery modules cover the three most popular transmission media in use today: electrical transmission
lines, multimode fiber and single-mode fiber. Standard data rates used in the SONET/SDH, Gigabit Ethernet, and Fibre Channel market are available at the push of a button
Clock Recovery Loop Bandwidth
The Agilent clock recovery modules have two loop bandwidth settings. Loop bandwidth is very important in determining the accuracy when meas­uring the jitter of your waveform.
Narrow loop bandwidth provides a clean system clock for accurate jitter measurements
Wide loop bandwidth allows the recovered clock to track the data and is useful for extracting a signal that may have propagated through a complex network and have large amount of jitter. While this obviously negates any ability to quantify the jitter, it does allow other parameters of an eye to be measured.
Note: When using recovered clocks for
triggering, unless the scheme has a very narrow loop bandwidth, jitter measurement accuracy is suspect.
Module Input Wavelength Ranges Data Rates (Mb/s)
83491A 50 Electrical N/A 155, 622, 1063, 1250,
2125, 2488, 2500
83492A Multimode Fiber 750 to 860 nm & 155, 622, 1063, 1250,
(62.5/125 um) 1000 to 1600 nm 2125, 2488, 2500
83493A Single-mode Fiber 1000 to 1600 nm 155, 622, 1250, 2488, 2500
(9/125 um)
83494A Single-mode Fiber 1000 to 1600 nm 155, 622, 2488, 9953
(9/125 um)
83494A Single-mode Fiber 1000 to 1600 nm 155, 622, 2488, 2666, 10664 Option 106 (9/125 um)
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Informative waveform displays
Get valuable insight into your device
behavior with intensity or color
shading. View pattern depend-
encies and differentiate rare
versus common events.
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Simple, yet powerful tools for high-speed measurement problems
Zoom
Draw a box around the section of the waveform you want to expand, then click inside the box.
Histogram analysis
Histograms can be constructed on waveforms on either the vertical or hori­zontal axes to derive statistical informa­tion about the data.
Organized test results
View measurements, histogram, marker and mask test results in individual tabular displays.
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Interface
Familiar user interface with extensive online help manual
No relearning curve
On-line help manual
The on-line manual
provides immediate
answers to your ques-
tions about using the
instrument. Links on the
measurement screen
take you directly to the
information you need.
Familiar file management
User interface with internal hard drive allows you to save screen images in various formats includ­ing bmp, ps, gif, tif and jpg. LAN interface is also available for network file management.
Simple printer setup and upgrading
The Windows based operating system allows easy configurations of local or networked printers, similar to your PC.
No calibration mysteries
Calibration of your instru-
ment has been simplified by
placing all the performance
level indicators and calibra-
tion procedures in a single
high-level location.
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Capacitive
Discontinuity
Connector
Inductive Discontinuity
Excess Capacitance
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TDR
Improve signal integrity with time domain reflectometry (TDR)
TDR/TDT setup
TDR/TDT setup allows you to select a stimulus for single ended or differential TDR measurements and a destination for TDT. Many configurations are avail­able to help you customize your test requirements.
TDR step fidelity
TDR step fidelity is crucial for high accuracy
impedance measurements. With less than 5%
overshoot, the 86100A has the best-in-class
TDR step flatness.
Probe Tip
Secondary Reflections
Standard TDR Normalized TDR
TDR normalization
TDR normalization sets the
reference plane at the probe
tip. This technique is a two-
point calibration using
a precision 50-ohm load and
a short. The processing
power of the 86100A then
builds a digital filter, which
corrects for test fixture
errors in the frequency
domain.
Transmission line characteristics
TDR instantly reveals the character­istic impedance of the transmission
line, and displays both the position and the nature (resistive, inductive, or capacitive) of each discontinuity.
Zoom
Allows you to quickly zoom in on a signal.
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The following list of plug-in modules oper­ate with the 86100A. See the Technical Data Sheet for details on specifications and ordering options. Note that modules from the HP 83480 and 54750 family are compati­ble with the 86100A including the 54751A, 54752A, 54753A, 54754A, 83481A, 83482A, 83483A, 83484A, 83485A, 83485B, 83486A, and 83487A.
Optical/Electrical Modules
86101A: 3 GHz optical channel;
multimode, amplified (750-860 nm) 20 GHz electrical channel
86102A: 10 GHz optical channel;
multimode, amplified (750-860 nm) 20 GHz electrical channel
86102U: 15 GHz optical channel;
multimode, unamplified (750-860 nm) 20 GHz electrical channel
86103A: 3 GHz optical channel;
multimode, amplified (1000-1600 nm) 20 GHz electrical channel
86103B: 10 GHz optical channel;
multimode, amplified (750-860 nm) 20 GHz electrical channel
86105A: 20 GHz optical channel;
single-mode, unamplified (1000-1600 nm) 20 GHz electrical channel
86106B: 28 GHz optical channel;
single-mode, unamplified (1000-1600 nm) 40 GHz electrical channel
86109A: 30 GHz optical channel;
single-mode, unamplified (1000-1600 nm) 40 GHz electrical channel
86109B: 40 GHz optical channel;
single-mode, unamplified (1000-1600 nm) 50 GHz electrical channel
86116A: 55 GHz optical channel;
single-mode, unamplified (1000-1600 nm) 65 GHz electrical channel
Dual Optical Channel Modules
86111A: Dual 3 GHz optical channels
multimode, amplified (750-860 nm)
86111U: Dual 15 GHz optical channels
multimode, unamplified (750-860 nm)
86113A: Dual 3 GHz optical channels
multimode, amplified (1000-1600 nm)
86115B: Dual 28 GHz optical channels
single-mode, unamplified (1000-1600 nm)
Dual Electrical Channel Modules
86112A: Dual 20 GHz electrical channels 83484A: Dual 50 GHz electrical channels
TDR/TDT Module
54754A: Dual 18 GHz TDR/electrical chan-
nels
Trigger Module
86107A: Precision timebase reference
module
Clock Recovery Modules
The following modules provide a recovered clock from the data signal for triggering at standard telecommunications and enter­prise data rates: 83491A: Electrical signals.
Data rates (Mb/s) 155, 622, 1063, 1250, 2125, 2488, 2500.
83492A: Multimode optical. Data rates
(Mb/s) 155, 622, 1063, 1250, 2125, 2488,
2500.
83493A: Single-mode signals. Data rates
(Mb/s) 155, 622, 1250, 2488, 2500.
83494A: Single-mode signals. Data rates
(Mb/s) 155, 622, 2488, 9953.
83494A: Option 106: Single-mode signals.
Data Rates (Mb/s) 155, 622, 2488, 2666, 10664
Accessories
11667B: Power Splitter, DC to 26.5 GHz ,
APC 3.5 mm
11667C: Power Splitter, DC to 50 GHz ,
2.4mm
11742A Option K01: 50 GHz DC blocking
capacitor
11898A: 1.5 meter remote extender module 54006A: 6 GHz passive probe 54007A: 3.5 mm RF accessory kit 54008B: 24 ns delay line 54701A: 2.5 GHz active probe 83430A: 2.5 Gb/s Lightwave Transmitter 83433A: 10 Gb/s Lightwave Transmitter 83434A: 10 Gb/s Lightwave Receiver 83440B/C/D: Optical-to-Electrical
Converters (6/20/32 GHz)
83446A: 2.5 Gb/s Lightwave Receiver N1020A: 6 GHz TDR probe kit N1025A: 1 GHz Active Differential Probe
Connector Options for All Optical Modules
Option 011 Diamond HMS-10 Connector Option 012 FC/PC Connector Adapter Option 012 DIN Connector Adapter Option 014 ST Connector Adapter Option 017 SC Connector Adapter
Adapters for Electrical Modules
11900B 2.4mm (f-f) Adapter 11901B 2.4mm (f) to 3.5mm (f) Adapter 11901C 2.4mm (m) to 3.5mm (f) Adapter 54124-24101 2.4mm Termination 5061-5311 3.5mm (f-f) Adapter 1250-1158 (f-f) Adapter 1810-0118 3.5mm Termination
Firmware and software
Firmware and software upgrades are available through the Web or your local sales office. www.agilent.com/comms/dcaupgrade
Additional literature
Product Note:
40 Gb/s and Return-to-Zero Measurements Using the Agilent 86100A Infiniium DCA
5988-2039EN
Technical Specifications:
Infiniium DCA: Agilent 86100A Wide­Bandwidth Oscilloscope
5968-8546E
Application Note:
Characterizing High-Speed Optical Transmitters: Compliance Testing with the Agilent 86100A Infiniium DCA
5968-9249E
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Modules
Agilent 86100A family of modules
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