Agilent 86120C Technical Specifications

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DCA-J

Agilent 86100C Wide-Bandwidth Oscilloscope Mainframe and Modules

Technical Speciﬁ cations

Four instruments in one

A digital communications analyzer,

a full featured wide-bandwidth

oscilloscope, a time-domain

reﬂ ectometer, and a jitter analyzer

• Accurate compliance testing of optical transceivers

• Automated jitter and amplitude interference decomposition

• Internally generated pattern trigger

• Modular platform for testing waveforms to 40 Gb/s and beyond

• Broadest coverage of data rates with optical reference receivers, electrical channels, and clock recovery

• Built-in S-parameters with TDR measurements

• Compatible with Agilent 86100A/B-series, 83480A-series,and 54750-series modules

• < 100 fs intrinsic jitter

• Open operating system – Windows® XP Pro

Table of Contents

Overview

Features 3

Eye-diagram/mask test 4

Jitter analysis 5

Equalization and amplitude analysis 6

Jitter spectrum/PLL bandwidth 7

TDR/TDT/S-parameters 7

Measurements 8

Additional capabilities 9

Clock recovery 10

Speciﬁ cations

Mainframe & triggering

(includes precision time base module and precision waveform analyzer module) 13

Computer system & storage 16

Modules

Overview 17 Module selection table 18 Speciﬁ cations Multimode/single-mode 19

Single-mode 21 Dual electrical 23 TDR 25 Clock recovery 27

Ordering Information 29

Overview of Inﬁ niium DCA-J

Features

Four instruments in one

The 86100C Inﬁ niium DCA-J can be viewed as four high-powered instruments in one:

• A general-purpose wide-bandwidth sampling oscilloscope. PatternLock triggering signiﬁ cantly enhances the usability as a general purpose scope.

• A digital communications analyzer

• A time domain reﬂ ectometer

• A precision jitter and amplitude interference analyzer

Just select the desired instrument mode and start making measurements.

Conﬁ gurable to meet your needs

The 86100C supports a wide range of modules for testing both optical and electrical signals. Select modules to get the speciﬁ c bandwidth, ﬁ ltering, and sensitivity you need.

Digital communications analysis

Accurate eye-diagram analysis is essential for characterizing the quality of transmitters used from 100 Mb/s to 40 Gb/s. The 86100C is designed speciﬁ cally for the complex task of analyzing digital communications waveforms. Compliance mask and parametric testing no longer require a complicated sequence of setups and conﬁ gurations. If you can press a button, you can perform a complete compliance test. The important measurements you need are right at your ﬁ ngertips, including:

The key to accurate measurements of lightwave communications waveforms is the optical receiver. The 86100C has a broad range of precision receivers integrated within the instrument.

• Built-in photodiodes, with ﬂ at frequency responses, yield the highest waveform ﬁ delity. This provides high accuracy for extinction ratio measurements.

• Standards-based transmitter compliance measurements require ﬁ ltered responses. The 86100C offers a broad range of ﬁ lter combinations. Filters can be automatically and repeatably switched in or out of the measurement channel remotely over GPIB or with a front panel button. The frequency response of the entire measurement path is calibrated, and will maintain its performance over long-term usage.

• The integrated optical receiver provides a calibrated optical channel. With the accurate optical receiver built into the module, optical signals are accurately measured and displayed in optical power units.

• Switches or couplers are not required for an average power measurement. Signal routing is simpliﬁ ed and signal strength is maintained.

• industry standard mask testing with built-in margin analysis

• extinction ratio measurements with accuracy and repeatability

• eye measurements: crossing %, eye height and width, ‘1’ and ‘0’ levels, jitter, rise or fall times and more

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Eye diagram mask testing

The 86100C provides efﬁ cient, high-throughput waveform compliance testing with a suite of standards based eye-diagram masks. The test process has been streamlined into a minimum number of keystrokes for testing at industry standard data rates.

Standard formats

Rate (Mb/s)

1X Gigabit Ethernet 1250 2X Gigabit Ethernet 2500 10 Gigabit Ethernet 9953.28 10 Gigabit Ethernet 10312.5 10 Gigabit Ethernet FEC 11095.7 10 Gigabit Ethernet LX4 3125 Fibre Channel 1062.5 2X Fibre Channel 2125 4X Fibre Channel 4250 8x Fibre Channel 8500 10X Fibre Channel 10518.75 10X Fibre Channel FEC 11317 Inﬁ niband 2500 STM0/OC1 51.84 STM1/OC3 155.52 STM4/OC12 622.08 STM16/OC48 2488.3 STM16/OC48 FEC 2666 STM64/OC192 9953.28 STM64/OC192 FEC 10664.2 STM64/OC192 FEC 10709 STM64/OC192 Super FEC 12500 STM256/OC768 39813 STS1 EYE 51.84

STS3 EYE 155.52

Other eye-diagram masks are easily created through scaling those listed above. In addition, mask editing allows for new masks either by editing existing masks, or creating new masks from scratch. A new mask can also be created or modiﬁ ed on an external PC using a text editor such as Notepad, then can be transferred to the instrument’s hard drive using LAN or Flash drive.

Perform these mask conformance tests with convenient user-deﬁ nable measurement conditions, such as mask margins for guardband testing, number of waveforms tested, and stop/limit actions. Mask margin can be determined automatically to a user deﬁ nable hit/error ratio. Transmitter waveform dispersion penalty (TWDP) tests can be performed directly in the 86100C. Exporting the waveform for external post processing is not required. (Option 201 and MATLAB® required. Dispersion penalty script for speciﬁ c test standards must be loaded into the 86100C.)

Eyeline Mode

Eyeline Mode is available in the 86100C and provides insight into the effects of speciﬁ c bit transitions within a data pattern. The unique view assists diagnosis of device or system failures due to speciﬁ c transitions or sets of transitions within a pattern. When combined with mask limit tests, Eyeline Mode can quickly isolate the speciﬁ c bit that caused a mask violation.

Traditional triggering methods on an equivalent time sampling scope are quite effective at generating eye diagrams. However, these eye diagrams are made up of samples whose timing relationship to the data pattern is effectively random, so a given eye will be made up of samples from many different bits in the pattern taken with no speciﬁ c timing order. The result is that amplitude versus time trajectories of speciﬁ c bits in the pattern are not visible. Also, averaging of the eye diagram is not valid, as the randomly related samples will effectively average to the “middle” of the eye.

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Eyeline Mode uses PatternLock triggering (Option 001 required) to build up an eye diagram from samples taken sequentially through the data pattern. This maintains a speciﬁ c timing relationship between samples and allows Eyeline Mode to draw the eye based on speciﬁ c bit trajectories. Effects of speciﬁ c bit transitions can be investigated, and averaging can be used with the eye diagram.

PatternLock Triggering advances the capabilities of the sampling oscilloscope

The Enhanced Trigger option (Option 001) on the 86100C provides a fundamental capability never available before in an equivalent time sampling oscilloscope. This new triggering mechanism enables the DCA-J to generate a trigger at the repetition of the input data pattern – a pattern trigger. Historically, this required the pattern source to provide this type of trigger to the scope. With the press of a button, PatternLock automatically detects the pattern length, data rate and clock rate making the complex triggering process transparent to the user.

PatternLock enables the 86100C to behave more like a real-time oscilloscope in terms of user experience. Observation of speciﬁ c bits within the data pattern is greatly simpliﬁ ed. Users that are familiar with real-time oscilloscopes, but perhaps less so with equivalent time sampling scopes will be able to ramp up quickly.

The DCA-J provides simple, one button setup and execution of jitter analysis. Jitter Mode decomposes jitter into its constituent components and presents jitter data in various insightful displays. Jitter Mode operates at all data rates the 86100C supports, removing the traditional data rate limitations from complex jitter analysis. The 86100C provides several key attributes to jitter analysis:

• Very low intrinsic jitter (both random and deterministic) translates to a ver y low jitter noise ﬂ oor which provides unmatched jitter measurement sensitivity.

• Wide bandwidth measurement channels deliver very low intrinsic data dependent jitter and allow analysis of jitter on all data rates to 40 Gb/s and beyond.

• PatternLock triggering technology provides sampling efﬁ ciency that makes jitter measurements very fast.

• Firmware revision 8.0 allows for accurate jitter measurements on signals with large RJ/PJ components (up to 0.7 UI).

PatternLock adds another new dimension to pattern triggering by enabling the mainframe software to take samples at speciﬁ c locations in the data pattern with outstanding timebase accuracy. This capability is a building block for many of the new capabilities available in the 86100C described later.

Jitter analysis (Option 200)

The “J” in DCA-J represents the ability to perform jitter analysis. The 86100C is a Digital Communications Analyzer with jitter analysis capability. The 86100C adds a fourth mode of operation – Jitter Mode. Extremely wide bandwidth, low intrinsic jitter, and advanced analysis algorithms yield the highest accuracy in jitter measurements.

As data rates increase in both electrical and optical applications, jitter is an ever increasing measurement challenge. Decomposition of jitter into its constituent components is becoming more critical. It provides critical insight for jitter budgeting and performance optimization in device and system designs. Many communications standards require jitter decomposition for compliance. Traditionally, techniques for separation of jitter have been complex and often difﬁ cult to conﬁ gure, and availability of instruments for separation of jitter becomes limited as data rates increase.

Jitter analysis functionality is available through the Option 200 software package. Option 200 includes:

• Decomposition of jitter into Total Jitter (TJ), Random Jitter (RJ), Deterministic Jitter (DJ), Periodic Jitter (PJ), Data Dependent Jitter (DDJ), Duty Cycle Distortion (DCD), and Jitter induced by Intersymbol Interference (ISI).

• Various graphical and tabular displays of jitter data

• Export of jitter data to convenient delimited text format

• Save / recall of jitter database

• Jitter frequency spectrum

• Isolation and analysis of Sub-Rate Jitter (SRJ), that is, periodic jitter that is at an integer sub-rate of the bitrate.

• Bathtub curve display in both Q and logBER scale

• Adjustable total jitter probability

Equalization and advanced waveform analysis (Option 201)

As bit rates increase, channel effects cause signiﬁ cant eye closure. Many new devices and systems are employing equalization and pre/de-emphasis to compensate for channel effects. Option 201 Advanced Waveform Analysis will provide key tools to enable design, test, and modeling of devices and systems that must dea l with difﬁ cult channel effects:

• Capture of long single valued waveforms. PatternLock triggering and the waveform append capability of Option 201 enable very accurate pulse train data sets up to 256 megasamples long, similar to a very deep memory real-time oscilloscope acquisition.

• Equalization. The DCA-J can take a long single valued waveform and route it through a linear equalizer algorithm (default or user deﬁ ned) and display the resultant equalized waveform in real time. The user can simultaneously view the input (distorted) and output (equalized) waveforms.

• Interface to MATLAB® analysis capability. User can deﬁ ne a measurement with a MATLAB® script. Result can be reported on oscilloscope results display.

• Automatic dispersion penalty analysis (such as transmitter waveform dispersion penalty or TWDP). User-entered MATLAB® scripts used to automatically process waveforms and determine penalty values.

Advanced amplitude analysis/RIN/Q-factor (Option 300)

In addition to jitter, signal quality can also be impacted by impairments in the amplitude domain. Similar to the many t ypes of jitter that exist, noise, inter-symbol interference, and periodic ﬂ uctuation can cause eye closure in the amplitude domain. Option 300 can be added to an 86100C mainframe (Option 200 must also be installed) to provide in-depth analysis of the quality of both the zero and one levels of NRZ digital communications signals. A mplitude analysis is performed at a single button press as part of the jitter mode measurement process.

• Measurement results are analogous to those provided for jitter and include Total Interference (TI), Deterministic Interference (dual-Dirac model, DI), Random Noise (RN), Periodic Interference (PI), and Inter-symbol Interference (ISI)

• Tablular and graphical results for both one and zero levels

• Export of interference data to delimited text format

• Save/recall of interference database

• Interference frequency spectrum

• Bathtub curve display

• Q-factor (isolated from deterministic interference)

• Adjustable probability for total interference estimation

Relative Intensity Noise (RIN)

Relative Intensity Noise (RIN) describes the effects of laser intensity ﬂ uctuations on the recovered electrical signal. Like amplitude interference, excessive RIN can close the eye diagram vertically, and therefore affect the power budget or system performance. The DCA-J can measure RIN on square wave as well as industrystandard PRBS and other patterns. In order to avoid having the measurement inﬂ uenced by inter-symbol interference, the instrument searches the pattern for sequences of consecutive bits (for example, ﬁ ve zeroes or ﬁ ve ones) and measures the random noise and the power levels in the center of this sequence. When a reference receiver ﬁ lter is turned on RIN is normalized to a 1 Hz bandwidth. The user can also choose between RIN based on the one level or on the optical modulation amplitude (RIN OMA according to IEEE 802.3ae). RIN measurements require Options 001, 200, and 300.

Phase noise/jitter spectrum analysis

Analysis of jitter in the frequency domain can provide valuable insight into jitter properties and the root causes behind them. The phase locked-loop of the 83496B clock recovery module or 86108A precision waveform analyzer module can effectively be used as a jitter demodulator. Internally monitoring the loop error signal and transforming it into the frequency domain allows the jitter spectrum of a signal to be observed. Through self-calibration, effects of the loop response are removed from the observed signal, allowing accurate jitter spectral analysis over a 300 Hz to 20 MHz span.

This technique provides measurements not available with other test solutions:

• Jitter spectrum/phase noise for both clock or data signals

• Display in seconds or dBc/Hz

• High sensitivity: for input signals > 0.5 Vpp, < –100 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset for 5 Gb/s, –106 dBc/Hz for 2.5 Gb/s, –140 dBc/Hz at 20 MHz offset (integrated spectrum of the instrument jitter from 10 kHz to 20 MHz is less than 100 fs)

• High dynamic range: can lock onto and display signals with > 0.5% pp frequency deviation such as spread spectrum clocks and data

• Data rates from 50 Mb/s to 13.5 Gb/s

• Clock rates from 25 MHz to 6.75 GHz

Spectral results can be integrated to provide an estimate of combined jitter over a user-deﬁ ned span. As both clock s and data signals can be observed, the ratio of data-to-clock jitter can be observed. The displayed jitter spectrum can also be altered through a user-deﬁ ned transfer function, such as a speciﬁ c PLL frequency response.

Phase noise analysis is achieved via an external spreadsheet application run on a personal computer communicating to the 83496B/86108A through the 86100C mainframe (typically using a USB-GPIB connection). An 83496A clock recovery module must be upgraded to a “B” version to function in the phase noise system.

PLL bandwidth/jitter transfer

The on-board phase detector of the 83496B and 86108A allows for a precision measurement of phase-locked loop (PLL) bandwidth, sometimes referred to as jitter transfer. The external software application discussed above for phase noise/jitter spectrum controls several jitter sources including the Agilent N4903 JBERT, 81150A function generator, N5182A MXG, or pat tern generators/ sources with delay line or phase modulation inputs (modulated with a 33250A function generator) to provide a modulated stimulus to the device under test (DUT). The application will monitor the internal phase detector of the 83496B or 86108A to measure the stimulus as well as the DUT response. By sweeping the frequency of the jitter stimulus, the ratio of the output jitter to the input jitter provides the PLL bandwidth. The measurement system is extremely ﬂ exible and can test input/outputs from 50 Mb/s to 13.5 Gb/s (data signals) and/or 25 MHz to 6.75 GHz (clock signals). Thus several classes of DUTs can be measured including clock extraction circuits, multiplier/ dividers, and PLLs. Similar to a phase noise analysis, this capability is achieved via an external application run on a PC.

S-parameters and time domain reﬂ ectometery/ time domain transmission (TDR/TDT)

High-speed design starts with the physical structure. The transmission and reﬂ ection properties of electrical channels and components must be characterized to ensure sufﬁ cient signal integrity, so reﬂ ections and signal distortions must be kept at a minimum. Use TDR and TDT to optimize microstrip lines, backplanes, PC board traces, SMA edge launchers and coaxial cables.

Analyze return loss, attenuation, crosstalk, and other S-parameters (including magnitude and group delay) with one button push using the 86100C Option 202 Enhanced Impedance and S-parameter software, either in singleended or mixed-mode signals.

Calibration techniques, unique to the 86100C, provide highest precision by removing cabling and ﬁ xturing effects from the measurement results. Translation of TDR data to complete single-ended, differential, and mixed mode S-parameters (including magnitude and group delay) are available through Option 202 and the N1930A Physical Layer Test System software. Higher two-event resolution and ultra high-speed impedance measurements are facilitated through TDR pulse enhancers from Picosecond Pulse Labs

1. Picosecond Pulse Labs 4020 Source Enchancement Module (www.picosecond.com)

N1024 TDR calibration kit

The N1024A TDR calibration kit contains precision standard devices based on SOLT (Short-Open-LoadThrough) technology to calibrate the measurement path.

Measurements

The following measurements are available from the

tool bar, as well as the pull down menus. The available measurements depend on the DCA-J operating mode.

Oscilloscope mode

Time

Rise Time, Fall Time, Jitter RMS, Jitter p-p, Period, Frequency, + Pulse Width, - Pulse Width, Duty Cycle, Delta Time, [Tmax, Tmin, Tedge—remote commands only]

Amplitude

Overshoot, Average Power, V amptd, V p-p, V rms, V top, V base, V max, V min, V avg, OMA (Optical Modulation Amplitude)

Eye/mask mode

NRZ eye measurements

Extinction Ratio, Jitter RMS, Jitter p-p, Average Power, Crossing Percentage, Rise Time, Fall Time, One Level, Zero Level, Eye Height, Eye Width, Signal to Noise, Duty Cycle Distortion, Bit Rate, Eye Amplitude

RZ Eye Measurements

Extinction Ratio, Jitter RMS, Jitter p-p, Average Power, Rise Time, Fall Time, One Level, Zero Level, Eye Height, Eye Amplitude, Opening Factor, Eye Width, Pulse Width, Signal to Noise, Duty Cycle, Bit Rate, Contrast Ratio

Mask Test

Open Mask, Start Mask Test, Exit Mask Test, Filter, Mask Test Margins, Mask Test Scaling, Create NRZ Mask

Advanced measurement options

The 86100C has four software options that allow advanced analysis. Options 200, 201, and 300 require mainframe Option 001. Option 202 does not require Option 86100-001.

Option 200: Enhanced jitter analysis software Option 201: Advanced waveform analysis Option 202: Enhanced impedance and S-parameters Option 300: Amplitude analysis/RIN/Q-factor

Measurements (Option 200 jitter analysis)

Total Jitter (TJ), Random Jitter (RJ), Deterministic Jitter (DJ), Periodic Jitter (PJ), Data Dependent Jitter (DDJ), Duty Cycle Distortion (DCD), Intersymbol Interference (ISI), Sub-Rate Jitter (SRJ), Asynchronous periodic jitter frequencies, Subrate jitter components.

Data Displays (Option 200 jitter analysis)

TJ histogram, RJ/PJ histogram, DDJ histogram, Composite histogram, DDJ versus Bit position, Bathtub curve (log or Q scale)

Measurements (Option 201 advanced waveform analysis)

Deep memory pattern waveform, user-deﬁ ned measurements through MATLAB® interface, Transmitter Waveform Dispersion Penalty (TWDP)

Data Displays (Option 201 advanced waveform analysis)

Equalized waveform

Measurements (Option 300 advanced amplitude analysis/RIN/Q-factor, requires Option 200)

Total Interference (TI), Deterministic Interference (Dual-Dirac model, DI), Random Noise (RN), Periodic Interference (PI), and Inter-symbol Interference (ISI), RIN (dBm or dB/Hz), Q-factor

Data Displays (Option 300 advanced

amplitude analysis/RIN/Q-factor, requires Option 200) TI histogram, RN/PI histogram,

ISI histogram

TDR/TDT Mode (requires TDR module)

Quick TDR, TDR/TDT Setup, Normalize, Response, Rise Time, Fall Time, Δ Time, Minimum Impedance, Maximum Impedance, Average Impedance, (Single-ended and Mixed-mode S-parameters with Option 202)

Additional capabilities

Standard functions

Standard functions are available through pull down menus and soft keys, and some functions are also accessible through the front panel knobs.

Markers

Two vertical and two horizontal (user selectable)

TDR markers

Horizontal — seconds or meter Vertical — Volts, Ohms or Percent Reﬂ ection Propagation — Dielectric Constant or Velocity

Limit tests

Acquisition limits

Limit Test “Run Until” Conditions — Off, # of Waveforms, # of Samples

Report Action on Completion — Save waveform to memory, Save screen image

Measurement limit test

Specif y Number of Failures to Stop Limit Test When to Fail Selected Measurement — Inside Limits, Outside Limits, Always Fail, Never Fail Report Action on Failure - Save waveform to memor y, Save screen image, Save summary

Mask limit test

Specif y Number of Failed Mask Test Samples Report Action on Failure — Save waveform to memor y, Save screen image, Save summary

Conﬁ gure measurements

Thresholds

10%, 50%, 90% or 20%, 50%, 80% or Custom

Eye Boundaries

Deﬁ ne boundaries for eye measurments Deﬁ ne boundaries for alignment

Format Units for

Duty Cycle Distortion — Time or Percentage Extinction/Contrast Ratio — Ratio, Decibel or Percentage Eye Height — Amplitude or Decibel (dB) Eye Width — Time or Ratio Average Power — Watts or Decibels (dBm)

Top Base Deﬁ nition

Automatic or Custom

Δ Time Deﬁ nition

First Edge Number, Edge Direction, Threshold Second Edge Number, Edge Direction, Threshold

Jitter Mode

Units (time or unit interval, watts, volts, or unit amplitude) Signal type (data or clock) Measure based on edges (all, rising only, falling only) Graph layout ( single, split, quad)

Quick measure conﬁ guration

4 User Selectable Measurements for Each Mode, Eye-mask, TDR etc.)

Default Settings (Eye/Mask Mode)

Extinction Ratio, Jitter RMS, Average Power, Crossing Percentage

Default Settings (Oscilloscope Mode)

Rise Time, Fall Time, Period, V amptd

Histograms

Conﬁ gure

Histogram scale (1 to 8 divisions) Histogram axis (vertical or horizontal) Histogram window (adjustable Window via marker knobs)

Math measurements

4 User-deﬁ nable functions Operator — magnif y, invert, subtract, versus, min, max

Source — channel, function, memory, constant, response (TDR)

Calibrate

All calibrations

Module (amplitude) Horizontal (time base) Extinction ratio Probe Optical channel

Front panel calibration output level

User selectable –2V to 2V

Utilities

Set time and date

Remote interface

Set GPIB interface

Touch screen conﬁ guration/calibration

Calibration Disable/enable touch screen

Upgrade software

Upgrade mainframe Upgrade module

Built-in information system

The 86100C has a context-sensitive on-line manual providing immediate answers to your questions about using the instrument. Links on the measurement screen take you directly to the information you need including algorithms for all of the measurements. The on-line manual includes technical speciﬁ cations of the mainframe and plug-in modules. It also provides useful information such as the mainframe serial number, module serial numbers, ﬁ rmware revision and date, and hard disk free space. There is no need for a large paper manual consuming your shelf space.

File sharing and storage

Use the internal 40 GB hard drive to store instrument setups, waveforms, or screen images. A 256 MB USB memory stick is included with the mainframe. Combined with the USB port on the front panel this provides for quick and easy ﬁ le transfer. Images can be stored in formats easily imported into various programs for documentation and further analysis. LAN interface is also available for network ﬁ le management and printing. An external USB DVD/CD-RW drive is available as an option to the mainframe. This enables easy installation of software applications as well as storage of large amounts of data.

File security

For users requiring security of their data, 86100C Option 090 offers a removable hard drive. This also enables removal of the mainframe from secure environments for calibration and repair.

Powerful display modes

Use gray scale and color graded trace displays to gain insight into device behavior. Waveform densities are mapped to color or easy-to-interpret gray shades. These are inﬁ nite persistence modes where shading differentiates the number of times data in any individual screen pixel has been acquired.

Direct triggering through clock recovery

Typically an external timing reference is used to synchronize the oscilloscope to the test signal. In cases where a trigger signal is not available, clock recovery modules are available to derive a timing reference directly from the waveform to be measured. The Agilent 83496A/B series of clock recovery modules are available for electrical, multimode optical, and single-mode optical input signals. 83496A/B modules have excellent jitter performance to ensure accurate measurements. Each clock recovery module is designed to synchronize to a variety of common transmission rates. The 83496A/B can derive triggering from optical and electrical signals at any rate from 50 Mb/s to 13.5 Gb/s.

The 86108A module incorporates the clock recovery capabilities of the 83496B into a module that also has sampling channels. Since the clock recovery system is integrated with the samplers, measurements are achieved with a single instrument connection.

Clock recovery loop bandwidth

The Agilent clock recovery modules have adjustable loop bandwidth settings. Loop bandwidth is very important in determining the accuracy of your waveform when measuring jitter, as well as testing for compliance. When using recovered clocks for triggering, the amount of jitter observed will depend on the loop bandwidth. As the loop bandwidth increases, more jitter is “tracked out” by the clock recovery resulting in less observed jitter.

• Narrow loop bandwidth provides a “jitter free” system clock to observe a wide jitter spectrum

• Wide loop bandwidth in some applications is speciﬁ ed by standards for compliance testing. Wide loop bandwidth settings mimic the performance of communications system receivers

The 83496A/B and 86108A have a continuously adjustable loop bandwidth from as low as 15 kHz to as high as 10 MHz, and can be conﬁ gured as a golden PLL for standards compliance testing.

Waveform autoscaling

Autoscaling provides quick horizontal and vertical scaling of both pulse and eye-diagram (RZ and NRZ) waveforms.

Gated triggering

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.

Easier calibrations

Calibrating your instrument has been simpliﬁ ed by placing all the performance level indicators and calibration procedures in a single high-level location. This provides greater conﬁ dence in the measurements made and saves time in maintaining equipment.

Stimulus response testing using the Agilent N490X BERTs

Error performance analysis represents an essential part of digital transmission test. The Agilent 86100C and N490X BERT have similar user interfaces and together create a powerful test solution. If stimulus only is needed, the 81133A and 81134A pattern generators work seamlessly with the 86100C.

Transitioning from the Agilent 83480A and 86100A/B to the 86100C

While the 86100C has powerful new functionality that its predecessors don’t have, it has been designed to maintain compatibility with the Agilent 86100A, 86100B and Agilent 83480A digital communications analyzers and Agilent 54750A wide-bandwidth oscilloscope. All modules used in the Agilent 86100A/B, 83480A and 54750A can also be used in the 86100C. The remote programming command set for the 86100C has been designed so that code written for the 86100A or 86100B will work directly. Some code modiﬁ cations are required when transitioning from the 83480A and 54750A, but the command set is designed to minimize the level of effort required.

IVI-COM capability

Interchangeable Virtual Instruments (IVI) is a group of new instrument device software speciﬁ cations created by the IVI Foundation to simplif y interchangeability, increase application performance, and reduce the cost of test program development and maintenance through design code reuse. The 86100C IVI-COM drivers are available for download from the Agilent website.

VXII.2 and VXII.3 instrument control

Firmware revision 8.0 provides LAN based instrument control

Lowest intrinsic jitter

The industry standard for lowest oscilloscope jitter was set with the development of the 86107A precision timebase reference module. Mainframe jitter is reduced to levels below 200 fs. Low oscilloscope jitter allows the true jitter performance of devices to be seen. Oscilloscope jitter can be driven to even lower levels when using the 86108A precision waveform analyzer. Precision timebase hardware has been integrated with the waveform sampling system to reduce residual jitter to less than 100 fs (< 60 fs typical!). The highest performance devices can be tested with pinpoint accuracy.

The 86107A is used in tandem with any of the optical or electrical sampling modules to reduce mainframe trigger jitter. The 86108A includes sampling channels, internal clock recover y, and precision timebase hardware in a single module. The 86108A can derive a clock from the test signal and internally feed the precision timebase section. Or an external timing reference can be provided to the precision timebase. Ultra-low jitter is achieved in

either 86108A conﬁ guration.

Accurate views of your 40 Gb/s waveforms

When developing 40 Gb/s devices, even a small amount of inherent scope jitter can become signiﬁ cant since 40 Gb/s waveforms only have a bit period of 25 ps. Scope jitter of 1ps RMS can result in 6 to 9 ps of peak-to-peak jitter, causing eye closure even if your signal is jitter-free. The Agilent 86107A reduces the intrinsic jitter of 86100 family mainframes to the levels necessary to make quality waveform measurements on 40 Gb/s signals.

Meeting your growing need for more bandwidth

Today’s communication signals have signiﬁ cant frequency content well beyond an oscilloscope’s 3 dB bandwidth. A high-bandwidth scope does not alone guarantee an accurate representation of your waveform. Careful design of the scope’s frequency response (both amplitude and phase) minimizes distortion such as overshoot and ringing.

The Agilent 86116C plug-in module includes an integrated optical receiver designed to provide the optimum in bandwidth, sensitivity, and waveform ﬁ delity. It extends the bandwidth of the 86100C Inﬁ niium DCA-J to 80 GHz electrical (93 GHz typical) and 65 GHz optical in the 1310 and 1550 nm wavelength bands. The 86117A and 86118A modules provide electrical bandwidths of 50 GHz and 70 GHz respectively. You can build a premier solution for 40 Gb/s waveform analysis around the 86100C mainframe.

Residual jitter of a 5 Gb/s PRBS signal showing the RJ component at 67 fs, indicating the extremely low jitter level of the oscilloscope system

Performing return-to-zero (RZ) waveform measurements

An 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.

Speciﬁ cations

Speciﬁ cations describe warranted per formance over the temperature range of +10 °C to +40 °C (unless otherwise noted). The speciﬁ cations are

applicable for the temperature after the instrument is turned on for one (1) hour, and while self-calibration is valid. Many performance parameters are enhanced through frequent, simple user calibrations. Characteristics provide useful, non-warranted information about the functions and

performance of the instrument. Characteristics are printed in italic typeface. Product speciﬁ cations and descriptions in this document subject to change without notice.

Factory Calibration Cycle -For optimum performance, the instrument should have a complete veriﬁ cation of speciﬁ cations once every twelve (12) months.

General speciﬁ cations

Temperat ure

Operating Non-operating

Altitude

Operating

Power

Weight

Mainframe without modules Typical module

Mainframe dimensions (excluding handle)

Without front connectors and rear feet With front connectors and rear feet

10 °C to +40 °C (50 °F to +104 °F) –40 °C to +65 °C (–40 °F to +158 °F)

Up to 4,600 meters (15,000 ft) 115 V, 5.7 A, 230 V, 3.0 A 50/60 Hz

15.5 kg (34 lb)

1.2 kg (2.6 lb)

215 mm H x 425 mm W x 566 mm D (8.47 in x 16.75 in x 22.2 in) 215 mm H x 425 mm W x 629 mm D (8.47 in x 16.75 in x 24.8 in)

Mainframe speciﬁ cations

HORIZONTAL SYSTEM (time base) Scale factor (full scale is ten divisions)

Minimum Maximum

Delay

Minimum Maximum

2 ps/div (with 86107A: 500 fs/div) 1 s/div

24 ns 1000 screen diameters or 10 s, whichever is smaller

Time interval accuracy

1 ps + 1.0% of ∆ time reading

or 8 ps,

whichever is smaller

Time interval accuracy – jitter mode operation Time interval resolution

1 ps ≤ (screen diameter)/(record length) or 62.5 fs, whichever is larger

Display units

Bits or time (TDR mode–meters)

VERTICAL SYSTEM (channels) Number of channels Vertical resolution Full resolution channel

4 (simultaneous acquisition) 14 bit A/D converter (up to 15 bits with averaging) Adjusts in a 1-2-5-10 sequence for coarse adjustment or ﬁ ne adjustment resolution from the front panel knob

Adjustments Record length

1 Time off set relat ive to the fr ont panel trigger input on the ins trument m ainframe. 2 Dual marker measu rement performed at a temperature within ± 5 °C of horizo ntal calibration temperature. 3 The ma ximum delay setting is 100 ns and delta time does not span across (28 + Nx4)ns +/- 100ps del ay set ting, where N=0,1,2….18. If delta time measurement span exceeds above crite ria, time inter val accuracy is 8 ps + 0.1% of  time reading 4 Characteristic performance. Test conﬁ guration: PRBS of length 2

Scale, offset, activate ﬁ lter, sampler bandwidth, attenuation factor, transducer conversion factors 16 to 16384 samples – increments of 1

– 1 bits, Data and Clock 10 Gb/s.

PATTERN LOCK

250 ns/div

40.1 ns default, 24 ns min 1000 screen diameters or 25.401 µs, whichever is smaller

Mainframe speciﬁ cations (continued)

Standard (direct trigger)

Trigger Modes

Internal trigger External direct trigger Limited bandwidth3 Full bandwidth

Free run

DC to 100 MHz DC to 3.2 GHz

External Divided Trigger N/A PatternLock N/A

Jitter

Characteristic Maximum

< 1.0 ps RMS + 5*10E-5 of delay setting

1.5 ps RMS + 5*10E-5 of delay setting

Trigger sensitivity 200 m Vpp (sinusoidal input or

200 ps minimum pulse width)

Trigger conﬁ guration Trigger level adjustment –1 V to + 1 V

Edge select Positive or negative Hysteresis

Normal or High sensitivity

Trigger gating

Gating input levels (TTL compatible)

Disable: 0 to 0.6 V Enable: 3.5 to 5 V Pulse width > 500 ns, period > 1 μs

Gating delay Disable: 27 μs + trigger period +

Max time displayed Enable: 100 ns

Trigger impedance

Nominal impedance Reﬂ ection Connector type

50 Ω 10% for 100 ps rise time

3.5 mm (male)

Maximum trigger signal 2 V peak-to-peak

1 The freerun trigger mode internall y generates an asy nchronous trig ger tha t allows viewing t he sampled signal amplitude wi thout an ex ternal tr igger sign al but provides no timing information. Fre erun is useful in troubleshooting ex ternal tr igger problems. 2 The sampled inpu t signal timing is recrea ted by using a n externa lly supplied trigger signal that is synchronous with the s ampled signal input. 3 T he DC to 100 MHz mode is used to minimize the effect of high frequency signals or noise on a low frequency trigger signal. 4 Measured at 2.5 GH z with the triggering le vel adjusted for optimum tr igger. 5 High Sens itivit y Hysteresis M ode improves the high freq uency tri gger sensitivity bu t is not recommended when u sing noisy, low frequency signals that may result in false trigger s without normal hysteresis enabled. 6 Slew rate ≥ 2 V/ns

Option 001 (enhanced trigger)

3 GHz to 13 GHz (3 GHz to 15 GHz) 50 MHz to 13 GHz (50 MHz to 15 GHz)

1.2 ps RMS for time delays less than 100 ns

1.7 ps RMS for time delays less than 100 ns 200 m Vpp sinusoidal input: 50 MHz to 8 GHz

400 m Vpp sinusoidal input: 8 GHz to 13 GHz

600 m Vpp sinusoidal input: 13 GHz to 15 GHz

AC coupled N/A N/A

Precision time base 86107A

86107A Option 010 86107A Option 020 86107A Option 040

Trigger bandwidth 2.0 to 15.0 GHz 2.4 to 25.0 GHz 2.4 to 48.0 GHz Typical jitter (RMS) 2.0 to 4.0 GHz trigger: < 280 fs

4.0 to 15.0 GHz trigger: < 200 fs

2.4 to 4.0 GHz < 280 fs

4.0 to 25.0 GHz < 200 fs

2.4 to 4.0 GHz < 280 fs

4.0 to 48.0 GHz < 200 fs

Time base linearity error < 200 fs Input signal type Synchronous clock

Input signal level 0.5 to 1.0 Vpp

0.2 to 1.5 Vpp (Typical functional performance)

DC offset range ±200 mV

Required trigger signal-to-noise ratio ≥ 200 : 1 Trigger gating Disable: 0 to 0.6 V Gating input levels (TTL compatible)

Enable: 3.5 to 5 V Pulse width > 500 ns, period > 1 µs

Trigger impedance (nominal) 50 Ω Connector type 3.5 mm (male) 3.5 mm (male)

2.4 mm (male)

1 Requires 86100 software revision 4.1 or above. 2 Filtering provided for Option 010 bands 2.4 to 4.0 GHz and 9.0 to 12.6 GHz, for Option 020 9.0 to 12.6 GHz and 18 to 25.0 GHz, for Option 40 9.0 to 12.6 GHz, 18.0 to 25.0 GHz, and 39.0 to

48.0 GHz. Within the ﬁ ltered bands, a synchronous clock signal should be provided (clock, sinusoid, BERT trigger, etc.). Outside these bands, ﬁ ltering is required to minimize harmonics and sub harmonics and provide a sinusoid to the 86107 input. 3 For the 86107A with Option 020, the Agilent 11742A (DC Block) is recommended if the DC offset magnitude is greater than 200 mV.

Precision time base 86108A

The 86108A can be triggered through clock recover y of the observed signal, through an external reference clock into the precision timebase section, or with the precision timebase operating on the clock signal recovered from the observed signal. The following speciﬁ cations indicate the 86100 system timebase speciﬁ cations achieved when using the 86108A plug-in module. (The 86100 mainframe and the 86108A module can also be triggered with a signal into the mainframe. In this conﬁ guration, the basic mainframe speciﬁ cations are achieved)

86108A

Typical jitter (clock recovery and precision timebase conﬁ guration) < 60 fs Maximum jitter (clock recovery and precision timebase conﬁ guration)

< 90 fs

Typical jitter (clock recovery without precision timebase active) < 1.25 ps Effective trigger-to-sample delay (clock recovery and precision timebase conﬁ guration, typical) < 200 ps Typical jitter (trigger signal applied to precision timebase input) < 60 fs Maximum jitter (trigger signal supplied to precision timebase input)

< 100 fs

Precision timebase trigger bandwidth 2 to 13.5 GHz (1 to 17 GHz) Precision timebase external reference amplitude characteristic 1.0 to 1.6 Vpp Precision timebase input signal type

Sinusoid

Precision timebase maximum input level ±2V (16 dBm) Precision timebase maximum DC offset level ±200 mV Precision timebase input impedance 50 Ω Precision timebase connector type 3.5 mm male Timebase resolution (with precision timebase active) 0.5 ps/div Timebase resolution (precision timebase disabled) 2 ps/div

1 Veriﬁ ed with maximum level input signal (~800 mVpp) 2 The precision timebase performs optimally with a sinusoidal input. Non-sinusoidal signals will operate with some degradation in timebase linearity.

Computer system and storage

CPU Mass storage

1 GHz microprocessor 40 GByte internal hard drive Optional external USB CD-RW drive

Operating system Microsoft Windows® XP Pro

DISPLAY Display area

170.9 mm x 128.2 mm (8.4 inch diagonal color active matrix LCD module incorporating amorphous silicon TFTs)

Active display area Waveform viewing area Entire display resolution Graticule display resolution Waveform colors Persistence modes Waveform overlap Connect-the-dots Persistence Graticule Grid intensity Backlight saver Dialog boxes

171mm x 128 mm (21,888 square mm) 6.73 in x 5.04 in (33.92 square inches) 103 mm x 159 mm (4.06 in x 6.25 in) 640 pixels horizontally x 480 pixels ver tically 451 pixels horizontally x 256 pixels vertically Select from 100 hues, 0 to 100% saturation and 0 to 100% luminosity Gray scale, color grade, variable, inﬁ nite When t wo waveforms overlap, a third color distinguishes the overlap area On/Off selectable Minimum, variable (100 ms to 40 s), inﬁ nite On/Off 0 to 100% 2 to 8 hrs, enable option Opaque or transparent

FRONT PANEL INPUTS AND OUTPUTS Cal output Trigger input

USB

BNC (female) and test clip, banana plug APC 3.5 mm, 50 Ω, 2 Vpp base max

REAR PANEL INPUTS AND OUTPUTS Gated trigger input Video output GPIB RS-232 Centronics LAN

(2)

USB

TTL compatible VGA, full color, 15 pin D-sub (female) 10 Fully programmable, complies with IEEE 488.2 Serial printer, 9 pin D-sub (male) Parallel printer port, 25 pin D-sub (female)

1 Supports external d isplay. Supports multiple display conﬁ gurations v ia Window s® XP Pro di splay uti lity. 2 USB Keyboard and mouse included with mainframe. Keyboard has integrated, 2-port USB h ub.

MS- DOS and W indows XP P ro are U. S. registered tr ademar k of Micr osof t Corporati on.

Module overview

Optical/electrical modules

750-1650 nm

The 86105C has the widest coverage of data rates with optical modulation bandwidth of 9 GHz and electrical bandwidth of 20 GHz. The outstanding sensitivity (to –21 dBm) makes the 86105C ideal for a wide range of design and manufacturing applications. Available ﬁ lters cover all common data rates from 155 Mb/s through 11.3 Gb/s.

1000–1600 nm

< 20 GHz optical and electrical channels:

The 86105B module is optimized for testing long wavelength signals with up to 15 GHz of optical modulation bandwidth. Each module also has an electrical channel with 20 GHz of bandwidth.

The 86105B provides high pulse ﬁ delity, sensitivity, and ﬂ exible data rates. It is the recommended module for 10 Gb/s compliance applications.

20 to 40 GHz optical and electrical channels:

The 86106B has 28 GHz of optical modulation bandwidth with multiple 10 Gb/s compliance ﬁ lters, and has an electrical channel with 40 GHz of bandwidth.

40 GHz and greater optical and electrical channels:

The 86116C is the widest bandwidth optical module with more than 65 GHz optical modulation bandwidth (1550 nm band only) and more than 80 GHz electrical bandwidth.

Dual electrical modules

86112A has two low-noise electrical channels with > 20 GHz of bandwidth.

86117A has two electrical channels with up to 50 GHz of bandwidth ideal for testing signals up to 20 Gb/s.

86118A has two electrical channels, each housed in a compact remote sampling head, attached to the module with separate light weight cables. With over 70 GHz of bandwidth, this module is intended for very high bit rate applications where signal ﬁ delity is crucial.

The 86108A has two electrical channels with over 32 GHz (typically 35 GHz) of bandwidth. Clock recovery (similar to the 83496B) and a precision timebase (similar to the 86107A) are integrated into the module to provide the highest precision electrical waveform measurements. Residual jitter can be < 60 fs and trigger to sample delay is effectively < 200 ps.

Clock recovery modules

Unlike real-time oscilloscopes, equivalent time sampling oscilloscopes like the 86100 require a timing reference or trigger that is separate from the signal being observed. This is often achieved with a clock signal that is synchronous to the signal under test. Another approach is to derive a clock from the test signal with a clock recovery module.

The 83496A and B provide the highest performance/ ﬂ exibility as they are capable of operation at any data rate from 50 Mb/s to 13.5 Gb/s, on single-ended and differential electrical signals, single-mode (1250 to 1620 nm) and multimode (780 to 1330 nm) optical signals, with extremely low residual jitter. PLL loop bandwidth is adjustable to provide optimal jitter ﬁ ltering according to industry test standards.

The 83496B has higher gain than the 83496A, allowing it to track most spread-spectrum signals. The 86108A module has internal clock recovery similar to the 83496B.

Time domain reﬂ ectometry (TDR)

The Inﬁ niium DCA-J may also be used as a high accuracy TDR, using the 54754A differential TDR module.

86100 family plug-in module matrix

The 86100 has a large family of plug-in modules designed for a broad range of data rates for optical and electrical waveforms. The 86100 can hold up to 2 modules for a total of 4 measurement channels.

Mobile

Option

No. of optical channels

No. of electrical channels

Probe power

Wavelength range (nm)

Unﬁ ltered optical bandwidth (GHz)

Electrical bandwidth (GHz)

Fiber input (μm)

Mask test sensitivity (dBm)

155 Mb/s

86105B 111 1 1 1000-1600 15 20 9 –12

112 1 1 1000-1600 15 20 9 –12 113 1 1 1000-1600 15 20 9 –12

86105C 10021 1 750-1650 8.5 20 62.5 –20

200 1 1 750-1650 8.5 20 62.5 –16

1 1 750-1650 8.5 20 62.5 –16

300

86106B 11•1000-1600 28 40 9 –7

86116C

1,3

1 1 1300-1620 65 80 9 –3

410 1 1•1000-1600 28 40 9 –7

86116C 025 1 1 1300-1620 45 80 9 –10 86116C 040 1 1 1300-1620 65 80 9 –5

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Filtered data rates

622 Mb/s

1063 Mb/s

1244/1250 Mb/s

2125 Mb/s

2488/2500 Mb/s

2.666 Gb/s

3.125 Gb/s

4.25 Gb/s

5.00 Gb/s

6.25 Gb/s

8.50 Gb/s

9.953 Gb/s

10.3125 Gb/s

10.51875 Gb/s

10.664 Gb/s

10.709 Gb/s

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11.0 96 Gb/s

11.3 17 Gb/s

17.00 Gb/s

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25.80 Gb/s

27.70 Gb/s

39.813 Gb/s

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43.018 Gb/s

54754A 02•N/A 18 86112A 02•N/A 20 86117A 0 2 N/A 50 86118A 0 2 N/A 70

3,4

86108A

1 Module has r eceptacle to supply power for ex ternal probe. 2 P ick any 4 rates (155 Mb/s to 8.5 Gb/s). 3 This module is not c ompatible with the 86100 A and 86100B Digital Communicat ion Analy zer (DCA) mainframes . If you would like to upgrade older DCA’s contact Agilent Technol ogies and as k for current trad e-in deals. 4 T he 86108A uses two m odule slot s.

02•N/A 32

Module speciﬁ cations: single-mode & multimode optical/electrical

Multiple and single-mode optical/electrical modules 86105B 86105C OPTICAL CHANNEL SPECIFICATIONS Optical channel unﬁ ltered bandwidth 15 GHz 8.5 GHz (9 GHz) Wavelength range 1000 to 1600 nm 750 to 1650 nm Calibrated wavelengths 1310 nm/1550 nm 850 nm/1310 nm/1550 nm (±20 nm)

850 nm ≤ 2.666 Gb/s, –20 dBm > 2.666 Gb/s to ≤ 4.25 Gb/s, –19 dBm

Optical sensitivity

Transition time (10% to 90% calculated

from TR = 0.48/BW optical)

–12 dBm

32 ps 56 ps

RMS noise

Characteristic

Maximum

5 μW, (10 GHz) 12 μW, (15 GHz)

8 µW, (10 GHz) 15 µW (15 G Hz)

Scale factor (per division) Minimum 20 µW 2 µW Maximum 500 µW 100 µW

accuracy (single marker,

referenced to average power monitor) CW offset range (referenced two divisions from screen bottom)

Average power monitor

(speciﬁ ed operating range)

±25 µW ±2% (10 GHz) ±25 µW ±4% (15 GHz)

+1 µW to –3 µW +0.2 mW to –0.6 µW

–30 dBm to +3 dBm –30 dBm to 0 dBm

Average power monitor accuracy

Single-mode ±5% ±100 nW ±connector uncertainty (20 to 30 °C) ±5% ±200 nW ±connector uncer tainty Multimode (characteristic) N/A ±10% ±200 nW ±connector uncertainty

User calibrated accuracy

Single-mode

±2% ±100 nW ±power meter uncertainty, < 5 °C change

Multimode (characteristic) N/A

Maximum input power

Maximum non-destruct average 2 mW (+3 dBm) 0.5 mW (–3 dBm) Maximum non-destruct peak 10 mW (+10 dBm) 5 mW (+7 dBm)

Fiber input 9/125 µm user-selectable connector 62.5/125 µm

Input return loss

(HMS-10 connector fully ﬁ lled ﬁ ber)

33 dB

> 4.25 Gb/s to 11.3 Gb/s, –16 dBm 1310 nm/1550 nm ≤ 2.666 Gb/s, –21 dBm > 2.666 Gb/s to ≤ 4.25 Gb/s, –20 dBm > 4.25 Gb/s to 11.3 Gb/s, –17 dBm

850 nm ≤ 2.666 Gb/s, 1.3 μW > 2.666 Gb/s to ≤ 4.25 Gb/s, 1.5 μW > 4.25 Gb/s to 11.3 Gb/s, 2.5 μW 1310 nm/1550 nm ≤ 2.666 Gb/s, 0.8 μW > 2.666 Gb/s to ≤ 4.25 Gb/s, 1.0 μW > 4.25 Gb/s to 11.3 Gb/s, 1.4 μW

850 nm ≤ 2.666 Gb/s, 2.0 µW > 4.25 Gb/s to 11.3 Gb/s, 4.0 µW 1310 nm/1550 nm ≤ 2.666 Gb/s, 1.3 µW > 2.666 Gb/s to ≤ 4.25 Gb/s, 1.5 µW > 4.25 Gb/s to 11.3 Gb/s, 2.5 µW

±25 µW ±3% ±25 µW ±10%

±3% ±200 nW ±power meter uncertainty, < 5 °C change ±10% ±200 nW ±power meter uncertainty, < 5 °C change

850 nm > 13 dB, 1310 nm/1550 nm > 24 dB

1 Smalles t average op tical power required for m ask test. Values rep resent typical sensitiv ity of NRZ eye diagrams . Assumes mask te st with co mplicanc e ﬁ lter switched in. 2 CW refers to an unmodulated optical si gnal.

Module speciﬁ cations: single-mode & multimode optical/electrical (continued)

Multiple and single-mode optical/electrical modules 86105B 86105C ELECTRICAL CHANNEL SPECIFICATIONS Electrical channel bandwidth 12.4 and 20 GHz Transition time

(10% to 90% calculated from TR = 0.35/BW)

RMS noise

Characteristic

Maximum

Scale factor (per division) Minimum 1 mV/division Maximum 100 mV/division

DC accuracy (single marker)

DC offset range

(referenced to center of screen)

Input dynamic range

(relative to channel offset) ±400 mV

Maximum input signal ±2 V (+16 dBm) Nominal impedance 50 Ω Reﬂ ections (for 30 ps rise time) 5% Electrical input 3.5 mm (male)

28.2 ps (12.4 GHz)

17.5 ps (20 GHz)

0.25 mV (12.4 GHz)

0.5 mV (20 GHz)

0.5 mv (12.4 GHz) 1 mV (20 GHz)

±0.4% of full scale ±2 mV ±1.5% of (reading-channel offset), 12.4 GHz ±0.4% of full scale ±2 mV ±3% of (reading-channel offset), 20 GHz

±500 mV

Module speciﬁ cations: single-mode optical/electrical

High bandwidth single-mode optical/electrical modules 86106B 86116C OPTICAL CHANNEL SPECIFICATIONS

Optical channel unﬁ ltered bandwidth 28 GHz 65 GHz (Opt. 040)

Wavelength range 1000 to 1600 nm Calibrated wavelengths 1310 nm/ 1550 nm

1310 nm/1550 nm

Optical sensitivity –7 dBm 1310 nm 86116C-025

86116C-040 1550 nm 86116C-025

86116C-040

Transition time (10% to 90% calculated from Tr = 0.48/BW optical)

18 ps 7.4 ps (FWHM)

RMS noise

Characteristic

13 μW (Fi ltered) 23 µW (Unﬁ ltered)

1310 nm 86116C-025

86116C-040

1550 nm 86116C-025

86116C-040

Maximum

15 µW (F il te re d) 30 W (Unﬁ ltered)

1310 nm 86116C-025

86116C-040

1550 nm 86116C-025

86116C-040

45 GHz (Opt. 025)

1300 to 1620 nm

–9 dBm (17 Gb/s) –8 dBm (25.8 Gb/s) –7 dBm (27.7 Gb/s) –3 dBm (39.8/43.0 Gb/s) –10 dBm (17 Gb/s) –9 dBm (25.8 Gb/s) –8 dBm (27.7 Gb/s) –5 dBm (39.8/43.0 Gb/s)

13 μW (17 Gb/s) 17 μW (25.8 Gb/s) 20 μW (27.7 Gb/s) 60 μW (40 GHz) 54 μW (39.8/43.0 Gb/s) 75 μW (55 GHz) 105 μW (60 GHz) 187 μW (65 GHz) 10 μW (17 Gb/s) 12 μW (25.8 Gb/s) 14 μW (27.7 Gb/s) 40 μW (40 GHz) 36 μW (39.8/43.0 Gb/s) 50 μW (55 GHz) 70 μW (60 GHz) 125 μW (65 GHz)

18 µW (17 Gb/s) 20 µW (25.8 Gb/s) 30 µW (27.7 Gb/s) 120 µW (40 GHz) 102 µW (39.8/43.0 Gb/s) 127 µW (55 GHz) 225 µW (60 GHz) 300 µW (65 GHz) 15 µW (17 Gb/s) 18 µW (25.8 Gb/s) 21 µW (27.7 Gb/s) 80 µW (40 GHz) 68 µW (39.8/43.0 Gb/s) 85 µW (55 GHz) 150 µW (60 GHz) 200 µW (65 GHz)

1 86116C requires a n 86100C mainframe and softwar e revision 7.0 or above. 2 FWHM (Full Wid th Half Max) as meas ured from optica l pulse wit h 700 fs FW HM, 5 MHz repetition rate and 10 mW peak power. 3 Smalles t average op tical power required for mask test. Values rep resent typical sensitiv ity of NRZ eye diag rams. As sumes mas k test with compl iance ﬁ l ter switched in. 4 Contact Agilent for broader wavelength speciﬁ cations.

Module speciﬁ cations: single-mode optical/electrical (continued)

High bandwidth single-mode optical/electrical modules 86106B 86116C OPTICAL CHANNEL SPECIFICATIONS continued Scale factor

Minimum 20 µW/division 200 µW/division Maximum 500 µW/division 5 µW/division

accuracy (single marker,

reference to average power monitor) CW offset range (referenced two divisions from screen button)

±50 µW ±4% of (reading-channel offset)

+1 to –3 mW +8 to –12mW

Average power monitor

(speciﬁ ed operating range) –27 to +3 dBm

Factory calibrated accuracy User calibrated accuracy

±5% ±100 nW ±connector uncertainty, 20 to 30 °C ±2% ±100 nW ±power meter uncertainty, < 5 °C change

Maximum input power

Maximum non-destruct average 2 mW (+3 dBm) 10 mW (+10 dBm) Maximum non-destruct peak 10 mW (+10 dBm) 50 mW (+17 dBm)

Fiber input 9/125 µm, user-selectable connector Input return loss

(HMS-10 connector fully ﬁ lled ﬁ ber)

30 dB 20 dB

ELECTRICAL CHANNEL SPECIFICATIONS Electrical channel bandwidth 18 and 40 GHz 80 (93), 55 and 30 GHz

Transition time (10% to 90% calculated from Tr = 0.35/BW )

19.5 ps (18 GHz) 9 ps (40 GHz)

RMS noise

Characteristic

Maximum

0.25 mV (18 GHz)

0.5 mV (40 GHz)

0.5 mV (18 GHz)

1.0 mV (40 GHz)

Scale factor

Minimum 1 mV/division 2 mV/division Maximum 100 mV/division

±0.4% of full scale ±2 mV ±1.5% of (reading-

DC accuracy (single marker)

channel offset), 18 GHz ±0.4% of full scale ±2 mV ±3% of (reading-channel offset), 40 GHz

DC offset range

(referenced to center of screen)

Input dynamic range

(relative to channel offset)

±500 mV

±400 mV

Maximum input signal ± 2 V (+16 dBm) Nominal impedance 50 Ω

Reﬂ ections (for 20 ps rise time) 5%

Electrical input 2.4 mm (male) 1.85 mm (male)

± 150 W ± 4% (reading-channel offset)

-23 to +9 dBm

6.4 ps (55 GHz)

4.4 ps (80 GHz)

0.5 mV (30 GHz)

0.6 mV (55 GHz)

1.1 mV (80 GHz)

0.8 mV (30 GHz)

1.1 mV (55 GHz)

2.2 mV (80 GHz)

±0.4% of full scale ±3 mV ±2% of (readingchannel offset), ±2% of offset (all bandwidths)

10% (DC to 70 GHz) 20% (70 to 100 GHz)

1 86116C requires a n 86100C mainframe and softwar e revision 7.0 or above. 2 CW refers to an unmodulated optical si gnal.

Module speciﬁ cations: dual electrical

Dual electrical channel modules 86112A 54754A Electrical channel bandwidth 12.4 and 20 GHz 12.4 and 18 GHz

Transition time

(10% to 90% calculated from TR = 0.35/BW)

RMS noise

Characteristic 0.25 mV (12.4 GHz)

Maximum 0.5 mv (12.4 GHz)

Scale factor (per division) Minimum 1 mV/division Maximum 100 mV/division

DC accuracy (single marker) ±0.4% of full scale

DC offset range

(referenced from center of screen)

Input dynamic range

(relative to channel offset)

Maximum input signal ±2 V (+16 dBm) Nominal impedance 50 Ω Reﬂ ections (for 30 ps rise time) 5% Electrical input 3.5 mm (male)

28.2 ps (12.4 GHz)

17.5 ps (20 GHz)

0.5 mV (20 GHz)

1 mV (20 GHz)

±2 mV ±1.5% of (reading-channel offset), (12.4 GHz) ±0.4% of full scale ±2 mV ±3% of (reading-channel offset) (20 GHz)

±500 mV

±400 mV

28.2 ps (12.4 GHz)

19.4 ps (18 GHz)

0.25 mV (12.4 GHz)

0.5 mV (18 GHz)

0.5 mv (12.4 GHz) 1 mV (18 GHz)

±0.4% of full scale ±2 mV ±0.6% of (reading-channel offset), (12.4 GHz) ±0.4% of full scale or marker reading (whichever is greater) ±2 mV ±1.2% of (reading-channel of fset) (18 GHz)

Dual electrical channel modules 86117A 86118A Electrical channel bandwidth 30 and 50 GHz 50 and 70 GHz

Transition time

(10% to 90% calculated from TR = 0.35/BW)

RMS noise

Characteristic 0.4 mV (30 GHz)

Maximum 0.7 mv (30 GHz)

Scale factor (per division) Minimum 1 mV/division Maximum 100 mV/division

DC accuracy (single marker) ±0.4% of full scale

DC offset range

(referenced from center of screen)

Input dynamic range

(relative to channel offset)

Maximum input signal ±2 V (+16 dBm) Nominal impedance 50 Ω Reﬂ ections (for 30 ps rise time) 5% 20% Electrical input 2.4 mm (male) 1.85 mm (male)

11.7 p s (3 0 GHz ) 7 ps (50 GHz)

0.6 mV (50 GHz)

1.0 mV (50 GHz)

±2 mV ±1.2% of (reading-channel offset), (30 GHz) ±0.4% of full scale ±2 mV ±2% of (reading-channel offset), (50 GHz)

±500 mV

±400 mV

0.7 mV (50 GHz)

1.3 mV (70 GHz)

1.8 mv (50 GHz)

2.5 mV (70 GHz)

±0.4% of full scale ±2 mV ±2% of (reading-channel offset), (50 GHz) ±0.4% of full scale ±2 mV ±4% of (reading-channel offset), (70 GHz)

Module speciﬁ cations: dual electrical (continued)

Bandwidth

Transition time

(10% to 90% calculated from Tr = 0.35/BW)

RMS noise

Characteristic 240 µV (16 GHz) 420 µV (32 GHz)

Maximum 350 V (16 GHz) 700 V (32 GHz) Scale factor (per division) Minimum 2 mV/division Maximum 100 mV/division

DC accuracy (single marker)

CW offset range (referenced from center

of screen)

Input dynamic range

(relative to channel offset)

Maximum input signal ±2 V (+16 dBm) Nominal impedance 50 Ω Reﬂ ections (for 30 ps rise time) 5% Electrical input 3.5 mm (male)

CH1 to CH2 skew < 12 ps

Clock Recovery

Data rates input range Continuous tuning 0.05 to 13.5 Gb/s Clock frequency input range Continuous tuning 0.025 to 6.75 GHz Minimum input level to aquire lock 175 m Vpp

Minimum input level to aquire lock and achieve jitter speciﬁ cations

Recovered clock random jitter

(used as internal trigger)

Clock recovery adjustable loop bandwidth range (user selectable) Clock recovery loop peaking range Up to 4 settings (dependent on loop BW) Loop bandwidth accuracy ±30%

Tracking range

(includes spread spectrum tracking) Aquisition range ±5000 ppm

Maximum consecutive identical digits to lock

Auto relocking

Residual spread spectrum -72 ±3 dB @ 33 kHz Front panel recovered clock amplitude 0.15 to 1.0 Vpp (0.3 to 1.0 Vpp) Front panel recovered clock divide ratio (user selectable) Recovered clock front panel connector type Internal frequency counter accuracy ±10 ppm

86108A

16 GHz and < 32 GHz, (35 GHz)

10 ps

±0.7% of full scale, ±2 mV ±1.5% of (reading-channel offset) (16 GHz) ±0.7% of full scale, ±2 mV ±3% of (reading-channel offset) (32 GHz)

±500 mV

±400 mV

125 m Vpp

Internal recovered clock trigger

< 500 fs at 2 Gb/s < 400 fs at 5 and 10 Gb/s

0.015 to 10 MHz

±2500 ppm ±0.25%

150

If signal lock is lost, system can automatically attempt to regain phase-lock. User selectable to enable/disable

1, 2, 4, 8, 16 2, 4, 8, 16

SMA

1 Derived f rom time domain analysi s. 2 This is not taking advan tage of the 86108A pre cision timebase. Wit h precision timebase enabled, system jit ter approaches 6 0 fs for best performance.

TDR system

(Mainframe with 54754A module)

Rise time

TDR step ﬂ atness

Low level High level

Oscilloscope/TDR performance Normalized characteristics

40 ps nominal < 25 ps normalized ≤ ±1% after 1 ns from edge ≤ ±5%, –3% < 1 ns from edge

0.00 V ±2 mV ±200 mV +2 mV

86100C Option 202 enhanced impedance and S-parameter software characteristics

Return loss Attenuation

Adjustable from larger of 10 ps or 0.08 x time/div Maximum: 5 x time/div ≤ 0.1%

Return loss uncertainty – magnitude

–1

–2

3 6 9 12 16

GHz

Return loss dynamic range – internal

–20

–25

–30

–35

–40

–45

–50

–55

–60

0 3 6 9 12 16

GHz

Return loss dynamic range – external

–10

–20

–30

–40

6 dB

12 dB

20 dB

26 dB

16 avgs

64 avgs

256 avgs

16 avgs

64 avgs

256 avgs

Attenuation uncertainty – magnitude

–1

–2

–3

3 6 9 12 16

GHz

Attenuation dynamic range – internal

–20

–25

–30

–35

–40

–45

–50

–55

–60

0 3 6 9 12 16

GHz

Attenuation dynamic range – external

–10

–20

–30

–40

6 dB

12 dB

20 dB

30 dB

40 dB

16 avgs

64 avgs

256 avgs

16 avgs

64 avgs

256 avgs

–50

–60

0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32

GHz

–50

–60

0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32

GHz

86100C Option 202 characteristics

Return loss Attenuation

Return loss uncertainty – phase

Degrees

–10

–20

–30

3 6 9 12 16

*See end notes for additional phase uncertainties

GHz

6 dB

12 dB

20 dB

26 dB

Degrees

–10

–20

–30

Performance characteristics for 86100C Option 202

Tes t conditions

• Mainframe and module have been turned on for at least one hour and have been calibrated

• TDR calibration has been performed using N1024A

• Internal measurements use 54754A as stimulus and either 54754A or 86112A as receiver

• External measurements use 54754A and Picosecond Pulse Labs Accelerator as stimulus and 86118A as receiver

• All characteristics apply to single-ended and differential

• Derived from measurements of wide range of devices compared to vector network analyzer measurements

• Averages of 256 except as noted in dynamic range

Phase uncertainty

• Longer equipment warm-up times and careful calibration provide the best phase performance – perform module and TDR calibrations again if temperatures change

• Phase uncertainty is the sum of the uncertainty from the desired graph plus the two additional components which are estimated below

• Sampling points - S-parameters are determined from the sampling points record length interval, which is time per division multiplied by ten divisions. The reference plane is determined to nearest sampling point with uncertainty given by this equation:

Uncertainty in degrees = time per division (sec) * 10 divisions * f (Hz) *360 (sampling points) 4096 * 2

Attenuation uncertainty – phase

3 6 9 12 16

*See end notes for additional phase uncertainties

GHz

over the time

6 dB

12 dB

20 dB

30 dB

40 dB

Simpliﬁ ed version = time per division (sec) * f(Hz) / 2.28

• Time base drift with temperature - the amount of drift can be observed by placing the calibration short at the reference plane and reading the amount of time difference in picoseconds. The phase uncertainty is given by this equation:

Uncertainty in degrees (temp drift) = time diff (sec) •frequency (Hz) * 360

1 Record length is u ser-deﬁ ned from 16 to 16384 (ﬁ rmware 8.0 or above). How ever, the minimum record length used for S-parameter s is 4096, independent of user se ttings.

Speciﬁ cations

83496A/B-100 83496A/B-101

Channel type Differential or single-ended electrical

Data rates

(divide by 2 for clock signals)

Minimum inut level in aquire lock

(voltage or OMA

Output random jitter (RMS)

)

Clock recovery adjustable loop bandwidth range (user selectable) Loop bandwidth accuracy Standard: ±30%

Tracking range ±2500 ppm 83496B, ±1000 ppm 83496A Aquisition range ±5000 ppm

Internal splitter ratio 50/50

Input return loss

Input insertion loss

Standard: 50 Mb/s to 7.1 Gb/s continuous tuning Option 200: 50 Mb/s to 13.5 Gb/s continuous tuning) Option 201: 7.1 to 13.5 Gb/s continuous tuning

150 m Vpp

Internal recovered clock trigger

< 500 fs 7.2 Gb/s to 11.4 Gb/s (300 fs @ 10 Gb/s) < 700 fs 4.2 Gb/s to 7.2 Gb/s, 11.4 Gb/s to 13.5 Gb/s (400 fs @ 4.25 Gb/s, 500 fs @ 2.5 Gb/s) < 3 mUI 50 Mb/s to 4.2 Gb/s (700 fs @ 1.25 Gb/s)

Front panel recovered clock

< 700 fs 7.2 Gb/s to 11.4 Gb/s (300 fs @ 10 Gb/s) < 900 fs 4.2 Gb/s to 7.2 Gb/s, 11.4 Gb/s to 13.5 Gb/s (400 fs @ 4.25 Gb/s, 500 fs @ 2.5 Gb/s) < 4 mUI 50 Mb/s to 4.2 Gb/s (700 fs @ 1.25 Gb/s) Standard: 270 kHz or 1.5 MHz Option 300: 15 kHz to 10 MHz

;

continuous tuning (ﬁ xed value or a constant rate/N ratio)

Option 300: ±25% for transition density = 0.5 and data rate 155 Mb/s to 11.4 Gb/s

(±30% for 0.25 ≤ transition density ≤ 1.0 and all data rates)

22 dB (DC to 12 GHz) electrical 16 dB (12 to 20 GHz) electrical

7.2 dB max (DC to 12 GHz) electrical

7.8 dB max (12 to 20 GHz) electrical

Single-mode or multimode optical, differential or single-ended electrical (no internal electrical splitters)

single-mode (OMA

–11 dBm @ 50 Mb/s to 11.4 Gb/s

–8 dBm @ > 11.4 Gb/s –12 dBm @ 7.1 Gb/s to 13.5 Gb/s (w/Opt 200) –14 dBm @ 1 Gb/s to 7.1 Gb/s –15 dBm @ 50 Mb/s to 1 Gb/s

multimode 1310 nm (OMA

–10 dBm @ 50 Mb/s to 11.4 Gb/s

–7 dBm @ > 11.4 Gb/s –11 dBm @ 7.1 Gb/s to 13.5 Gb/s (w/Opt 200) –13 dBm @ 1 Gb/s to 7.1 Gb/s –14 dBm @ 50 Mb/s to 1 Gb/s

multimode 850 nm (OMA

–8 dBm @ 50 Mb/s to 11.4 Gb/s

–7 dBm @ > 11.4 Gb/s –9 dBm @ 7.1 Gb/s to 13.5 Gb/s (w/Opt 200) –11 dBm @ 1 Gb/s to 7.1 Gb/s –12 dBm @ 50 Mb/s to 1 Gb/s

electrical: 150 m Vpp

20/80 single-mode 30/70 multimode Electrical signals have input only (no internal power dividers)

20 dB single-mode, 16 dB multimode

22 dB min (DC to 12 GHz) electrical 16 dB min (12 to 20 GHz) electrical

2.5 dB max single-mode optical, 3 dB max multimode optical (no electrical data output signal path)

See footnotes on page 28.

Speciﬁ cations (continued)

83496A/B-100 83496A/B-101 Electrical through-path digital amplitude attenuation

Wavelength range

Front panel recovered clock output amplitude Consecutive identical digits (CID) 150 max Front panel recovered clock output divide ratio (user selectable)

Data input/output connectors 3.5 mm male

Front panel recovered clock output connector

1 To conve rt from OM A to average power with an ex tincti on ratio of 8.2 dB use: PavgdBm = OMA 2 Veriﬁ ed with PRBS7 pattern, electr ical inputs > 150 mVp- p and opt ical inputs > 3 dB above speciﬁ catio n for minimum input level to acquire lock. O utput jitter veriﬁ cation results of t he 834 96A /B can be af fected by jitte r on the input test signal. The 83496A /B will t rack jit ter frequencies inside the loop band width, an d the jitter will appear on the rec overed clock outp ut. Vertical noise (such as laser RIN) on the input signal will be conve rted to jitter by the limit ampli ﬁ er sta ge on the inpu t of the clock recovery. These ef fects ca n be reduced by lowering the Loop bandwidth setting. 3 At rates be low 1 Gb/s, loo p bandwidth is ﬁ xed at 30 K Hz when Opt ion 300 is not installed. 4 Withou t Option 20 0 loop bandw idth is adjustable fro m 15 KHz to 6 M Hz. Availa ble loop bandwidth sett ings also depend on the dat a rate of the input signal. For tran sition de nsit y from 0.25 to 1, the L oop Bandwidth v s Rate char t shows available loop bandwid th setti ngs. Higher loop ba ndwidths can be achieved when average data tr ansition density is maintained at or above 50% .

10.0E+6

–1.68 dB.

dBm

Selectable Loop Bandwidth vs Rate

for 0.25 Transition Density 1

7.5 dB (no electrical data output signal path)

1 Vpp max, 220 mVpp min, 300 mVpp

N=1 to 16 @ data rates 50 Mb/s to 7.1 Gb/s

N=2 to 16 @ data rates 7.1 Gb/s to 13.5 Gb/s

SMA

750 to 1330 nm multimode 1250 to 1650 nm single-mode

electrical: 150 m Vpp

9/125 µm single-mode optical

FC/PC

62.5/125 µm multimode optical

FC/PC

3.5 mm male electrical (input only)

1.0E+6

100.0E+3

Loop Bandwidth (Hz)

10.0E+3

10.0E+6 100.0E+6 1.0E+9 10.0E+9 100.0E+9

5 20*log( Vamp 6 Minimum frequency of di vided front panel clock output is 25 MHz . 7 Other types of optical conne ctors are also available.

/Vampin) measured wi th PRBS23 at 13.5 Gb/s .

out

Input Data Rate (bits/s)

min max

Ordering Information

86100C Inﬁ niium DCA-J mainframe

86100C-001 Enhanced trigger 86100CS-001 Enhanced trigger upgrade kit 86100C-701 Standard trigger (default) 86100C-090 Removable hard drive 86100C-092 Internal hard drive (default) 86100C-200 Jitter analysis software 86100CU-200 Enhanced Jitter analysis software upgrade 86100C-201 Advanced waveform analysis software 86100CU-201 Advanced waveform analysis software upgrade 86100C-202 Enhanced impedance and S-parameter software 86100CU-202 Enhanced impedance and S-parameter software upgrade 86100C-300 Amplitude analysis/RIN/Q-factor 86100CU-300 Amplitude analysis/RIN/Q-factor upgrade 86100C-AFP Module slot ﬁ ller panel 86100C-AX4 Rack mount ﬂ ange kit 86100C-AXE Rack mount ﬂ ange kit with handles 86100C-UK6 Commercial cal certiﬁ cate with test data N4688A External CD-RW Drive

NOTE: Options 200 and 201 require Option 001 (enhanced trigger). Option 300 requires Options 200 and 001.

Optical/electrical modules

86105B 15 GHz optical channel; single-mode, unampliﬁ ed

(1000 to 1600 nm) 20 GHz electrical channel

86105B-111 9.953, 10 .3125, 10.51875, 10.664, 10.709, 11.096,

11. 317 Gb/s 86105B-112 155, 622 Mb/s

2.488, 2.5, 2.666, 9.953, 10.3125, 10.51875, 10.664,

10.709, 11.096, 11.317 Gb/s 86105B-113 1.063, 1.250, 2.125, 2.488, 2.5, 9.953, 10.3125,

10.51875, 10.664, 10.709, 11.096, 11.317 Gb/s

86105C 9 GHz optical channel; single-mode and multimode, ampliﬁ ed (750 to 1650 nm) 20 GHz electrical channel

86105C-100 155 Mb/s through 8.5 Gb/s (choose 4 ﬁ lter rates from options 8 6105C-110 through 86105C-197) 86105C-110 155 Mb/s 86105C-120 622 Mb/s 86105C-130 1.063 Gb/s 86105C-140 1.244/1.25 0 Gb/s 86105C-150 2.125 Gb/s 86105C-160 2.488, 2.500 Gb/s 86105C-170 2.666 Gb/s 86105C-180 3.125 Gb/s 86105C-190 4.250 Gb/s 86105C-193 5.0 Gb/s 86105C-195 6.250 Gb/s 86105C-197 8.500 Gb/s 86105C-200 9.953, 10.3125, 10.519, 10.664, 10.709,

11.0 96, 11.317 Gb/ s 86105C-300 Combination of rates available in 86105C-100 and

86105C-200

86106B 28 GHz optical channel; single-mode, unampliﬁ ed (1000 to 1600 nm) 9.953 Gb/s 40 GHz electrical channel

86106B-410 9.9 53 , 10.3125, 10.664, 10.709 Gb/s

86116C

40 to 65 GHz optical / 80 GHz electrical sampling module,

1300 to 1620 nm.

Select exactly one reference receiver option:

86116C-025: 40 GHz opt./80 GHz elec. channels, 17.0/25.8/27.7 Gb/s reference receiver 86116C-040: 65 GHz opt./80 GHz elec. channels, 39.8/42.0 Gb/s reference receiver

This module is not compatible with the 86100A and 86100B DCA mainframes. If you want to upgrade older DCAs, contact Agilent Technologies to discuss current trade-in deals.

All optical modules have FC/PC connectors installed on each optical port. Other connector adapters available as options are: Diamond HMS-10, DIN, ST and SC.

Dual electrical channel modules

86112A Dual 20 GHz electrical channels

86117A Dual 50 GHz electrical channels

86118A Dual 70 GHz electrical remote sampling channels

86118A-H01 Differential De-Skew

TDR/TDT modules

Included with each of these TDR modules is a TDR demo board, programmers guide, two 50 Ω SMA terminations and one SMA shor t.

Precision waveform analyzer module

Dual electrical channel module with integrated clock recovery and precision timebase.

86108A-100 Dual 32 GHz electrical channels, integrated clock recovery (50 Mb/s to 13.5 Gb/s) with integrated precision timebase

86108A-001 Two 3.5 mm phase trimmers for skew adjustment 86108A-002 Two precision 3.5 mm 18 inch cables 86108A-003 Two 3.5 mm 3 dB attenuators 86108A-006 Two 3.5 mm 6 dB attenuators 86108A-010 Two 3.5 mm 10 dB attenuators 86108A-020 Two 3.5 mm 20 dB attenuators

54754A Differential TDR module with dual 18 GHz TDR/electrical

channels

N1020A 6 GHz TDR probe kit

N1024A TDR Calibration kit

Precision timebase module

86107A Precision timebase reference module

86107A-010 2.5 and 10 GHz clock input capability 86107A-020 10 and 20 GHz clock input capability 86107A-040 10, 20 and 40 GHz clock input capability

Clock recovery modules

The following modules provide a recovered clock from the data signal for triggering at indicated data rates:

83496A 50 Mb/s to 7.1 Gb/s Clock recovery module 83496A-100 Single-ended and differential electrical with integrated signal taps 83496A-101 Single-mode (1250 to 1620 nm) and multimode (780 to 1330 nm) optical. Integrated signal taps. Single-ended or differential electrical inputs (no signal taps) 83496A-200 Increase operating range to 50 Mb/s to 13.5 Gb/s 83496AU-200 Upgrade data rate 0.05 Gb/s to 13.5 Gb/s 83496A-300 Add tunable loop bandwidth “golden PLL” capability 83496AU-300 Upgrade adjustable loop bandwidth

83496B 50 Mb/s to 7.1 Gb/s Clock recover y module. This module is not compatible with the 86100A and 86100B DCA mainframes. If you want to upgrade older DCAs, contact Agilent Technologies and ask for current trade-in deals. 83496B-100 Single-ended and differential electrical with integrated signal taps 83496B-101 Single-mode (1250 to 1620 nm) and multimode (780 to 1330 nm) optical. Integrated signal taps. Single-ended or differential electrical inputs (no signal taps) 83496B-200 Increase operating range to 50 Mb/s to 13.5 Gb/s 83496BU-200 Upgrade data rate 0.05 Gb/s to 13.5 Gb/s 83496B-201 Shift operating range to 7.1 to 13.5 Gb/s 83496BU-201 Upgrade shift operating range to 7.1 to 13.5 Gb/s 83496B-300 Add tunable loop bandwidth “golden PLL” capability 83496BU-300 Upgrade adjustable loop bandwidth

Warranty options (for all products)

R1280A Customer return repair service R1282A Customer return calibration service

Accessories

86101-60005 Filler panel 0960-2427 USB keyboard (included with 86100C) 1150-7 79 9 USB mouse (included with 86100C)

Optical connector adapters

Note: Optical modules come standard with one FC/PC connector adapter

81000 AI Diamond HMS-10 connector 81000 FI FC/PC connector adapter 81000 SI DIN connector adapter 81000 VI ST connector adapter 81000 KI SC Connector adapter

RF/Microwave accessories

11636B Power divider, DC to 26.5 GHz, APC 3.5 mm 11636C Power divider, DC to 50 GHz, 2.4 mm

11742A 45 MHz to 26.5 GHz DC blocking capacitor 11742A-K01 50 GHz DC blocking capacitor

8490D-020 2.4 mm 20 dB attenuator

11900B 2.4 mm (f-f) adapter 11901B 2.4 mm (f) to 3.5 mm (f) adapter 11901C 2.4 mm (m) to 3.5 mm (f) adapter 11901D 2.4 mm (f) to 3.5 mm (m) adapter 5061-5311 3.5 mm (f-f) adapter 1250-1158 SMA (f-f) adapter

1810-0118 3.5 mm termination

Passive probe

54006A

6 GHz passive probe

Inﬁ niimax I active probes (1.5 to 7 GHz)

Note: The N1022A probe adapter is required to use these probes with the 86100 DCA

Probe adapters

N1022A Adapts 113x/115x,/116x active probes to

86100 Inﬁ niium DCA

Inﬁ niimax I probe ampliﬁ ers

Note: Order 1 or more Inﬁ niimax I probe head or connectivity kit for each ampliﬁ er

1130A 1.5 GHz probe amp 1131A 3.5 GHz probe amp 1132 A 5 GHz Iprobe amp 1134A 7 GHz probe amp

Inﬁ niimax I probe heads E2675A Inﬁ niiMax differential browser probe head and accessories.

Includes 20 replaceable tips and ergonomic handle. Order E2658A for replacement accessories.

E2676A Inﬁ niiMax single-ended browser probe head and accessories. Includes 2 ground collar assemblies, 10 replaceable tips, a ground lead socket and ergonomic browser handle. Order E2663A for replacement accessories.

E2677A Inﬁ niiMax differential solder-in probe head and accessories. Includes 20 full bandwidth and 10 medium bandwidth damping resistors. Order E 2670A for replacement accessories.

E2678A Inﬁ niiMax single-ended/differential socketed probe head and accessories. Includes 48 full bandwidth damping resistors, 6 damped wire accessories, 4 square pin sockets and socket heatshrink. Order E2671A for replacement accessories.

Connectivity solutions

HDMI N1080A H01 High performance coax based HDMI ﬁ xture with plug

(TPA-P) N1080A H02 High performance coax based HDMI ﬁ xture with receptacle (TPA-R)

N1080A H03 HDMI low frequency board

SATA

Note: These are available from COMAX Technology, see www.comaxtech.com

iSATA plug to SMA – COMA X P/N H303000104 iSATA receptacle to SMA – COMAX P/N H303000204

ATCA

Note: These are available from F9 Systems, see www.f9-systems.com

Advanced TCA Tx/Rx Signal Blade™ Advanced TCA Tx/Rx Bench Blade™

Call Agilent for connectivity and probing solutions not listed above.

Firmware and software

Firmware and software upgrades are available through the Web or your local sales of ﬁ ce. www.agilent.com/ﬁ nd/dcaj

E2679A Inﬁ niiMax single-ended solder-in probe head and accessories. Includes 16 full bandwidth and 8 medium bandwidth damping resistors and 24 zero ohm ground resistors. Order E2672A for replacement accessories.

Inﬁ niimax I connectivity kits (popular collections of the above probe heads) E2669A Inﬁ niiMax connectivity kit for differential measurements E2668A Inﬁ niiMax connectivity kit for single-ended measurements

Inﬁ niimax II active probes (10 to 13 GHz)

Note: The N1022A probe adapter is required to use these probes with the 86100 DCA

Inﬁ niimax II probe ampliﬁ ers

Note: Order 1 or more Inﬁ niimax II probe heads for each ampliﬁ er. Inﬁ niimax I probe heads and connectivity kits can also be used but will have limited bandwidth.

1168A 10 GHz probe amp 1169A 13 GHz probe amp

Inﬁ niimax II probe heads N5380A Inﬁ niiMax II 12 GHz differential SMA adapter N5381A Inﬁ niiMax II 12 GHz solder-in probe head N5382A Inﬁ niiMax II 12 GHz differential browser

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