Tektronix TDSRBS1 DATASHEET

Measure Rambus-specific Timing
Parameters of: Setup Time, Hold Time,
Timing Quality, Timing Error, Channel
Error, Flight Time, Rise Time, and Fall
Time

User-selectable Quiescent Time and
Clock Frequency

Measurements on Read and Write
Cycles

Automatically Determines Read or Write
Cycle

Measurements on Odd and Even Data
Fields

Measurement Results Can be Returned
as Statistics, Profile or Histograms

Installs Inside the TDS694C Oscilloscope
Requiring no External GPIB, RS-232 or PC

Provided on Floppy Disk for Easy
Customer Installation

Uses Familiar, User-friendly TDS User
Interface

Offers Full Measurement Automation
and Control Through GPIB

Characterize the Timing Performance of
your Rambus Technology Designs

USER-I NSTALLED, OSCILLOSCOPE R ESIDE NT
RAMBU S TIM ING ANALYSIS PACKAGE

Rambus Inc. has developed a scalable bandwidth,
chip-to-chip memory technology, which delivers up
to 1.6 GTransfers/sec. This high-speed, pipeline
architecture technology has very stringent timing
requirements. Semiconductor vendors and PC board
integrators require very specialized measurements to
viably characterize their Rambus components and
PC boards.

The Tektronix TDSRBS1 Timing Analysis software
provides a comprehensive set of Rambus-specific
timing parameter measurements. These measure-

ments are specifically designed to meet the measure­ment needs of today’s Rambus technology integrators.
One of the most difficult tasks in characterizing
Rambus signals is deciphering between the Read and
Write cycles. The TDSRBS1 application addresses
that by analyzing the data, automatically determining
the correct cycle, and performing the appropriate
measurement. With the double-pumped data archi­tecture of Rambus

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components, another challenge is
characterizing both clock edges of data. TDSRBS1
allows analysis of the Odd and Even data fields.

Features and Benefits Applications

TDSRBS1

Rambus®Timing Measurement Software

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TDSRBS1 Rambus Timing Analysis
Software is a software package from
Tektronix that delivers industry standard
Rambus technology timing analysis capa­bilities. It comes on floppy disks, is easily
installed in a TDS oscilloscope, and does­n’t require any external processing or
connections. After installation, the appli­cation is accessible from the oscilloscope
front panel. Coupling TDSRBS1 with the
TDSJIT1 Jitter Analysis and TDSPSM1
Processor Specification SW packages, you
have the most comprehensive timing
analysis measurements available.

MIN IMAL RECOMM ENDED
CONFIGURATION

The extremely fast rise-times, high fre­quency clock, read/write deciphering and
single-shot requirements of Rambus Data
and Clock signals on all four channels
requires the following configuration for
using TDSRBS1. Instrumentation other
than the minimal recommended configu­ration below will result in measurement
results that are not accurate.

1 TDS694C 3 GHz, 10 GS/s oscillo­scope w/Option HD

2 P6248 1.7 GHz differential probes
2 P6249 4 GHz active probes
4 PPM203B Articulated arms

TEKTRONIX DIGITAL OSCILLOSCOPES
SUPPORTED

TDS500D, TDS600C, TDS700D Series
oscilloscopes with Option HD.

TDSRBS1

Rambus Timing Analysis Software for TDS500/600/700
oscilloscopes.

Includes: Software on 3.5-in. Disks, Manual.
NOTE: Requires TDS Run Time Environment v1.2.

TDSRBS1 M INI MAL RECOM MEN DED
CONFIGURATION

1 TDS694C w/Opt. HD.
2 P6248 differential probes.
2 P6249 active probes.
4 PPM203B probe arms.

TDSRBS1 RECOMME NDED ACCESSORIES
TDSJIT1 – Jitter Analysis SW.
TDSPSM1 – Processor Specification Measurement SW.

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