Measurement Education

How does Clock Recovery affect my measurements? Clock Recovery's Impact on Test and Measurement • NOV 2006 The Anatomy of Clock Recovery, Part 1 • MAR 2006 The Anatomy of Clock Recovery, Part 2 • MAR 2006 The Anatomy of Clock Recovery Poster, Part 1 • FEB 2006 The Anatomy of Clock Recovery Poster, Part 2 • MAR 2006 Eye Diagram Measurements What can I see and what does it mean? Anatomy of an Eye Diagram — A Primer • OCT 2004 Anatomy of an Eye Diagram Poster • Guy Foster • OCT 2004 Measurement Brief: Examining Sampling Scope Jitter Histograms • JULY 2005 Testing optical transmitters Product Note: 10 Gb/s Optical Transmitter Testing • DEC 2006 Looking deeper into the Eye – BER Contour measurements Bridging the Gap between BER and Eye Diagrams — A BER Contour Tutorial • OCT 2004 Compliance Contour - Bridging the Gap between BER and Mask Testing for XFI, PCI-Express, OIF-CEI • JUNE 2005 Jitter Measurements Jitter Basics Optical Transmitter Jitter Measurement Basics • APR 2008 * Product Note: 10 Gb/s Optical Transmitter Testing • DEC 2006 * How is a bath tub jitter ('BERTScan') measurement made? Dual-Dirac, Scope Histograms, and BERTScan Measurements • SEPT 2005 The Importance of Delay Line Accuracy in Making Direct BERTScan Measurements • JUNE 2005 What is stressed eye testing? Stressed Eye Primer v. 1.1 • MAY 2005 How do I know how stressed my test signal is? Stressed Eye: "Know what you're really testing with" • JAN 2006 Evaluating Stress Components Using BER-Based Jitter Measurements • SEPT 2005 What are Telecom jitter measurements all about? Product Note: Telecom Jitter Analysis Using the BERTScope and BERTScope DCRJ • JAN 2008 *   BER What should I look for in a BERT? Selecting the Right Bit Error Rate Tester (BERT) • OCT 2004 What can I tell from the errors I measure? Measurement Brief: Exploring Power Supply Voltage Sensitivity in an IC • MAR 2006 Measurement Brief: Signal Integrity of Reference Clock Bleed-Through in an IC • MAR 2006 Bit Error Analysis and Beyond • MAR 2000 Using Bit Error Rate Testers to Drive Forward Error Correction Codes • Tom Waschura • SEPT 2003 Pre-Emphasis and Equalization What are pre-emphasis and equalization? Combating Closed Eyes: Pre-Emphasis and Equalization Basics • APR 2008 * Measurements of Pre-Emphasis on Altera® Stratix® GX with the BERTScope 12500A • JUNE 2005