Measurement Education

		Clock Recovery – How does clock recovery affect my measurements? + WEBCAST (EDN): The Impact of Clock Recovery on Your Serial Data Measurements • Steve Sekel • APR 2008 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 Poster: The Anatomy of Clock Recovery, Part 1 • FEB 2006 Poster: The Anatomy of Clock Recovery, Part 2 • MAR 2006 How do I make PLL measurements? + Measuring PLL Loop Bandwidth Using a BERTScope • JAN 2009 PCI Express Transmitter PLL Testing — A Comparison of Methods • SEPT 2007

		Eye Diagram Measurements – What can I see and what does it mean? + Anatomy of an Eye Diagram — A Primer • OCT 2004 Poster: Anatomy of an Eye Diagram • Guy Foster • OCT 2004 Measurement Brief: Examining Sampling Scope Jitter Histograms • JULY 2005 Testing optical transmitters + Measurement Brief: D.C. Blocks, a Trap for the Unwary when Using Long Patterns • JULY 2009

		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 + BERTScope Jitter Map Comparison Study • SEPT 2009 BERTScope Jitter Map "Under the Hood" — A New Methodology for Jitter Separation • APR 2009 Why Do Different Instruments Give Different Jitter Answers? • MAR 2009 Optical Transmitter Jitter Measurement Basics • APR 2008 WEBCAST (Lightwave): Transmitter Jitter Basics: Two Worlds of Test • Charlie Schaffer • JAN 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? + WEBCAST (EDN): Demystifying Receiver Jitter Tolerance Testing • Steve Sekel • SEPT 2008 Stressed Eye Primer v. 1.1 • MAY 2005 How do I know how stressed my test signal is? + Stress Calibration for Jitter >1UI – A Practical Method • MAR 2010 Product Note: Getting the Right Stress at the IC Pins – De-Embedding with BERTScope • APR 2009 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: DCRJ and OmniBER OTN 10 Gb/s Telecom Jitter Generation Correlation Study • MAY 2008 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 WEBCAST: Combating Closed Eyes – Design & Measurement of Pre-Emphasis and Equalization for Lossy Channels • Tom Waschura • OCT 2007 Measurements of Pre-Emphasis on Altera^®Stratix^®GX with the BERTScope 12500A • JUNE 2005 Using a Variable Response Tool + Product Note: Getting the Right Stress at the IC Pins – De-Embedding with BERTScope • APR 2009