Owner's manual
QPHY-BroadR-Reach Software Option
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION TO QUALIPHY BROADR-REACH ..................................................... 5
Required Equipment ..................................................................................................................................... 5
USING QUALIPHY BROADR-REACH ........................................................................... 6
QUALIPHY COMPLIANCE TEST PLATFORM .............................................................. 7
Oscilloscope Option Key Installation ............................................................................................................. 9
Typical (Recommended) Configuration ......................................................................................................... 9
Remote (Network) Configuration .................................................................................................................. 9
Oscilloscope Selection .................................................................................................................................. 9
Accessing the QPHY-BroadR-Reach Software using QualiPHY ................................................................ 10
Customizing QualiPHY ................................................................................................................................ 12
Creating Custom Configurations ................................................................................................................. 13
QPHY-BroadR-Reach Operation ................................................................................................................ 15
BROADR-REACH MEASUREMENT PREPARATION ................................................. 16
Required Test Modes .................................................................................................................................. 16
Physical Setup ............................................................................................................................................ 16
QPHY-BROADR-REACH TEST CONFIGURATIONS .................................................. 17
QPHY-BROADR-REACH VARIABLES ........................................................................ 18
QPHY-BROADR-REACH LIMIT SETS ......................................................................... 19
QPHY-BROADR-REACH TEST DESCRIPTIONS ....................................................... 20
Test 1 - Transmitter Output Droop ....................................................................................................... 20
Test 2 - Transmitter Jitter (Master) and Transmit Clock Frequency .................................................... 22
Test 3- Transmitter Jitter (Slave) and Transmit Clock Frequency ....................................................... 24
Test 4 - Transmitter Distortion Test ..................................................................................................... 26
Test 5 - Transmitter Power Spectral Density (PSD) ............................................................................ 30
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