Receiver Circuit Testing Test setup Eye diagrams BER measurement Eye - BER relationship Evaluation Boards

Circuit Test Setup Pattern Generator Attenuator Oscilloscope

Signal Monitoring Terminated 50 coax for > 1 Mbps capacitance (NRZ data, 50 ohms): 1/2piRC > data rate

RF Oscillation Prevention Grounded coax for all inputs Single ground point for bias

RF Circuit Test 50  transmission line to chip: 50  output drivers Stripline printed circuit boards or short lines 50  output drivers

BER Measurement PRBS source Attenuation Error measurement BER PRBS

PRBS source Pseudo random data is severe test of receiver Length of zero or one string is critical (ISI) Eye diagram is “open” for low ISI

Attenuation Sensitivity of receiver: BER over a range of input power (Pin) and data rates Dynamic range of transimpeadance Amp (TIA) limits maximum input power May need to reduce Pin to get normal operation

Error Measurement Correlate PRBS and output data BER = number of errors / data bits sent BER = 10-9 or 10-11 typical i.e., 1 error per Gbit of data = 10-9

BER is related to Eye Diagram Vertical eye opening Proportional to x in BER 10-x Practically only good to 10-8

MAX 3266 Evaluation Kit Hook your input into J1 and your Limiting Amplifier into J2 and J3 and your ready to test.

MAX3264 Evaluation Kit Connect your TIA to J4 and J5 and J2 and J3 to your output and your ready to go. LOS threshold programming also done here.

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