Electronic Design

Eye Diagrams, Bathtub Curves, And Bit-Error Rates

On an oscilloscope's eye-pattern diagram, the distance between peak deterministic and random jitter amplitudes (the unit interval, or UI) is often called a "bathtub," which functions as a ...
EDN

Bit-rate analyzers correlate eye diagrams

The BERTScope 7500A and 12500A bit-rate analyzers operate from 100 Mbits/s to 7.5 and 12.5 Gbits/s, respectively. The instruments combine and correlate eye-diagram analysis with BER pattern generation ...
EDN

Random-data generator facilitates eye diagram test

The eye diagram, one of the best figures of merit for evaluating robustness in a digital data link, shows a single bit window (bit N), preceded by a random-value bit (N-1) and followed by a ...
Nature

Signal Integrity and Eye Diagram Analysis in High-Speed Interconnects

Signal integrity is a critical design consideration in modern electronic systems, particularly those that depend on high-speed interconnects. As data rates climb and interconnect geometries become ...
Electronic Design

Eye-Diagram Analysis Speeds DDR SDRAM Validation

Double-data-rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM) physical-layer testing is a crucial step in making sure devices comply with the JEDEC specification. The ultimate goal is to ...