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Opto and Fibre Test Equipment
News Release from: Agilent Technologies Europe | Subject: PXIT family
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 02 August 2007
Modules put optical transceivers to the
test
The PXIT family is unique in the manufacturing test industry for having both a combined bit error ratio tester and digital communication analyser.)
Agilent Technologies has introduced four next-generation PXIT modules for optical transceiver manufacturing The PXIT family, unique in the manufacturing test industry for having both a combined bit error ratio tester (BERT) and digital communication analyser (DCA), now provides double the bitrate coverage and improved performance
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 17 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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"We acquired PXIT in December 2006 to address the requirements of our customers in transceiver manufacturing", says Sigi Gross, Vice President and General Manager of Agilent's Digital Test Division.
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"Our customers wanted a smaller, faster, more cost-effective solution".
"The release of the next generation of PXIT modules builds on all these traits and now provides customers with a solution that can test their next generation of products as well as their previous ones".
The N2100B PXIT 8.5Gbit/s digital communications analyser is a four-slot module that allows customers to perform accurate eye-diagram analysis to characterise the quality of transmitters from 1 to 8.5Gbit/s.
The N2100B doubles the bitrate coverage of the DCA and the number of possible filters to choose from.
The N2101B PXIT 10.7Gbit/s bit error ratio tester is a three-slot module with a high-accuracy clock source, data-pattern generator and error detector that allows for automatic BER analysis to characterise the quality of devices.
The N2101B version has more than doubled the upper line rate performance (10.7Gbit/s) and the number of supported internal lines rates, as well as a lower minimum line rate (155Mbit/s).
The N2102B PXIT 11.1Gbit/s pattern generator is a two-slot module capable of generating multiple patterns.
The N2102B enables complete coverage from 622Mbit/s to 11.1Gbit/s with improved jitter and transition times.
The N2099A PXIT synthesiser is a two-slot module that covers a 2GHz tuning range and is available at a number of centre frequencies: 5.25, 9.4 and 10.5GHz.
The N2099A is a suitable clock source for the N2101B and N2102B modules when an external clock is required.
The following new modules are available for order today: the Agilent N2100B, starting at US $27,000; the Agilent N2101B, starting at $35,000; the Agilent N2102B, starting at $17,500; and the Agilent N2099A, starting at $8000.
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