Product description

The Centellax Modular 10G BER Test System is designed for device characterization, research and development testing, production testing, and general lab use. The system features a synthesizer that operates the BERT at bitrates from 500Mbps to 12.5Gbps, and enables stressed eye testing. With the addition of other modular hardware, like a 622Mbps-13.5Gbps clock recovery unit, the SB10 system can be configured to address a wide range of physical layer digital signal integrity test applications.

The base system allows physical-layer BER testing of single-ended or differential DUTs with operating rates from 500Mbps to 12.5Gbps. The system is GPIB controlled with a suite of features including PRBS pattern selection (PRBS7-31), electronic clock/data alignment, variable output voltages (0.6-3.6Vpp differential), and many clock and subrate trigger outputs.The SB10 system can support six BER test channels.

The system can be used as a bit error rate tester for many different applications, including characterization and production test of components and low-level systems. The jitter injection and clock chirping features allow compliance testing to a wide range of datacom standards, including PCI express, infiniband, serial ATA, and others.

When outfitted with the extended synthesizer range and un-banded clock recovery unit, the SB10 is ideally suited for testing higher-rate devices that induce signal distortion (like fiber loops). The clock recovery unit can also be used to test a signal generated at a remote site, where the fullrate data clock must be recovered to test BER.

The SB10 system comes with a standard 1 year warranty on all modular components. An extended system warranty - which extends the warranty on each component an additional year - is available at any time while the system is still under warranty.