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Agilent N4916B Applications
Analyze BER and eye
performance of half-rate
clocked devices
The clock multiplier option enables BER
measurements using the forwarded half-
rate clock to be used as sampling clock
for J-BERT N4903B.
Figure 5. Analyzing TJ, eye, or error performance of devices using half‑rate clocks with J‑BERT
N4903B analyzer and external clock generated by the N4916B clock multiplier option
Half-rate clock in
Full-rate
clock out
Full-rate data to
BERT analyzer
N4916B
Device under test
Transmitter (TX)
TX latch
TX PLL
J-BERT N4903B
Control and programming
The N4916B can be controlled via USB
interface from the J-BERT N4903B user
interface or from a stand-alone user inter-
face.Programming examples are provided.
Figure 6. Convenient control of de‑emphasis
parameters via the GUI of J‑BERT N4903B
Figure 7. The N4916B can be controlled from a PC program,
when operating as front‑end for ParBERT 81250A or J‑BERT
N4903A or other pattern generators.
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