Bit Error Rate Tester
BSX Series BERTScope® Datasheet

The BERTScope BSX-series Bit Error Rate Tester introduces a receiver test platform capable of supporting emerging Gen4 standards and beyond. With the addition of powerful data processing and internal Tx equalization, the BERTScope supports protocol-based handshaking and synchronization with your device under test (DUT), including interactive link training at data rates up to 32 Gb/s. The BSX-series shortens the time to debug physical layer and link training issues, and provides the quickest path to compliance for a broad range of standards.

KEY FEATUREs
● Provides a single solution for Receiver stress testing, debug and
   compliance
● Test Gen3 and Gen4 standards including PCIe, SAS, and USB3.1 and
   proprietary standards
● DUT handshaking capability above16 Gb/s supporting RX test
   requirements for loopback initiation and adaptive link training for key
   standards such as PCIe
● Protocol-aware pattern generation and error detection supports flexible
   stimulus response programmability and debugging of handshaking
   issues.
● Forward error correction (FEC) emulation option supports
   measurement of BER both before and after error correction for
   commonly used Reed-Solomon FEC codes.
● Calibration and test automation software available for key standards

APPLICATIONs
● Design verification including signal integrity, jitter, and timing analysis
● Design characterization for high-speed, sophisticated designs
● Design/Verification of high-speed I/O components and systems
   including DUT handshaking
● Signal integrity analysis – mask testing, jitter peak, BER contour, jitter
   map, and forward error correction emulation