Agilent Technologies N5394A DVI Electrical Performance Validation and Compliance Software for Infiniium Oscilloscopes Data Sheet Verify and debug your DVI designs more easily Agilent Technologies N5394A DVI electrical performance validation and compliance software for Infiniium Series oscilloscopes provides you with a fast and easy way to verify and debug your digital visual interface (DVI) designs for add-in cards, cables and motherboard systems. The DVI electrical test software allows you to automatically execute DVI electrical checklist tests, and displays the results in a flexible report format. In addition to the measurement data, the report provides a margin analysis that shows how closely your device passed or failed each test. To make measurements with the N5394A DVI electrical test software, you also need the DVI Compliance Test Kit test fixtures, available through the DDWG1 1 Digital Display Working Group (www.ddwg.org) or Silicon Image, for hardware clock recovery and making measurements. The N5394A DVI electrical test software performs a wide range of tests required to meet the DVI-1.0 electrical specifications for add-in cards, cables and motherboard systems as documented in section 4 of the base specification by the DDWG1. To meet signal quality requirements, your product must successfully pass compliance testing based on the DVI specification. You must perform the tests included on the checklist before you submit your product for full compliance testing. The N5394A DVI electrical test software helps you execute a subset of the checklist tests for transmitters (Tx) and cables that can be measured with an oscilloscope. Features The N5394A DVI electrical test software offers several features to simplify the validation of DVI designs: • Test setup wizard for ease-ofuse • All of the electrical tests specified by DVI test specification, full compliance of DVI tests • Measurement process configurability • Automated oscilloscope measurement setup • Test results report generation • Pass/fail margin analysis With the DVI electrical test software, you can use the same oscilloscope you use for everyday debugging to perform automated testing and margin analysis based on the DVI-specified test checklist. N5394A saves you time Easy test definition The N5394A DVI electrical test software saves you time by setting the stage for automatic execution of DVI electrical tests. Part of the difficulty of performing electrical tests for DVI is hooking up the oscilloscope, setting up the proper configuration, and then analyzing the measured results by comparing them to limits published in the specification. The DVI electrical test software does much of this work for you. In addition, if you discover a problem with your device, debug tools are available to aid in rootcause analysis. The N5394A DVI electrical test software extends the ease-of-use advantages of Agilent’s Infiniium Series oscilloscopes to testing DVI designs. The Agilent automated test engine walks you quickly through the steps required to define the tests, set up the test, perform the tests, and view the The N5394A DVI electrical test software offers the four fundamental DVI electrical tests. The software automatically configures the oscilloscope for each test, and it provides an informative results report that includes margin analysis indicating how close your product is to passing or failing that specification. For many tests, a selection is allowed on specific measurement parameters. Clock recovery of the TMDS clock is accomplished with the DVI Compliance Test Kit Clock Recovery Unit (CRU) board to ensure proper test results. See Table 2 for a complete list of the measurements made by the DVI electrical test software. 2 test results. You can select a category of tests all at once, or specify individual tests. You can save tests and configurations as project files and recall them later for quick testing and review of previous test results. Straightforward menus let you perform tests with a minimum of mouse clicks. Easy to follow task flow for configuring and running tests Select one test or a group of tests with a single mouse click Figure 1. The Agilent automated test engine guides you quickly through selecting tests and configuring tests, setting up the connection, running the tests, and viewing the results. You can easily select individual tests or groups of tests with a mouse-click. Configurability and guided connections For this test, select the test frequency from a range of choices The N5394A DVI electrical test software provides flexibility in your test setup. It guides you to make connection changes with hookup diagrams when the tests you select require it. Test setup options are indicated for each test, including the present settings Figure 2. In configuring the tests, you define the device to test, its configuration, and how the oscilloscope is connected. For critical test parameters such as the horizontal voltage swing (Vswing) levels and worst-case intersections of the transmitter eye opening, you can choose to have the software automatically determine these values or manually set them on the displayed waveform. Select measurement modes can be set from a measurement waveform Figure 3. The DVI electrical test software allows automatic or manual determination of the horizontal voltage swing levels. 3 All DVI electrical compliance tests you perform are based on the DVI Compliance Test Kit test fixtures. The Clock Recovery Unit (CRU) is used for hardware clock recovery. The Test Point Access Plug Board (TPA2-Plug) is used for compliance tests at the transmitter. The Test Point Access Receptacle Board (TPA2-Receptacle) is used for compliance tests at the end of a DVI cable and the input to the receiver. Connection to the compliance test fixtures is via the Agilent InfiniiMax active differential probes. The DVI Compliance Test Kit also includes files and procedures for creating the pseudo-random and half-clock patterns for the DVI product being tested. If more than one test setup connection is required, you will be notified here You are prompted to make the appropriate connections for the set of tests Figure 4. When you make multiple tests where the connections must be changed, the software prompts you with connection diagrams and/or photographs. Figure 5. The Silicon Image DVI Compliance Test Kit CRU (Top board) and TPA2 fixtures (bottom boards). 4 Reports with margin analysis In addition to providing you with measurement results, the N5394A DVI electrical test software provides a report format that shows you not only where your product passes or fails, but also reports how close you are to the limits specified for a particular test assertion. You select the margin test report parameter, which means you can specify the level at which warnings are issued to alert you to the electrical tests where your product is operating close to the official test limit defined by the DVI 1.0 specification for a given test assertion. Summary of test results Figure 6. The DVI electrical test software results report documents your test, indicates the pass/fail status, the test specification range, the measured values, and the margin. 5 Test results in an easy-to-read HTML formatted output Details for each specific test made Test description Test limits Test results and waveforms Figure 7. Additional details are available for each test including the test limits, test description, and test results, including waveforms, if appropriate. Overall test description User set margin thresholds for warning and failure indicators Margin values indicate when the results are approaching test limits. Warnings and failures are high- Figure 8. How close your device comes to passing or failing a test is indicated as a % in the margin field. A result highlighted in yellow or red indicates your device has tripped the margin threshold level for a warning or failure. 6 Measurement requirements Recommended test accessories To use the N5394A DVI electrical performance validation and compliance software, you also need the DVI Compliance Test Kit (which contains the clock recovery unit, test point access fixtures, and cables), and at least two 3.5-GHz or higher InfiniiMax active differential probes (1131A, 1132A, 1134A, 1168A or 1169A) with appropriate probe heads (E2677A or N5381A solder-in or E2678A socketed). To complete your test setup, Agilent provides a wide range of cables, adapters, terminations, etc. The DVI Compliance Test Kit is available from your local Silicon Image distributor. Model number Description 11667B Power splitter, DC to 26.5 GHz, 3.5-mm (f) connectors 11636B Power divider, DC to 26.5 GHz, 3.5-mm (f) connectors 8493B Coaxial attenuator (3, 6, 10, 20 or 30 dB), DC to 18 GHz, SMA connector 1250-1158 SMA (f - f) adapter, DC to 18 GHz 1250-1159 SMA (m - m) adapter, DC to 18 GHz 1250-1397 Right-angle adapter, SMA (m - m) 1250-1741 Right-angle adapter, SMA (f - m) 1250-1698 SMA tee adapter (m, f, f), DC to 12.4 GHz 1250-1694 SMA (m) to SMA (f) Adapter 15442A Cable kit, four 90-cm (36-in) SMA (m - m) cables 15443A Matched cable pair, two 90-cm (36-in) SMA (m - m) cables, propagation delay within 25 ps 1810-0118 SMA (m) 50 Ω termination Table 1. Recommended test accessories. 7 Oscilloscope compatibility Data rate Recommended oscilloscope Bandwidth of recommended oscilloscope The N5394A DVI electrical performance validation and compliance software is compatible with all Infiniium oscilloscopes with operating software revision 5.30 or higher for DSO80000 Series or 1.01 for DSO90000A Series. For oscilloscopes with earlier software revisions, free upgrade software is available at www. agilent.com/find/ infiniium_software Up to 1.65 Gb/s DSO90404A DSO90604A 4 GHz 6 GHz Note: The required minimum bandwidth for DVI measurements is 4 GHz. N5394A DVI electrical performance validation and compliance software will run on all Infiniium models. These include Agilent 54850 Series, DSO80000A/B Series, and DSO90000A Series. The N5394A DVI electrical performance validation and compliance software is compatible with Agilent 80000 Series oscilloscopes with operating software revision A.03.90 or higher. Tests performed The N5394A DVI electrical performance validation and compliance software performs the following tests as per the DVI 1.0 electrical specifications for add-in cards, motherboard systems, and cables as documented in section 4 of the base specification. Assertion No. Description Transmitter tests 4.7.4 Rise/fall times 4.7.5 Skew 4.7.6 Eye-pattern 4.7.7 Jitter Cable tests 4.7.8 Eye-pattern 4.7.9 Skew Table 2. DVI electrical tests performed by the N5394A software. 8 Ordering information Model number Description To purchase the N5394A DVI electrical performance validation and compliance software with a new or existing Infiniium oscilloscope, order the following: N5394A DVI electrical test software for Infiniium oscilloscopes 113XA GHz, InfiniiMax active differential probe (1131A 3.5 GHz, 1132A 5 or 1134A 7 GHz) E2677A or N5381A InfiniiMax solder-in differential probe head E2678A InfiniiMax socketed differential probe head An alternative to purchasing the E2677A and E2678A is the E2669A: E2669A InfiniiMax connectivity kit for differential/single-ended measurements (contains one E2575A differential browser probe head, four E2677A solder-in differential probe heads, and two E2678A socketed differential probe heads) Product Web site Related Literature For the most up-to-date and complete application and product information, please visit our product Web site at: www.agilent.com/find/scope-apps Publication Title Publication Type Publication Number Infiniium 80000 Series Oscilloscopes and InfiniiMax II Series Probes Data Sheet 5989-4604EN Agilent Infiniium DSO/DSA90000A Series Data sheet 5989-7819EN 9 Agilent Technologies Oscilloscopes Multiple form factors from 20 MHz to >90 GHz | Industry leading specs | Powerful applications 10 Remove all doubt www.agilent.com/find/emailupdates Get the latest information on the products and applications you select. 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