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16.9
Measurement and Test Requirements
Since the LP-Serial electrical specification are guided by the XAUI electrical interface specified in Clause
47 of IEEE 802.3ae-2002, the measurement and test requirements defined here are similarly guided by
Clause 47. In addition, the CJPAT test pattern defined in Annex 48A of IEEE802.3ae-2002 is specified
as the test pattern for use in eye pattern and jitter measurements. Annex 48B of IEEE802.3ae-2002 is
recommended as a reference for additional information on jitter test methods.
16.9.1
Eye Template Measurements
For the purpose of eye template measurements, the effects of a single-pole high pass filter with a 3 dB
point at (Baud Frequency)/1667 is applied to the jitter. The data pattern for template measurements is
the Continuous Jitter Test Pattern (CJPAT) defined in Annex 48A of IEEE802.3ae. All lanes of the LP-
Serial link shall be active in both the transmit and receive directions, and opposite ends of the links shall
use asynchronous clocks. Four lane implementations shall use CJPAT as defined in Annex 48A. Single
lane implementations shall use the CJPAT sequence specified in Annex 48A for transmission on lane 0.
The amount of data represented in the eye shall be adequate to ensure that the bit error ratio is less than
10
-12.
The eye pattern shall be measured with AC coupling and the compliance template centered at 0 Volts
differential. The left and right edges of the template shall be aligned with the mean zero crossing points
of the measured data eye. The load for this test shall be 100 Ohms resistive ±5% differential to 2.5 GHz.
16.9.2
Jitter Test Measurements
For the purpose of jitter measurement, the effects of a single-pole high pass filter with a 3 dB point at
(Baud Frequency)/1667 is applied to the jitter. The data pattern for jitter measurements is the Continu-
ous Jitter Test Pattern (CJPAT) pattern defined in Annex 48A of IEEE802.3ae. All lanes of the LP-Serial
link shall be active in both the transmit and receive directions, and opposite ends of the links shall use
asynchronous clocks. Four lane implementations shall use CJPAT as defined in Annex 48A. Single lane
implementations shall use the CJPAT sequence specified in Annex 48A for transmission on lane 0. Jitter
shall be measured with AC coupling and at 0 Volts differential. Jitter measurement for the transmitter (or
for calibration of a jitter tolerance setup) shall be performed with a test procedure resulting in a BER
curve such as that described in Annex 48B of IEEE802.3ae.
16.9.3
Transmit Jitter
Transmit jitter is measured at the driver output when terminated into a load of 100 Ohms resistive ±5%
differential to 2.5 GHz.
16.9.4
Jitter Tolerance
Jitter tolerance is measured at the receiver using a jitter tolerance test signal. This signal is obtained by
first producing the sum of deterministic and random jitter defined in Section 8.6 and then adjusting the
signal amplitude until the data eye contacts the 6 points of the minimum eye opening of the receive tem-
plate. Note that for this to occur, the test signal must have vertical waveform symmetry about the
average value and have horizontal symmetry (including jitter) about the mean zero crossing. Eye tem-
plate measurement requirements are as defined above. Random jitter is calibrated using a high pass
filter with a low frequency corner at 20 MHz and a 20 dB/decade roll-off below this. The required sinuso-
idal jitter specified in Section 8.6 is then added to the signal and the test load is replaced by the receiver
being tested.