Storage
The storage and server industry has seen a relentless drive for faster data transfer speeds and greater storage capacity, at the lowest possible cost.
Tektronix provides a powerful and comprehensive test instrument portfolio for a variety of standards, including: SATA, SAS, InfiniBand™, Fibre Channel, XAUI, and more.
- Debug & Design Verification of Transmitter and Receiver Devices
- Automated Conformance Test
- Transmitter Validation and Cable Testing
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Videos
- Physical Layer Validation of Storage Systems
With many advances in storage technology, it is even more critical to stay connected with the updated transfer methodologies. In this webinar you'll learn about the most recent Compliance Test Specification revisions by the SATA I/O and Serial Attached SCSI organizations. See how these latest tests are performed on Tektronix instrumentation using automated compliance software. - High Performance Mixed Signal Validation and Debug Webinar
Modern embedded and computing systems have become progressively more powerful by incorporating high-speed buses with mixed analog and digital subsystems. - Analyzing Long Records of Acquired Data Webinar
Jit Lim demonstrates how to use the DSA70000B Series performance ocsilloscopes to capture and analyze long records of information. Spread Spectrum Clocking (SSC), VCO Start-up Characterization and Power Supply Modulation Analysis. - The Case of the Closing Eye Webinar
The origins of digital problems often lie in the analog realm. See how signal integrity analysis can help you keep your eyes open. 15:56 min. Speaker: Ransom Stephens.
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These videos will cover serial data fundamentals including clock recovery, jitter analysis and compliance testing. Additional advanced topics include receiver testing and equalization.
Application Notes
- The Basics of Serial Data Compliance and Validation Measurements
This primer is designed to help you understand the common aspects of serial data transmission and to explain the analog and digital measurement requirements that apply to these emerging serial technologies - Storage Solutions Fact Sheet
This technology fact sheet describes the support for SATA and SAS PHY Layer Testing for Hosts, Devices and Cables from Tektronix. - Analog Signals Join Digital Patterns In Serial Data
With fast digital-to-analog converters and faster sample clock capabilities, a new generation of AWGs is evolving as a way to generate waveforms for high-speed serial bus protocols such as SATA 2 and PCI-Express. - An Introduction to Clock Recovery: Critical Aspects in Test and Measurements in High-speed Serial Designs
A primer on clock recovery, dealing with high-speed serial data rates doubling and tripling. - Overcoming High Speed Serial Data
RX Testing Challenges Using an
AWG and Direct Synthesis Application Note
With the combination of fast AWG’s hardware performance and Direct Synthesis software, High Speed Serial Data Receiver testing has now been simplified to just a single instrument running a sequence and looking for errors.
