PCI Express Compliance Testing (Electrical)
Recommended Test Equipment for PCI Express 1.0a and 1.1 Electrical Compliance, Validation, and Debug
| Required for PCI-SIG 1.0a/1.1 Add-In Card and System Board Compliance Tests | Quantity | |
|---|---|---|
| Oscilloscope | DPO/DSA70604B or higher or TDS7704B or TDS6604 or higher 6 GHz or above captures the 5th harmonic of the 1.25 GHz fundamental. |
1 |
| PCI-SIG Signal Quality Compliance Software | SigTest version 2.1 - Download for Signal Quality Testing PCI-SIG | 1 |
| PCI-SIG Clock Phase Jitter Tool | Clock Jitter Tool version 1.3 - Download for System Reference Clock Testing | 1 |
| SMA Probe | P7380SMA or P7313SMA Series SMA Differential Probing System for electrical compliance, removes the need to deskew channels. Uses one differential channel vs. channel math. |
Optional |
| Active Differential Probe | P7300 or P7500 Series Differential Probes (6 GHz or above) for probing terminated lanes on compliance test fixture and reference clock test point on CLB. |
Optional |
| Compliance Test Fixtures | The test procedures require specialized test fixtures available from the PCI-SIG. The Compliance Load Board (CLB) is used for testing platforms. The Compliance Base Board (CBB) is used for testing Add-In cards. Go to the CLB and CBB ordering instructions for more information. Requires SMA cables and terminators as described in the procedure. | 1 |
| Related information | PCI-SIG PCI Express 1.0a/1.1 electrical test procedure | 1 |
| Recommended for PCI Express 1.0a and 1.1 Validation and Debug | Quantity | |
| Oscilloscope | Tektronix Real-time DPO/DSA70604B or higher or TDS7704B orTDS6604 or higher
6 GHz or above captures the 5th harmonic of the 1.25 GHz fundamental. |
1 |
| Pre-compliance and Analysis Software | DPOJET Jitter and Eye Analysis Software for jitter, eye diagram and parametric testing including dual-dirac jitter. |
1 |
| Active Differential Probe | P7300 or P7500 TriMode Differential Probes (6 GHz or above) for validation and debug of chip-chip links, including common mode measurements. |
1 |
| SMA Probe | P7300SMA Series Differential Probing System for SMA terminated electrical measurements, removes the need to deskew channels. |
1 |
| High Speed Signal Source | AWG7000B Arbitrary Waveform Generators provide direct synthesis of signal impairments (jitter and amplitude) for receiver margin testing. |
1 |
| Spectrum Analyzer | RSA6000A Spectrum Analyzer and AFG3000 Arbitrary Function Generator for PLL loop BW testing. |
1 |
| SerialXPress Jitter Generation Software | SerialXpress (SDX100) Serial data signal generation tool for arbitrary waveform generators | 1 |
| Compliance Test Fixtures | CEM (Card Electro-Mechanical) specification measurements require specialized test fixtures available from the PCI-SIG. The Compliance Load Board (CLB) is used for testing platforms. The Compliance Base Board (CBB) is used for testing Add-In cards. Go to the CLB and CBB ordering instructions for more information. Requires SMA cables and terminators. | 1 |
| Related information | PCI-SIG 1.0a/1.1 Base and CEM Specifications | 1 |
Recommended Test Equipment for PCI Express 2.0 Electrical Compliance, Validation, and Debug
| Required for PCI-SIG 2.0 Add-In Card and System Board Compliance Tests | Quantity | |
|---|---|---|
| Oscilloscope | Tektronix Real-time DPO/DSA71254B or higher or TDS6154C 12.5 GHz or above (required bandwidth as per the Base Specification) captures the 5th harmonic of the 2.5 GHz fundamental. |
1 |
| Oscilloscope Record Length | 10 Meg RL standard on DPO/DSA70000B or 8 Meg RL optional on TDS6154C. Required for specified 1 Million UI capture; in a single acquisition. | 1 |
| PCI-SIG Signal Quality Compliance Software | SigTest version 3.1 - Download for Signal Quality Testing | 1 |
| PCI-SIG Clock Phase Jitter Tool | Clock Jitter Tool version 1.3 - Download for System Reference Clock Testing | 1 |
| SMA Probe | P7313SMA Series SMA Differential Probing System Two SMA probes required with TDS6000C oscilloscopes for dual port (Explicit Clock-Data) System test. TDS6000C offers 40 GS/s on two channels. Not required on DPO/DSA70000B oscilloscopes for system testing due to the 50 GS/s sample rate on four channels; SMA probes used optionally to remove the need to deskew channels. |
2 Required for TDS6000C System Test |
| Optional for DPO/DSA70000 Models | ||
| Compliance Test Fixtures | The test procedures require specialized test fixtures available from the PCI-SIG. The Compliance Load Board (CLB) is used for testing platforms. The Compliance Base Board (CBB) is used for testing Add-In cards. Go to the CLB and CBB ordering instructions for more information. Requires SMA cables and terminators as described in the procedure. | 1 |
| Related information | PCI-SIG PCI Express 2.0 electrical test procedures Requires SMP cables and terminators as described in the procedure. |
1 |
| Recommended for PCI Express 2.0 Validation and Debug | Quantity | |
| Oscilloscope | Tektronix Real-time DPO/DSA71254B or TDS6154C Oscilloscope 12.5 GHz or above (required bandwidth as per the Base Specification) captures the 5th harmonic of the 2.5 GHz fundamental. |
1 |
| Oscilloscope Filters | Serial Data Link Analysis software (option SLA on DPO/DSA70000B Series) enables channel de-convolution and de-emphasis removal as required in the 2.0 Base Specification for transmitter measurements. | 1 |
| Pre-compliance and Analysis Software | DPOJET Jitter and Eye Analysis Software for jitter, eye diagram and parametric testing including dual-dirac jitter. |
1 |
| Active Differential Probe | P7313 or P7500 TriMode Differential Probes (12.5 GHz or above) for validation and debug of chip-chip links, including common mode measurements. |
1 |
| SMA Probe | P7313SMA Series Differential Probing System for SMA terminated electrical measurements, removes the need to deskew channels. |
1 |
| High Speed Signal Source | AWG7000B Arbitrary Waveform Generators provide Direct Synthesis of signal impairments (jitter and amplitude) for receiver margin testing. |
1 |
| SerialXPress Jitter Generation Software | SerialXpress (SDX100) Serial data signal generation tool for arbitrary waveform generators | 1 |
| Spectrum Analyzer | RSA6000A Spectrum Analyzer and AFG3000 Arbitrary Function Generator for PLL loop BW testing. |
1 |
| Compliance Test Fixtures | CEM (Card Electro-Mechanical) specification measurements require specialized test fixtures available from the PCI-SIG. The Compliance Load Board (CLB) is used for testing platforms. The Compliance Base Board (CBB) is used for testing Add-In cards. Go to the CLB and CBB ordering instructions for more information. Requires SMP cables and terminators as described in the procedure. | 1 |
| Related information | PCI-SIG 2.0 Base and CEM Specifications | 1 |
Recommended Test Equipment for PCI Express 3.0 Electrical Validation and Debug
| Recommended for PCI-SIG 3.0 Validation and Debug | Quantity | |
|---|---|---|
| Oscilloscope | Tektronix Real-time DSA72004B Oscilloscope 20 GHz captures the 5th harmonic of the 4 GHz fundamental. |
1 |
| Oscilloscope Filters | Serial Data Link Analysis software (option SLA on DPO/DSA70000B Series) enables channel de-convolution and de-emphasis removal. | 1 |
| Pre-compliance and Analysis Software |
DPOJET Jitter and Eye Analysis Software for jitter, eye diagram and parametric testing including dual- dirac jitter. |
1 |
| Active Differential Probe | P7520 TriMode Differential Probe for validation and debug of chip-chip links, including common mode measurements. |
1 |