DisplayPort

DisplayPort is a new digital display interface standard put forth by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). It defines a digital audio/video interconnect intended to be used between computer and display monitors, or computers and home theater systems.

The DisplayPort connector supports 1 to 4 data pairs in a main link that also carries audio. The clock signals are embedded in the data lanes. The video signal is not compatible with DVI or HDMI, but the specification allows pass-through of these signals. An auxiliary lane is available for link management and device control.

Full Compliance Test Support

VESA released the DisplayPort specification 1.1a in January 2008. The specification includes serial data rates of 1.62 and 2.7 Gbps per data pair for maximum data throughput of up to 10.8Gbps for the link. Tektronix provides a complete, flexible solution to address the validation and compliance needs of the DisplayPort test requirements comprising of high performance hardware and comprehensive software packages.

DisplayPort Fact Sheet (108 kB)

DisplayPort Source Test Software (108 kB)

Recommended Test Equipment

For DisplayPort compliance testing per Compliance Test Specification 1.1 (CTS):

Organizations

DisplayPort.org

DisplayPort Method of Implementation (MOI)

MOI for Source Tests (16 MB)

Setup Files ZIP (367 kB)

MOI Sink Tests (2 MB)

AWG Setup File 1 ZIP (111 MB)
DPOJET ZIP (9 kB)
JIT3 ZIP (5 kB)

MOI Cable Tests (186 kB)

Application Notes and Technical Documents

How to Survive in a World of Evolving Serial Standards (1 MB)
How do you stay ahead of compliance requirements in the constantly changing word of serial data technology?

Direct Synthesis Comes to the Aid of Serial Measurements (4 MB)
How to create Direct Synthesis Signals Using Arbitrary Waveform Generators.

How Do You Get the Most Out of Your Tektronix Performance Oscilloscope (1 MB)
Understand the important signal acquisition and usability features of your oscilloscope to achieve quicker results.

An Introduction to Clock Recovery: Critical Aspects in Test and Measurements in High-speed Serial Designs (996 kB)
A primer on clock recovery, dealing with high-speed serial data rates doubling and tripling.