Tektronix, in collaboration with Anritsu, introduced a PCI EXPRESS 5.0 transceiver (Base and CEM) and reference clock solution, presented as the first CEM fixtures of their kind for pre-compliance testing. The collaboration between Tektronix and Anritsu enables industry-wide receiver verification, complementing a leading transmitter and reference clock test suite.
PCI-SIG, the standard-setting body for peripheral component I/O data transfers, announced the PCI EXPRESS 6.0 specification (256 GB/s) to be delivered in 2021 and include multi-level PAM4 signaling. The server/storage industry is rapidly transitioning to PCI EXPRESS 5.0 due to new requirements imposed by 400G ethernet, cloud AI and modeling (co-processors), storage capacity, and NAND-based storage.
This rapid progression brings an entirely new problem set for test and measurement traditionally split into Base silicon level validation and CEM compliance testing with the PCI-SIG. The PCI EXPRESS 5.0 transceiver and reference clock solution was developed, and continues to be aligned with, the 5.0 Base specification, 5.0 CEM specification, and 5.0 test specifications.
Key features include:
PCI EXPRESS 5.0 (32 GT/s) automated Base & CEM transceiver solution running on DPO700000SX series 70 GHz real time oscilloscope and MP1900A Signal Quality Analyzer-R series (BERT) from Anritsu
Receiver automation software from Tektronix with highly efficient algorithms for stressed eye calibration at 32 GT/s & 16 GT/s
State-of-the-art tool support including SigTest Phoenix with highly parallelized processing to reduce overall test time
Multiple form factors (M.2 & U.2) and Clocking Architectures (CC, SRNS, SRIS)
Follows real time evolution of the 5.0 Base specification with 32 GT/s uncorrelated jitter and pulse width jitter measurements implemented to optimize A/D range and minimize noise
Addresses the increasing challenges of 100 MHz reference clock jitter and signal integrity measurements through full integration with the Silicon Labs “PCIe Clock Jitter” tool and Tektronix’s DPOJET tool
Availability
The Tektronix PCI EXPRESS solution is now available worldwide for use with DPO/MSO70000SX/DX.
