Agilent Technologies 83434A

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Using the Agilent 83434A

BER Performance Verification

2Set the Agilent 71612B as follows:

CLOCK OUTPUT

SIG GEN FREQ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9953.28 MHZ

SIG GEN FREQ (for 83434 option 106) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10664.23 MHZ

DATA OUTPUT

Ext AC COUPLED

DATA AMPLITUDE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.0 V

PATTERN

PRBS

2 31–1

3Disable WAVELENGTH ADJUST on the 83433A.

4Turn on the 83433A laser.

5Adjust the optical attenuator for a maximum of 0 dBm and a minimum of

–16 dbm at the output of the attenuator.

6Set the Agilent 71612B as follows:

INPUT & EYE

0/1 THR CENTER

CLK/DATA ALIGN

GATING

RUN GATING

7Verify that the 71612B reports zero errors.