USB4 Transmitter Compliance Test

Fully-automated USB4 transmitter compliance test made easy

UXR oscilloscope with D9040USBC, D9020ASIA, and D9020JITA software

USB4 Transmitter Compliance Test to USB-IF Standards

The USB4 standard doubles the bit rate of USB 3.2 to 40 Gbps with support for two 20 Gbps physical layer (PHY) lanes. A single USB Type C port handles multiple data communication protocols at once. All USB products need USB-IF authorized compliance testing for USB4 certification, which tells consumers their USB C products will work together seamlessly.

The increased bit rates bring more potential for transmitter errors, so testing USB4 devices is more challenging than prior generations. Testing a USB4 transmitter requires the device under test (DUT) to transmit test patterns. A high-performance real-time oscilloscope captures these patterns and analyzes them.

Doubling the PHY bit rate to 40 Gbps introduces additional signal integrity challenges. Signals are transferred on all four high-speed pairs at the same time, increasing the near-end and far-end crosstalk. In addition, new jitter, phase, and slew rate measurements further complicate testing. Short channel and long channel test cases each need additional test setups.

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Automated USB4 Transmitter Compliance Test Solution

Keysight's automated USB4 transmitter test simplifies the time consuming and error-prone process of configuring and testing a device's compliance to the USB4 standard. This solution comprises the USB4 transmitter compliance test automation software, two waveform analysis software packages, and a UXR-Series oscilloscope on which the software runs.

Keysight Advanced Signal Integrity Software

Advanced Signal Integrity Software

Software for modeling equalization, analyzing waveforms, and addressing crosstalk issues using an oscilloscope

Keysight Jitter, Vertical And Phase Noise Analysis Software

Jitter and Phase Noise Analysis Software

Advanced software for analyzing jitter and phase noise in high-speed waveforms with high-end oscilloscopes

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