System and method of testing a transceiver
First Claim
1. A system for determining a jitter tolerance of an optoelectronic device, comprising:
- a generation circuit configured to generate a first sequence of bits and to transmit said first sequence of bits to a delay circuit configured to individually transmit bits in said first sequence to said optoelectronic device, each of said bits subject to a delay prior to being transmitted to said optoelectronic device; and
comparison circuitry configured to receive a second sequence of bits from said optoelectronic device, said second sequence of bits being derived by said optoelectronic device from said first sequence of bits;
wherein said comparison circuitry compares said second sequence of bits to said first sequence of bits and wherein said jitter tolerance of said optoelectronic device is determined by reference to said comparison.
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Abstract
A system and method for testing the jitter tolerance and signal attenuation tolerance of an optoelectronic device is disclosed. The system includes a generation circuit, delay circuit and comparison circuitry. A first sequence of bits is generated, delayed, and sent to the optoelectronic device. The optoelectronic device receives the bits and retransmits them as a second sequence to the comparison circuitry, which compares the two bit sequences to determine a bit error rate. The bit error rate is then used to determine the jitter tolerance and, in an alternate embodiment, the signal attenuation tolerance of the optoelectronic device being tested.
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1. A system for determining a jitter tolerance of an optoelectronic device, comprising:
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a generation circuit configured to generate a first sequence of bits and to transmit said first sequence of bits to a delay circuit configured to individually transmit bits in said first sequence to said optoelectronic device, each of said bits subject to a delay prior to being transmitted to said optoelectronic device; and
comparison circuitry configured to receive a second sequence of bits from said optoelectronic device, said second sequence of bits being derived by said optoelectronic device from said first sequence of bits;
wherein said comparison circuitry compares said second sequence of bits to said first sequence of bits and wherein said jitter tolerance of said optoelectronic device is determined by reference to said comparison. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. In a system for measuring a jitter tolerance of an optoelectronic device, said system being adapted to electrically communicate with the optoelectronic device and at least one master device, said system comprising a first bit sequence generator, a second bit sequence generator, a delay, and a controller, a method for computing the jitter tolerance comprising the steps of:
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generating a first sequence of bits and transmitting said first sequence of bits to the delay;
delaying said first sequence of bits and individually transmitting said bits to the optoelectronic device;
transmitting a second sequence of bits from the optoelectronic device to the controller, said second sequence of bits derived by the optoelectronic device from the first sequence of bits;
comparing said first sequence of bits to said second sequence of bits to calculate a bit error rate; and
using said bit error rate to determine said jitter tolerance. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for determining a signal attenuation tolerance of an optoelectronic device, comprising:
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a generation circuit configured to generate a first sequence of bits and to transmit said first sequence of bits to a delay circuit configured to individually transmit bits in said first sequence to an attenuator configured to perform an attenuation of a power level of said first sequence of bits by a predefined amount and to then transmit said first sequence of bits to the optoelectronic device; and
comparison circuitry configured to receive a second sequence of bits from the optoelectronic device, said second sequence of bits being derived by the optoelectronic device from said first sequence of bits;
wherein said comparison circuitry compares said second sequence of bits to said first sequence of bits and wherein said signal attenuation tolerance of said optoelectronic device is determined by reference to said comparison. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. In a system for measuring an attenuation tolerance of an optoelectronic device, said system being adapted to electrically communicate with the optoelectronic device and an optical attenuator, said system comprising a first bit sequence generator, a second bit sequence generator, a delay, and a controller, a method for computing the attenuation tolerance comprising the steps of:
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generating a first sequence of bits and transmitting said first sequence of bits to the delay;
delaying said first sequence of bits and individually transmitting said bits to the optoelectronic device;
transmitting a second sequence of bits from the optoelectronic device to the optical attenuator, said second sequence of bits derived by the optoelectronic device from the first sequence of bits;
attenuating a power level of said second sequence of bits and transmitting said first sequence of bits and said second sequence of bits to the controller;
comparing said first sequence of bits to said second sequence of bits to calculate a bit error rate; and
using said bit error rate to determine said attenuation tolerance. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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