Signal Intelligence

Three Rails, Two Eyes: A 100BASE-TX Transmitter Compliance Test at electronica 2026

Three Rails, Two Eyes: A 100BASE-TX Transmitter Compliance Test at electronica 2026

UNI-T's Ethernet Compliance station ran the 100BASE-TX AOI template test on an MSO8804HD. The three-rail MLT-3 eye identifies the PHY. The template is one of several Tx tests; amplitude, rise...

Nov 12, 2026Thomas Hu
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TEST_PACKET to Bathtub: Reading a USB 2.0 High-Speed Jitter Analysis at electronica 2026

TEST_PACKET to Bathtub: Reading a USB 2.0 High-Speed Jitter Analysis at electronica 2026

A USB 2.0 high-speed jitter test, start to finish: TEST_PACKET mode, fixture, 12-bit capture, then eye, TIE, jitter spectrum and bathtub on one screen. TJ 228.3 ps is about 11...

Nov 11, 2026Thomas Hu
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High-Speed Interface Testing for DDR and USB: When Digital Signals Become Analog

High-Speed Interface Testing for DDR and USB: When Digital Signals Become Analog

At DDR5 speeds, one bit lasts 156 picoseconds. At this scale, there is no digital — only analog behavior. At Embedded World 2026, I watched what it takes to keep...

Apr 16, 2026Thomas Hu
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