Agilent Technologies Launches Industry's First Complete MIPI M-PHY Test Suite
Communiqué de presse de AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES 
Suite of Instruments and Software Enables Faster and More Robust M-PHY Design and Validation Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:
A) today announced a comprehensive MIPI M-PHY test solution for mobile
computing customers. The Agilent solution suite helps design engineers
turn on, debug and validate all layers of their M-PHY devices, including
physical and protocol layers, at speeds up to 5.8 Gb/sec. The
Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) Alliance is finalizing the
M-PHY specification to allow development of faster, more reliable
high-speed interfaces for mobile devices. M-PHY technology supports a
broad range of applications, including interfaces for monitors, cameras,
audio and video equipment, memory, power management and communication
between baseband and RFIC components. The
Agilent solution consists of oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers and
exercisers, and bit error-rate testers (BERTs) using custom M-PHY
stimulus software. Each instrument comes with custom M-PHY-ready
software to support design teams through the entire product design
process. “Working
closely with customers developing early M-PHY-based silicon allowed us
to provide robust M-PHY test solutions even before the final
specification became available,” said Roland Scherzinger, Agilent’s MIPI
program manager. “In addition, we were happy to share our experience in
testing high-speed serial technologies in the MIPI workgroups, ensuring
robust M-PHY specifications in terms of signal integrity and
testability.” The Infiniium 90000 X-Series oscilloscope delivers
industry-leading, real-time bandwidth of up to 32 GHz with the
industry’s only 30-GHz probing system. With the industry’s lowest noise
and lowest jitter measurement floor performance, the scope ensures
superior accuracy and is ideal for MIPI M-PHY transmitter conformance
testing for speeds up to Gear 3. Using 90000 X-Series oscilloscopes
gives engineers increased confidence in their MIPI M-PHY product
performance and increases design margins. Accurate and automated MIPI M-PHY receiver testing is supported by Agilent’s high-performance ParBERT 81250A for multi-lane testing and J-BERT N4903B for single-lane testing. Although the MIPI M-PHY receiver test
specifications have not been finalized yet, engineers can use these bit
error-ratio testers for accurate M-PHY receiver tolerance testing in a
pattern generator or full BERT configuration in conjunction with
N5181/2A, E4438C and 81150A signal generators. The N5990A-165 MIPI M-PHY/ DigRF v4 receiver test automation software saves significant R&D time by automatically calibrating stress
conditions and by controlling all test equipment for automated receiver
tolerance tests.
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES
Publié le 03-06-2011
