Agilent U7231A DDR3 Compliance Test Application for Infiniium Oscilloscopes

Agilent introduced the U7231A DDR3 Compliance Test Application for Infiniium 54850 and 80000 Series Oscilloscopes. This application features Advanced Debug mode, which provides critical measurements such as mask tests, eye-diagram analysis, ringing measurements and other tests that are not covered in the JEDEC specifications.

A Screenshoot of Agilent U7231A DDR3 Compliance Test Application

Key features of U7231A DDR3 compliance test application:

• New setup wizard for quick setup, configuration and test
• Unique technique to provide read-write burst signal separation on the same bus in real-time mode, allowing powerful debug and analysis
• Enhanced execution speed and proven test algorithm for clock test, which minimizes your compliance test time
• User-selected tests and configurations based on JEDEC JESD79-3 Specification data rate and user-defined speed for embedded designs
• Test framework provides powerful characterization through multiple trials that show a full array of statistics for each measurement and returns the worst measurement value
• Ability to analyze the loading effect of adjacent RANK of the same memory channel

The Agilent U7231A DDR3 application automatically configures the oscilloscope for each test and generates an informative HTML report at the end of the test. It compares the results with the specification test limit and indicates how closely the device passes or fails each test. The complex analysis runs seamlessly within the scope, which saves users' time and effort compared to making and analyzing measurements manually.

When a problem is encountered during the test, engineers can use the Advanced Debug feature to analyze the cause. The application sets up the scope to separate read and write signals so engineers can debug signal integrity issues. Infiniium oscilloscopes also feature InfiniiScan, which is a powerful tool for finding signal problems.

With the DDR3 clock rate approaching microwave speeds, signal integrity performance of the measurement tools becomes increasingly critical to achieve accurate and consistent measurements. Agilent's Infiniium 80000 Series oscilloscope, winner of Test and Measurement World's 2007 Best-In-Test Product of the Year award, offers the industry's lowest noise floor, lowest trigger jitter and flattest frequency response. Using 80000 Series oscilloscopes with award-winning InfiniiMax probes and the powerful U7231A DDR3 application, engineers can maximize their design margins and gain greater insights into their system performance.

About DDR3
DDR3 memory technology is an evolutionary upgrade to its predecessor, DDR2. DDR3 devices will feature higher bandwidths and smaller chip footprints and will consume less power and generate less heat. DDR3 achieves this with modern fine ball-grid array packaging, enhanced on-die termination, self calibration and automatic self-refresh for improved control of signal integrity.

Price: US$3,000.

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