[SI-LIST] Re: TDR Analsis Equipment..Tektronix vs Agilent?

  • From: "Cavanna, Vicente Vaca (Sr. ; ProCurve ASICs)" <vicente.cavanna@xxxxxx>
  • To: <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <homer.si.mpson66@xxxxxxxxx>, <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:38:27 -0000

 Hi Tom,
But it is not too important to get the same energy over the measurement
frequency range (after all, the energy in the TDR stimulus is hardly
uniform over frequency). What is of primary importance is to have
*sufficient* energy at the detector to overcome the noise (i.e.
sufficient signal to noise ratio) at all frequencies of interest. I do
agree of course that the DUT plays a huge  part in how much energy
reaches the detector.
Vicente

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Dagostino
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 6:32 PM
> To: Cavanna, Vicente Vaca (Sr. ; ProCurve ASICs);=20
> homer.si.mpson66@xxxxxxxxx; si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: TDR Analsis Equipment..Tektronix vs Agilent?
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> Vicente
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> It is not a problem getting a large amount of energy to the=20
> DUT, it is a problem of getting the same energy over the=20
> measurement frequency range. =3D  If there is an inductive=20
> launch it will act as a low pass filter.  Thus the energy=20
> will be different at different frequencies.
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> Tom Dagostino
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
> [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] =3D On Behalf Of Cavanna,=20
> Vicente Vaca (Sr. ; ProCurve ASICs)
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 5:20 PM
> To: homer.si.mpson66@xxxxxxxxx; si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: TDR Analsis Equipment..Tektronix vs Agilent?
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>  With a VNA one can increase the power level of the stimulus=20
> and get =3D more energy into and through the DUT even when the=20
> DUT is lossy and/or =3D extremely reflective. With a TDR this=20
> is not as easy to do; in fact the TDRs I =3D have used do not=20
> permit such control. Vicente
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=3D3D20 =3D20=20
> >[mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter J
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 9:36 AM
> > To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: TDR Analsis Equipment..Tektronix vs=20
> Agilent?=3D20=20
> >=3D3D20  Hi,  The biggest problem in using a TDR or VNA for=20
> that matter=20
> >is=3D3D20  to get enough energy into the DUT since even a very=20
> small=3D3D20 =20
> >inductance at the connection point from the TDR to the=20
> DUT=3D3D20  will=20
> >give an insertion loss. It's possible to get a return=3D3D20  loss of =

> >-20dB at 5GHz if you work hard. At 50 GHz it's hard=3D3D20  to=20
> get -3 dB=20
> >RL which means that half of the power will enter=3D3D20  the=20
> DUT and the=20
> >rest is wasted. By using a VNA it is possible=3D3D20  to make a TRL=20
> >calibration kit and remove the effect of the=3D3D20 =20
> testsystem and only=20
> >get the DUT characteristics.
> > I use a short pigtail with a thin semirigid coax instead of a=3D3D20 =
=20
> >probe when I do measurements with the TDR(tektronix). It=3D3D20 =20
> >increases the accuracy a great deal.
> >=3D3D20
> > BR
> > Peter
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> > -----Original Message-----
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> > From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> [*mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx*<si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]
> > On Behalf Of ext Asbenson, Lyndell L
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> > Sent: 24. april 2007 02:27
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> > To: heidi.barnes@xxxxxxxxxx; si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =3D3D20
> > Cc: timothy.j.nash@xxxxxxxx; tom_cip_11551@xxxxxxxxx =3D3D20
> > Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: TDR Analsis Equipment..Tektronix vs Agilent?
> >=3D3D20
> > Dedicated TDR is much easer to setup then going the VNA=20
> route -Lyndell=20
> >=3D3D20  -----Original Message----- =3D3D20
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> > On Behalf Of Barnes, Heidi
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> > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 12:17 PM
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> > To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >=3D3D20
> > Cc: timothy.j.nash@xxxxxxxx; tom_cip_11551@xxxxxxxxx =3D3D20
> > Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: TDR Analsis Equipment..Tektronix vs Agilent?
> >=3D3D20
> > Hi Tom,
> >=3D3D20
> > Tim is correct in that probing is not a simple task. If=20
> you=3D3D20  have=20
> >the time and patience, a Vector Network Analyzer with=3D3D20  PCB=20
> >Thru-Reflect-Line Calibration standards can provide a=3D3D20 =20
> method for=20
> >getting measured electrical data for a PCB=3D3D20  structure that =
does=20
> >not include the probes or connectorized=3D3D20  transitions on to the =

> >printed circuit board. The S-Parameter=3D3D20  data can then=20
> be converted=20
> >to time domain for TDR analysis of=3D3D20  the discontinuities and a=20
> >40GHz box will give you around an=3D3D20  18pS rise time pulse=20
> (an edge=20
> >that is ~100mils long for a PCB=3D3D20  dielectric constant of=20
> ~4) which=20
> >gives a significant amount=3D3D20  of detail (50mils is rather=20
> ambitious=20
> >unless you have money=3D3D20  for the top end 110GHz VNA's or 8pS =
rise=20
> >time TDR scopes).=3D3D20  The other thing to think about is that most =

> >applications=3D3D20  running about 3Gbps are differential so=20
> it is also=20
> >nice to=3D3D20  have a 4-Port system for measurements.
> >=3D3D20
> > Regards,
> >=3D3D20
> > Heidi
> >=3D3D20
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > On Behalf Of Nash, Timothy J
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> > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 11:33 AM
> >=3D3D20
> > To: tom_cip_11551@xxxxxxxxx; si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =3D3D20
> > Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: TDR Analsis Equipment..Tektronix vs Agilent?
> >=3D3D20
> > Hi, Tom.
> >=3D3D20
> > I have tried using a Tektronix TDR (I'm not sure of the=3D3D20
> > model) to probe PCBs before, and found that what probe=20
> you=3D3D20  were=20
> >using, and WHAT you were probing, can make or break your=3D3D20 =20
> >measurement. We were using a hand-held pressure-actuated type=3D3D20  =

> >probe and simply bending your wrist a little would change the=3D3D20  =

> >response. We had a tough time even discerning between two=3D3D20  =
vias=20
> >spaced an inch apart from each other. I believe the=3D3D20 =20
> probes used=20
> >by most PCB manufacturers are on a robotic arm=3D3D20  and they are=20
> >probing PCB coupons that have pre-defined TDR=3D3D20 =20
> features. I found=20
> >it very difficult to glean much useful info=3D3D20  from real=20
> PCB traces=20
> >when the discontinuities were as close=3D3D20  together as=20
> what you are=20
> >describing. I don't believe this was=3D3D20  a fault of the=20
> scope - just=20
> >a function of the probing method=3D3D20  and the feature=20
> constraints of=20
> >the PCB.
> >=3D3D20
> > Tim
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> >=3D3D20
> >=3D3D20
> >=3D3D20
> >=3D3D20
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> > On Behalf Of tom_cip_11551
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> > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 10:47 AM
> >=3D3D20
> > To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >=3D3D20
> > Subject: [SI-LIST] TDR Analsis Equipment..Tektronix vs Agilent?
> >=3D3D20
> > Hi to the Signal Integrity community.
> >=3D3D20
> > I am looking for a set of equipment with wich to do=20
> TDR=3D3D20  analysis=20
> >on=3D3D3D3D20 high speed PCB structures. We are now=3D3D20 =20
> building boards=20
> >to run at=3D3D3D3D20 speeds of 3 Gb/s or faster and=3D3D20  I=20
> would like to=20
> >resolve=3D3D3D3D20 discontinuites within, say, 50=3D3D20  mils=20
> to 80 mils=20
> >of each other.
> >=3D3D20
> > I have gotten quotes from Tektronix and Agilent for TDR=3D3D20 =20
> >equipment. =3D3D3D3D20 =3D3D20  The Tektronix system consists of the=20
> >DSA8200 digital sampling=3D3D20  =3D3D3D scope,=3D3D3D3D20 the 80E04 =
TDR=20
> >sampling module and the =3D
> 80SICON=3D3D20
> > signal integrity and=3D3D3D3D20 failure analysis software (a=20
> $20K=3D3D20 =20
> >item by itself).
> >=3D3D20
> > The Agilent system consists of the 86100C scope, the 54754A=3D3D20 =20
> >TDR=3D3D3D3D20 module and various other software programs for =
S=3D3D20 =20
> >parameters, Jitter=3D3D3D3D20 analysis, etc.
> >=3D3D20
> > I am wondering what the Signal Integrity community at large=3D3D20 =20
> >is=3D3D3D3D20 using.
> > Which system is more popular and, most important, cost=3D3D3D3D20 =
=3D3D
> effective?
> >=3D3D20
> > What are some of the advantages and drawbacks of each?
> >=3D3D20
> > Are there other solutions on the market that are more cost=20
> >effective?=3D20 =3D3D20  Thank You =3D3D20  Tom =3D3D20 =3D3D20 =
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