Comparison of jitter decomposition methods for BER analysis of high-speed serial links

Author

Erb, Stefan ; Pribyl, Wolfgang

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electron., Graz Univ. of Technol., Graz, Austria

fYear

2010

fDate

14-16 April 2010

Firstpage

370

Lastpage

375

Abstract

We present and compare various jitter decomposition methods for bit error rate (BER) estimation, as required for the diagnosis and test of serial high-speed transceivers. The methods are based on the analysis of jitter distributions using the well known Gaussian Q-normalization principle. The comparison is realized with an efficient optimization scheme, which allows for a combined utilization and performance evaluation of the different methods. Error quantities and test distributions are also provided to support extensive performance simulations. Analyses include the influence of distribution sample size, test distribution shape and the timing resolution.

Keywords

Gaussian processes; error statistics; jitter; optimisation; transceivers; BER analysis; Gaussian Q-normalization principle; bit error rate estimation; distribution sample size; high-speed serial link; high-speed transceiver; jitter decomposition; optimization scheme; test distribution shape; timing resolution; Bit error rate; Clocks; Electronic equipment testing; Estimation error; Jitter; Linear regression; Performance analysis; Polynomials; Probability distribution; Tail;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems (DDECS), 2010 IEEE 13th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Vienna

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6612-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DDECS.2010.5491751

Filename

5491751