IC Package L & C

Cable and Connector Development

Accurate Impedance Measurements

Create SPICE Models & Eye Diagrams

IC Package & Board Failure Analysis

Applications
  1. Loss Tangent Measurements for Differential and Single Ended Transmission Lines
  2. Failure Analysis of PCB with or without Components Mounted
  3. (TDR) Impedance Testing of IC Package, Cable, PCB, Backplane

When GigaProbes(tm) are used with IConnect® from TDA Systems, a Tektronix Company:

  • Create accurate interconnect impedance measurements, S11 and S21 S-Parameter, eye diagram and mask tests
  • Create accurate Hspice models of connectors, IC packages, PCB’s, cables from TDR/T waveforms
  • Direct measurement of IC package and connector self and mutual inductance/capacitance
  • Faster Fault isolation
IConnect(r) Interconnect SI Software

Use two GigaProbe™ to capture TDR / TDT waveforms and bring them in the IConnect software to significantly simplify interconnect signal integrity analysis, create accurate impedance measurements, S-Parameters (S11/S21), eye diagram and mask tests, create Hspice models and fault isolation resulting in faster design time and lower design cost.


The NEW IConnect® V3.5.1 Signal Integrity software provides efficient and easy signal integrity analysis for gigabit interconnects :

  1. Quickly predict eye diagram, jitter, losses, crosstalk, reflections,ringing
  2. More accurate impedance measurements
  3. Concurrent time and frequency domain interconnect link analysis
  4. Generate HSPICE/IBIS modeling for PCB, flexboard, connector, cable,
    IC package, and sockets
  5. Plot differential and single ended S-parameters, frequency dependent
    losses
  6. Integrated simulate-and-compare link between SPICE/IBIS simulators and
    TDR/T
  7. Validate analytical and field solver models
  8. Export W-element models in a tabular RLGC format
  9. Eye diagram mask test for high speed compliance testing
  10. Automatic jitter and eye opening measurements
     * Cost-effective eye diagram - CJTPAT, K28.5 and PRBS length extended up
    to 2^31 bits. Repeat patterns in the eye diagram multiple times to allow
    for a longer bit sequence.
    * Additional built-in mask test standards:
    IConnect now provides predefined masks for the following standards:
    - HDMI Sink,
    - HDMI Source,
    - Infiniband With Crosstalk,
    - Infiniband Without Crosstalk,
    - PCI Xpress Receiver Base Spec,
    - PCI Xpress Receiver Cable Spec,
    - PCI Xpress Transmitter Cable Spec,
    - SATA-I-RX,
    - SATA-I-TX,
    - XAUI Far End,
    - XAUI Near End.

    Direct Export of S-Parameter Touchstone Files
    IConnect® MeasureXtractorT: automatic tool for exact model extraction.
    Automatically convert TDR/T or S-parameter data into exact frequency dependent models.     Easily ensure SPICE / IBIS simulation accuracy by using exact frequency dependent models. Easily perform system level analysis of the interconnect link with transmitter and receiver. Passivity, stability, causality ensured!