Eye, Mask and Eyeline Mode Measure-
ment Tutorials
What you'll nd in this chapter
This chapter consists of the following three tutorial sections:
Eye Diagram Measurements These measurements are used to characterize the eye.They are:
Extinction ratio, Eye height, Crossing %, Eye width, Jitter, Duty
cycle distortion, Q-factor, Rise time,andFall time.
Mask Measurements
The e
ye
ma
y
be
measured
against
a
number
of
standard
masks.
One example
is used
in
this
tutorial.
The
e
ye
is
measured
with
the
mask
in
place
and
then
a margin
measurement is
made
.
Eyeline
Measurements
This
section
includes
a
description of
the HP
Eyeline
software
,
and
its
installation
and
usage when
used with
the
HP
83480-series
digital
communications
analyzer
.
F
or
more
information
on
e
ye
or
mask measurements,
refer
to
Chapter
6
later
in
this
manual.
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