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6 Hints for Better SATA and SAS Measurements 
These 6 Hints for better SATA and SAS measurements cover Tx, Rx, Impedance and Return Loss, and Host/Device Digital testing challenges.

Application Note 2012-02-02

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8 Hints for Debugging Siemens MCU-based Designs 
A new type of instrument, the mixed signal oscilloscope (MSO), closes the gap in MCU debugging tools. The Agilent 54645D from Hewlett-Packard combines two analog scope channels with 16 digital logic channels, so you can monitor analog and digital lines at the same time. This MSO offers more...

Application Note 1998-11-01

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A Time-Saving Method for Analyzing Signal Integrity in DDR Memory Buses 
This application note covers new tools and measurement techniques for characterizing and validating signal integrity of DDR (double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory) signals.

Application Note 2008-09-10

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Advanced Jitter Generation and Analysis Product Note 
This product note shows how the Agilent pulse generators can be used with the DCA-J Oscilloscope.

Application Note 2004-10-04

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An Overview of the Electrical Validation of 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, and 1000BASE-T 
The technology used in these ports, commonly known as “LAN” or “NIC” ports, is usually one of the 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, and 1000BASE-T standards or a combination of them.

Application Note 2011-01-11

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Characterizing High-Speed Optical Transmitters Compliance Testing with the Agilent 86100A AN: 1340-1 
This application note will focus on the testing of opticaltransmitters used by three communications technologies:SONET/SHD, Gigabit Ethernet, and Fibre Channel.

Application Note 2000-08-01

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Comparison of Different Jitter Analysis Techniques With a Precision Transmitter 
This white paper describes how various jitter analysis techniques give dissimilar results. Which is right? We built a precision jitter transmitter to compare results of different techniques where test sets were exposed to known levels of jitter.

Application Note 2006-04-06

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Crossing the Digital-Analog Divide - White Paper 
This white paper helps to better understand how to cope with the physical nature of signals that we might prefer to think of as bits, nibbles and bytes, let's start with an ideal digital waveform.

Application Note 2012-05-02

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Debugging USB 2.0: It's Not Just A Digital World (AN 1382-3) 
Debugging USB 2.0 Systems

Application Note 2006-10-05

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Designing and Validating High-Speed Memory Buses (AN 1382-2) 
DDR SDRAM (double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory) is quickly becoming an accepted technology in the PC (personal computer) industry. Its low cost, high performance, and increasingly wide availability make it very desirable for PC memory buses and embedded designs such as high...

Application Note 2001-12-20

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Evaluating Microstrip with Time Domain Reflectometry (AN 1304-1) 
This application note discusses microstrip transmission line techniques that were evaluated using TDR measurements.

Application Note 2000-11-01

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Evaluating Oscilloscope Sample Rates vs. Sampling Fidelity 
Evaluating Oscilloscope Sample Rates vs. Sampling Fidelity: How to Make the Most Accurate Digital Measurements When you select an oscilloscope for accurate, high-speed digital measurements, sampling fidelity can often be more important than maximum sample rate.

Application Note 2012-11-11

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Faster Risetime for TDR Measurements (PN 86100-4) 
This product note demonstrates how to make time domain reflection (TDR) measurements on electrical networks with better than 40 ps resolution.

Application Note 2001-07-01

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Finding Hidden Problems Using Aglent's Deep-Memory Oscilloscope: How IBM Solved a Mystery 
AN IBM CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY As far as you can see everything is working properly - the right signals are getting to the right places at the right time, the firmware is doing what it is supposed to do and everything else is in order - and yet the system still doesn't function properly.

Application Note 2002-04-03

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Finding Sources of Jitter with Real-Time Jitter Analysis (AN 1448-2) 
This application note describes how to use a real-time oscilloscope with jitter analysis, along with the stimulus-response techniques, to meet the critical time-correlation requirement to relate jitter trend measurement results to measured signals.

Application Note 2003-06-30

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High Precision Time Domain Reflectometry (AN 1304-7) 
Techniques for achieving the highest possible accuracy and resolution in signal integrity impedance measurements

Application Note 2003-10-27

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High-Precision TDR with the Agilent 86100 DCA & Picosecond Pulse Labs 4020 Source Enhancement Module 
Learn how to build a high-precision time-domain reflectometry/time-domain transmission measurement system.

Application Note 2003-09-12

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How to characterize the Physical Layer of the Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI D-PHY) 
How to characterize the Physical Layer of the Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI D-PHY)

Application Note 2007-07-30

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Improve Your Time-to-Insight:Debugging Intermittent Memory Failures in DDR and DDR2 Systems 
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Application Note 2006-04-14

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Improved Method for Characterizing and Modeling Gigabit Flex-Circuit Based Interconnects 
This paper describes sophisticated, time-domain methods of accurately predicting time- and frequency-domain high-speed signal characteristics.

Application Note 2005-09-08

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Improving Usability and Performance in High-Bandwidth Active Oscilloscope Probes (AN 1419-02) 
Understand how to get minimal probe loading and highest-possible-performance representation of your signal.

Application Note 2002-11-01

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Integrated Debugging-A New Approach to Troubleshooting Your Designs with Real-Time Oscilloscopes 
Traditional debugging can be time consuming and inefficient. With Agilent Infiniium oscilloscopes, “integrated debugging” is a reality, and it leads you directly to the root cause of problems.

Application Note 2008-01-30

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Jitter Analysis: The Dual-Dirac Model, RJ/DJ, and Q-Scale 
This paper provides a complete description of the dual-Dirac model, how it is used in technology standards and a summary of how it is applied on different types of test equipment.

Application Note 2005-06-15

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Low Voltage Differential Signaling, (AN 1382-6) 
Using LVDS for High Speed Data Transmission

Application Note 2001-12-17

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Measuring Characteristic Impedance of Short Rambus Motherboard Traces (AN 1304-4) 
This application note tells you how to perform characteristic impedance measurements on Rambus motherboards and SO-RIMM's using TDR with normalization and verification.

Application Note 2000-11-01

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