Keysight MOI guide supports USB 3.1 compliance testing

March 17, 2015

Keysight Technologies today announced the availability of its Method of Implementation (MOI) guide for USB 3.1 and USB Type-C Connectors and Cable Assemblies Compliance Testing using the Keysight ENA Series network analyzer’s enhanced time-domain analysis option (E5071C-TDR). The MOI is a measurement guide of procedures for the time and frequency domains. Using the MOI, along with a test package such as Keysight’s state file and calibration kit definition, simplifies compliance testing and setup.

Driven by the demand for more bandwidth, USB continues to evolve to higher data rates. The 10-Gb/s USB 3.1 delivers more than double the practical data rate compared to the current 5-Gb/s USB 3.0. On the other hand, the new Type-C connector size is much smaller than the current Standard-A connector and is about the size of the USB 2.0 micro-B connector today. It is a 24-pin connector with symmetric form factor, which allows the users to plug the cable in either way. In addition, it provides extra pins for power up to 100 W, and display standards entities are looking at this as well. DP and HDMI have specs that allow them to run over the current USB cable assemblies and the same will be true with the Type-C cable assembly.

The increase in data rate and the new small connector result in even tougher requirements for the physical layer to ensure interoperability. The E5071C ENA Option TDR can achieve a complete characterization of time and frequency domain tests for USB 3.1 and USB Type-C connectors and cables assemblies.

“Keysight MOIs are available for a number of different high-speed digital applications such as HDMI, Ethernet, and PCI Express,” said Akira Nukiyama, vice president and general manager, Keysight’s Component Test Division. “Our newest addition to this list, the USB 3.1 and USB Type-C Connectors and Cable Assemblies, are just two more examples of how we are working to provide our customers with the functionality they need to address any high-speed measurement challenge.”

Additional information about the USB3.1 and USB Type-C Connectors and Cables Assemblies MOI with the E5071C-TDR is available at www.keysight.com/find/ena-tdr_compliance. Additional information about the MOI for USB 3.1 is available at www.keysight.com/find/ena-tdr_usb3.1-cabcon. Additional information about Keysight’s USB Type-C Connectors and Cables Assemblies is available at www.keysight.com/find/ena-tdr_usbtype-c-cabcon.

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Rick Nelson | Contributing Editor

Rick is currently Contributing Technical Editor. He was Executive Editor for EE in 2011-2018. Previously he served on several publications, including EDN and Vision Systems Design, and has received awards for signed editorials from the American Society of Business Publication Editors. He began as a design engineer at General Electric and Litton Industries and earned a BSEE degree from Penn State.

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