60 Keysight M8000 Series of BER Test Solutions User Guide
2 Know Your Hardware
M8040A Modules
M8045A High-Performance BERT Pattern Generator-Clock Module
The M8045A module can be a one or two data channel system (a second
channel can be added with license). A one channel instrument has to be
returned to the factory for installing the second channel (hardware) and
license. It occupies three slots of the 5-slot M9505A AXIe chassis.
M8045A Features
• Up to two Pattern Generator channels per 3-slot-module
• Symbol rate 2 to 64 Gbaud
• NRZ and PAM4 format is software-selectable
• PAM4 up to 64 Gbaud
• Built in de-emphasis
• Built in and calibrated jitter generation
• External jitter modulation per channel
• Remote head to get close to the DUT
• Pattern memory, PRBS, pattern sequencing
• Sequencing control by external control signals
Refer to the Online Help installed and integrated into the M8070A
software to learn about how to use this module.
M8045A Module Components
The following figure displays the front panel of the M8045A module
(2 data channel system):