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Appendix B: Automatic Measurements Reference
CSA8000B & TDS8000B User Manual
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Table B- 4: RZ Measurements - Amplitude (cont.)
Name Definition
RZ Eye Opening Factor RZ Eye Opening Factor is a measure of how noise affect s t he vertic al opening between High
and Low levels of an RZ pulse. The RZ pulse is sampled within the Eye Aperture, where the
High and Low levels are determined as the mean of the histogram of the data distribution in the
upper and lower half of the pulse, respectively. The noise levels are characterized by σhigh and
σlow, the standard deviations from the mean for the High and Low levels.
Where High and Low are the logical 1 and 0 levels, and σhigh and σlow are the standard
deviations. See RZ Eye Aperture Parameters on B--62.
The Eye Aperture is adj ustable and defaults to 5% of the RZ pulse width.
If enabled, measurement gates constrain the measurement region to the area between the Start
Gate (G1) and Stop Gate (G2). See To Localize a Measurement on page 3--83.
This measurement requires the use of a waveform database. When this measurement is turned
on, it will automat ically set the measurement system to use a waveform database if available.
See Use a Waveform Database on page B--70.
For best result s with t his measurement:
H Perform a Dark Level compensati on before taki ng this m easurement if the source of the
measured waveform is an optical channel. See To Perform Dark-Level and User
Wavelength Gain Compensations on page 3--98.
H Optimize the vertical resolution before taking this measurement. See To Optimize the
Vertical Resolution on page B--69.
RZ Eye Opening Factor =
Ꮛ
(
High − σhigh
)
−
(
Low + σlow
)
(
High − Low
)
Ꮠ
RZ Gain RZ Gain is a defined as the amplitude gain between two waveforms. The measurement returns
the ratio between the amplitudes measured wi thin the Eye Aperture of each of the waveforms.
Where Ampl1 and Ampl2 are the amplitudes of the two source waveforms.
The Eye Aperture is adj ustable and defaults to 5% of the RZ pulse width.
If enabled, measurement gates constrain the measurement region to the area between the Start
Gate (G1) and Stop Gate (G2).
This measurement requires the use of a waveform database. When this measurement is turned
on, it will automat ically set the measurement system to use a waveform database if available.
For best result s with t his measurement:
H Perform a Dark Level compensati on before taki ng this m easurement if the source of the
measured waveform is an optical channel. See To Perform Dark-Level and User
Wavelength Gain Compensations on page 3--98.
H Optimize the vertical resolution before taking this measurement. See To Optimize the
Vertical Resolution on page B--69.
RZ Gain =
Ampl2
Ampl1