Efficient and Effective Physical Layer (PHY) Testing of 10/100/1000Base-T Interfaces
Explore Sifos Technologies’ highly unique, plug’n play 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet Physical Layer Testing Solutions. Cost Effective and Comprehensive PHY Testing without Scopes, Fixtures, Probes, and Test Signals.
Efficient Qualification
Interop Verification
Impaired Receiver Testing
Manufacturing
Efficient Ethernet Compliance Testing of Ports with Gigabit PHY's
More productive, comprehensive, and cost effective testing of 10/100/1000 ports compared to traditional Gigabit PHY compliance test methods.
Evaluate 10/100/1000Base-T ports with plug’n play automation covering transmitter, receiver, and auto-neg integrity without the need for fixtures, probes, and test modes. Test up to 24 ports, that’s 96 gigabit pairs, in a single automated sequence.
Product Recommendation
- Link Stability with 802.3 Worst Case Insertion Loss
- Transmitter SNR
- Transmitter Vpk-pk
- Transmitter Power Spectral Distortion
- Interface Return Loss and Crosstalk
- Impaired Receiver Performance
- Auto-Neg Timing and Link-Up Modes
Interop Verification
Go beyond traditional gigabit PHY compliance testing! Gain confidence that your 10/100/1000 Ethernet port will link with all possible link partners.
10/100/1000 Auto-Neg testing adds confidence that a gigabit PHY transceiver will cooperate with any possible link partner.
Product Recommendation
- Assess all possible rate, duplex, and polarity modes
- Assess link-up timing with millisecond precision
- Evaluate link stability in MASTER/SLAVE configurations
- Evaluate Link Stability in MDI/MDI-X modes
Impaired Receiver Testing
Go way beyond traditional Ethernet compliance testing! Quickly and automatically characterize receiver performance under worst case physical link conditions.
Evaluate receiver performance under controlled physical layer impairments to rapidly get a clear picture of receiver integrity relative to the current state of the art.
Product Recommendation
- Emulate IEEE 802.3 worst-case insertion loss
- Emulate controlled alien crosstalk-ingress noise
- Emulate controlled timing jitter and frequency offset
- Measure Link Stability / 1000Base-T Rx error indicate
- Measure packet loss in bridged multi-port devices
Manufacturing
Avoid quality issues in the field by automating acceptance tests for 10/100/1000 ports in finished products.
Create automated test scripts suited to your test coverage needs using the many stimulus and measurement resources of the PhyView Analyzer.
Product Recommendation
- Intuitive and thoroughly documented PowerShell PSA development environment
- High-throughput, multi-port PVA Veriphy test suite
- Controlled physical layer impairments for fast receiver testing
- Intelligent PowerShell PSA editor package