Date: 19/04/2010

Agilent's tool for testing low-power DDR2 compliance

Agilent has made available low-power double data rate 2 (LPDDR2) compliance and protocol test application packages and LPDDR2 ball-grid array (BGA) probes. LPDDR2 is designed for portable computing devices, particularly for consumer electronics devices.

The Agilent N5413B LPDDR2 test application, which runs on Agilent Infiniium 9000 Series and 90000 Series oscilloscopes, provides LPDDR2 physical-layer compliance measurements. The Agilent B4623A LPDDR2 bus decoder and the B4622A DDR protocol compliance tool, which run on the Agilent 16900 Series logic analyzers, provide debug and protocol compliance measurements. Compliance tests are based on the Joint Electronic Device Engineering Council (JEDEC) JESD2092 Low-Power Double Data Rate 2 Specification. Signal access is provided by Agilent's industry-first LPDDR2 BGA probes.

The key features of N5413B are automated testing capability for all clock, electrical and timing tests, automatically configures the oscilloscope for each test and also generates a HTML report indicating pass or fail of each test.

N5413B software sets up the scope to separate the read and write signals, which is more convenient than using multiple digital channels for command bus triggering to separate read and write commands.

By using the B4622A protocol tool and the B4623A bus decoder in conjunction with Agilent 16962A logic analyzer modules, engineers can analyze the logical flow of LPDDR2 bus traffic and execute protocol compliance tests. Agilent's DDR Eyefinder and DDR Eyescan tools provide engineers with signal integrity insight across all LPDDR2 signals using single measurement. Designers can rapidly identify the highest risks lines from a signal integrity perspective, and cross trigger the 9000 or 90000 Series oscilloscopes to rapidly debug their designs.

Agilent's LPDDR2 BGA probing solutions provides LPDDR2 signal accessibility to perform physical layer characterization, protocol analysis and compliance tests. The N5413B LPDDR2 compliance test integrates InfiniiSim tools to enable de-embedding for removing probing effects and thereby improving measurement accuracy.

"Our new LPDDR2 solution for physical and protocol layer characterization offers engineers probing and analysis advantages," said Jay Alexander, vice president and general manager of Agilent's oscilloscopes business. "By integrating the InfiniiScan trigger tool for read and write separation, and the InfiniiSim de-embed tool for removing probing effects, we help engineers turn on and debug their LPDDR2-based systems faster and make it easier for them to ensure their devices are LPDDR2 compliant."


U.S. Pricing:
N5413B: $2,728
B4623A LPDDR2 bus decoder: $7,200
B4622A DDR protocol compliance tool: $5.505

Availability: Now