Agilent HP Keysight M8030A Multi-Channel BERT

The Agilent HP Keysight M8030A Multi-Channel BERT is a modular test instrument for characterization, verification, and compliance testing of high-speed digital interfaces. Operating up to 16 Gb/s, it supports up to 10 BERT channels within a 14-slot AXIe chassis, enabling simultaneous multi-channel measurements across chips, devices, boards, and systems with multiple I/O ports. Part of the Keysight M8000 Series of BER Test Solutions, the M8030A delivers advanced error analysis with integrated jitter injection, de-emphasis, clock recovery, and equalization capabilities per channel.

Technical Specifications

• Data rates up to 16 Gb/s (8.5 Gb/s and 16.2 Gb/s variants supported)


• Up to 10 BERT pattern generator and analyzer channels


• 14-slot AXIe chassis compatibility


• Integrated 8-tap de-emphasis with positive and negative adjustments per channel


• Jitter injection: RJ, PJ1, PJ2, SJ, BUJ, sinusoidal level interference (common-mode and differential-mode), SSC (triangular and arbitrary residual), and clock/2


• Adjustable jitter and Intersymbol Interference (ISI) per channel


• Individual channel de-skewing and clock synchronization across all channels


• Built-in clock recovery and equalization per channel


• PCIe Gen 2 data bus for AXIe chassis communication

Key Features

• PCI Express link training support


• Individually adjustable generator channel delay and pattern sequence


• Pattern sequencer for burst package generation


• Eye diagram measurements (color-coded), eye-contour analysis, output timing, output level, and jitter tolerance per channel


• Bit error ratio measurements for individual channel analysis

Typical Applications R&D and manufacturing test of high-speed digital interfaces, multi-port device characterization, real-world application condition testing, and compliance validation across multiple I/O channels simultaneously.

Compatibility & Integration Controlled via Keysight M8070A system software, compatible with M8020A J-BERT modules (M8041A and M8051A). Software extensible through plug-in modules and custom IronPython control for external DUTs. Requires AXIe chassis such as the Keysight M9514A.