Abstract: Accurate jitter measurement is a challenge for Ethernet and Fibre Channel components. While test equipment designed specifically for jitter measurement is available from multiple sources, this equipment can be cost-prohibitive or just too specialized for some applications. However, using a probe and a regular off-the-shelf digital sampling oscilloscope, accurate and reasonably fast deterministic-jitter measurements can be made with nowhere near the financial outlay that designers have come to expect. Read on for step-by-step instructions on how this can be done for relatively short patterns. The application note you have requested is available in Acrobat PDF format: APPLICATION NOTE 467: HFAN-04.5.0: Measuring Deterministic Jitter with a K28.5 Pattern and an Oscilloscope (PDF, 228kB) A free Acrobat PDF reader is available from: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html Related Parts   APP 467: Jul 17, 2002 MAX3875 2.5Gbps, Low-Power, +3.3V Clock Recovery and Data Retiming IC Full Data Sheet (PDF, 456kB) Automatic Updates Would you like to be automatically notified when new application notes are published in your areas of interest? Sign up for EE-Mail™. We Want Your Feedback!   Download, PDF Format (228kB)  AN467, AN 467, APP467, Appnote467, Appnote 467