Tektronix enhances DDR test/validation portfolio

Interposers being introduced for the Tektronix TLA7000 Series Logic Analyzers provide engineers with bus capture and analysis for the latest DDR3-1867 standard.

The interposers bring a cost-effective test setup to the TLA7000 Series, making memory-bus capture accessible to more designers.

Tektronix is also announcing the industry's first electrical-test verification for LP-DDR2 - an energy-efficient version of the DDR standard.

DDR3-1867 is the latest generation of double-data-rate memory technology and is included in the latest release of the DDR3 standard specification from Jedec.

It offers such advantages as a higher data rate and lower power consumption.

The Tektronix TLA7000 series of Logic Analyzers, along with the interposer solutions from Nexus Technology and supporting software give designers a complete set of debug and validation tools for DDR3, including high-speed DDR3-1867.

The TLA7000 provides the performance and features engineers require for fast, reliable DDR3 design and validation.

Magnivu ultra-high sampling resolution of 20ps on the TLA7BBx modules allows design engineers to troubleshoot difficult problems as well as verify timing margins across hundreds of channels.

The Icapture Analog Mux on the TLA7BBx modules enables the use of an external oscilloscope to view the analogue character of a signal using a single probing configuration for the logic analyser and oscilloscope.

The Nexus memory solutions come with a set of software components to help design engineers quickly and easily setup the logic analyser to reliably capture DDR3 bus data.

The software also provides a decoded view of the DDR bus activity and information about any violations in the DDR bus protocol.

First LP-DDR2 test support LP-DDR2 is the latest low-power variant of DDR memory technology that offers power savings for portable and handheld devices, such as smartphones.

The new version of Tektronix DDR Memory Bus Analysis software (Option DDRA) for Tektronix real-time oscilloscopes, such as the DPO7000 Series and the high-performance DPO70000 Series, now includes support for LP-DDR2.

The software enables engineers to automatically identify DDR1, LP-DDR1, DDR2, DDR3, GDDR3 and LP-DDR2 reads and writes and to clearly see and analyse how analogue anomalies are affecting DDR memory.