Applications of Logic Analyzers in Signal Integrity Analysis

Overview

Signal Integrity (SI) Analysis is a critical aspect of electronic design and engineering that focuses on ensuring the reliable and efficient transmission of electrical signals within electronic devices and systems. It encompasses the evaluation and management of various factors that can affect signal quality, integrity, and performance, especially in high-speed digital and analog circuits.

Depending on specific features and functions, GAO Tek’s Logic analyzers are sometimes referred to as Digital Analyzers, Logic analyzers Testers, Signal Analyzers, Data Analyzers, State Analyzers, Event Analyzers, Timing Analyzers, Waveform Analyzers, Bitstream Analyzers, Protocol Analyzers

GAO Tek’s Logic analyzers have the following applications in Signal Integrity Analysis:

Signal Capturing and Visualization: Gao Teks’s Logic analyzers can capture and display digital signal waveforms, providing a visual representation of signal behavior over time. This helps identify anomalies, glitches, and noise that might affect signal integrity.
Timing Analysis: Gao Teks’s Logic analyzers can precisely measure signal timing parameters, such as rise and fall times, propagation delays, and setup/hold times. This information is critical for ensuring accurate signal transmission and avoiding timing violations.
Eye Diagram Analysis: Gao Teks’s Logic analyzers can generate and analyze eye diagrams, which offer insights into signal quality and jitter. Eye diagrams help visualize the signal’s opening and closure, aiding in the assessment of the signal’s integrity and its ability to be accurately sampled.
Protocol Analysis: Gao Teks’s Logic analyzers equipped with protocol decoding capabilities can decode and analyze various communication protocols, such as USB, Ethernet, SPI, I2C, and more. This helps detect protocol violations and ensures proper data communication.
Crosstalk Analysis: By capturing and comparing multiple signal traces, Gao Teks’s Logic analyzers can help identify and quantify crosstalk effects between signals on adjacent traces or buses.
Reflection Analysis: Gao Teks’s Logic analyzers can capture signal reflections caused by impedance mismatches or discontinuities in transmission lines. This helps identify the source of reflections and assess their impact on signal integrity.
Noise Analysis: Gao Teks’s Logic analyzers can detect and analyze noise on signal lines, helping engineers pinpoint sources of interference and assess their impact on signal quality.
Termination Analysis: Gao Teks’s Logic analyzers analyzers can assist in evaluating signal termination schemes to ensure that impedance matching and termination resistors are correctly implemented.
Debugging and Troubleshooting: Gao Teks’s Logic analyzers provide a detailed view of signal behavior, aiding in the identification and resolution of issues related to signal integrity, timing violations, and protocol errors.
Characterization of High-Speed Interfaces: Gao Teks’s Logic analyzers can analyze the behavior of high-speed interfaces like DDR memory, PCIe, and USB, helping to ensure proper signal integrity and compliance with interface specifications.
Signal Integrity Validation: Gao Teks’s Logic analyzers can validate the effectiveness of signal integrity improvement measures, such as adding decoupling capacitors, optimizing power distribution networks, and adjusting termination schemes.
Design Validation: Gao Teks’s Logic analyzers assist in verifying that a designed circuit or system meets signal integrity requirements and performs as intended in real-world scenarios.

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Complying with Signal Integrity Analysis Standards

GAO Tek’s logic analyzers comply or help our customers comply with the standards such as

IEEE 1149.1
ISO 11898
CSI-2
QSFP28
SPI Standards
CAN Standards

Complying with Government Regulations

GAO Tek’s logic analyzers comply or help our customers comply with the U.S. government regulations such as

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Regulations
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Guidelines
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS)
Export Administration Regulations (EAR)
International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)
Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)
National Security Agency (NSA) Guidelines
Department of Defense (DoD) Instructions

GAO Tek’s logic analyzers comply or help our clients comply with the Canadian regulations such as

Radiocommunication Act
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) Regulations
Industry Canada’s Technical Standards and Specifications
Health Canada Regulations (if applicable, for medical devices)
Transport Canada Regulations (if applicable, for transportation-related devices)
Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) Regulations
Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Standards (relevant to specific industries)

GAO Tek’s logic analyzers comply or help our clients comply with the Mexican regulations such as

NOM-001-SCFI-2018: Commercial Practices – Commercial Information – General Requirements
NOM-003-SCFI-2014: Electrical Products – Safety Requirements
NOM-019-SCFI-2017: Electrical Products – Energy Efficiency Requirements
NOM-016-ENER-2016: Energy Efficiency and Labeling of External Power Supplies
NOM-032-ENER-2013: Energy Efficiency and Labeling of Electronic Equipment for Data Processing
NOM-029-ENER/SCFI-2017: Energy Efficiency of Computers and Electronic Displays

GAO Tek’s logic analyzers comply or help our clients comply with the European regulations such as

European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Standards (various)
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Standards (as adopted by EU)
CENELEC EN Standards (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization)
DIN (Deutsches Institut für Normung) Standards (Germany)
AFNOR (Association Française de Normalisation) Standards (France)
BSI (British Standards Institution) Standards (United Kingdom)
UNI (Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione) Standards (Italy)

Case Studies of Logic analyzers in Signal Integrity Analysis

Logic analyzers are sometimes called Digital Analyzers, Logic analyzers Testers, Signal Analyzers, Data Analyzers, State Analyzers, Event Analyzers, Timing Analyzers, Waveform Analyzers, Bitstream Analyzers, Protocol Analyzers.

Here are some practical examples of using logic analyzers in signal integrity analysis:

Data Center Optimization: A data center in New York City uses Logic Analyzers to analyze signal integrity issues in high-speed interconnects between servers, ensuring efficient data transmission and reducing latency.

Automotive Electronics: An automotive manufacturer in Michigan employs Logic Analyzers to diagnose signal integrity problems in their vehicle control systems, enhancing the reliability of critical safety features.

Aerospace Industry: A spacecraft manufacturer in Texas utilizes GAO’s Logic Analyzers to verify signal integrity across complex communication systems, ensuring reliable data transmission between space modules.

Semiconductor Testing: A semiconductor company in California uses Logic Analyzers to test the signal integrity of their advanced integrated circuits, enhancing the performance of consumer electronics.

Telecommunications Infrastructure: A telecom company in Toronto deploys Logic Analyzers to evaluate signal integrity in fiber-optic communication networks, optimizing data transfer rates for improved customer experience.

Manufacturing Quality Control: An electronics manufacturing plant in Mexico City employs Logic Analyzers to perform rigorous signal integrity tests on PCB assemblies, ensuring high-quality products for global markets.

High-Speed Rail Connectivity: A rail infrastructure company in Germany uses Logic Analyzers to assess signal integrity in train communication systems, maintaining reliable data transmission between train cars and control centers.

GAO RFID Inc. gaorfid , a sister company of GAO Tek Inc., is ranked as a top 10 RFID suppliers in the world. Its RFID, BLE, and IoT products have also been widely used in the Signal integrity analysis.

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Use of Logic analyzers with Leading Software and Cloud Services in Signal integrity analysis

GAO Tek has used or has facilitated its customers to use GAO’s logic analyzers with some of the leading software and cloud services in their applications. Examples of such leading software and cloud services include.

Keysight Logic Analyzer Software
Tektronix SignalVu-PC
Ansys SIwave
Allegro PCB SI by Cadence
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Microsoft Azure
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
IBM Cloud
Ansys Cloud
Mentor Graphics Xpedition Cloud
Cadence Clarity 3D Solver Cloud
SimScale (Cloud-based simulation platform)
Lab Information Management Systems (LIMS)

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Meeting Customers’ Demands

Large Choice of Products

In order to satisfy the diversified needs of their corporate customers, GAO Tek Inc. and its sister company GAO RFID Inc. together offer a wide choice of testing and measurement devices, network products, RFID, BLE, IoT, and drones.

Fast Delivery

To shorten the delivery to our customers, GAO has maintained a large stock of its products and is able to ship overnight within the continental U.S. and Canada, and fast delivery to Mexico and Europe from the nearest warehouse.

Local to Our Customers

We are located in both the U.S. and Canada. We travel to customers’ premises if necessary. Hence, we provide a very strong local support to our customers in North America, particularly the U.S., Canada and Mexico and Europe. Furthermore, we have built partnerships with some integrators, consulting firms and other service providers in different cities to further strengthen our services. Here are some of the service providers signal integrity analysis we have worked with to serve our joint customers:

Accenture
IBM Global Services
Deloitte Consulting
Cognizant
Capgemini
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
Wipro
Infosys
Tech Mahindra
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
DXC Technology

GAO Has Many Customers in signal integrity analysis

The products from both GAO Tek Inc. and GAO RFID Inc. have been widely used in signal integrity analysis by many customers, including some leading companies. Here is more information on applications of GAO RFID Inc.’s products in signal integrity analysis.

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