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Understanding and Performing USB 2.0 Physical Layer Testing and Debugging
Monotonicity Test
When performing a USB 2.0 high-speed compliance test,
a developer needs to verify that the signal under question
is monotonic. Monotonicity verifies that a transmitted signal
should smoothly increase or decrease in amplitude without
deviation in the opposite direction. Non-monotonic signal
behavior is caused by metastability, high-frequency noise and
jitter problems in a circuit. Figure 7 compares a monotonic
signal with a non-monotonic signal using a USB 2.0 high-
speed signal with a rise time of 500 ps.
Test Equipment
To verify monotonic behavior of a signal, the oscilloscope
used should have a sample rate high enough to capture as
many sample points as possible on a rising or falling edge.
In addition, the oscilloscope should have enough bandwidth
to ensure that the high frequency non-monotonic transition
is not attenuated. Hence, an oscilloscope with a sample rate
of 10 GS/s and a bandwidth of 2 GHz or higher, such as the
MSO/DPO5204, DPO7254 or DPO7354, is the ideal tool for
monotonicity testing.
The monotonicity test for a USB 2.0 device is verified during
test packet examination. The option USB compliance test
package captures the test packet and examines each rising
and falling edge for monotonic behavior, as shown in Figure 8.
Set-up uses the high-speed signal quality test configuration,
as illustrated in Figure 9. The TDSUSB2 compliance test
package, coupled with a high-performance oscilloscope,
automates this process and ensures repeatability of test
results.
Monotonic Signal Non Monotonic Signal
Equipment Set-up
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Figure 7. Illustration of monotonic and non-monotonic USB 2.0 high-speed signals
with a rise time of 500 ps.
Figure 8. The option USB compliance test package captures the test packet and
examines each rising and falling edge for monotonic operation.
Figure 9. The monotonicity test set-up uses the high-speed signal quality test
configuration.
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