S-parameter analysis tool
AssigneeEMC Corporation
InventorsJason Pritchard, Rohit Mundra
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Abstract
A computer-executable method, apparatus, or computer program product for automating the analysis of interconnects used with data storage systems, where one or more measured parameters, such as an S-parameter, may be used to determine signal characteristics of the interconnects.
Claims18
A computer-executable method for analyzing an interconnect using a vector network analyzer and a test board, the computer-executable method comprising:
- determining a bias for the test board;
- receiving one or more parameters from the vector network analyzer, wherein the vector network analyzer acquires the one or more parameters from the interconnect, wherein the interconnect is a physical connection;
- analyzing, using the bias, the one or more parameters to determine a characteristic of the interconnect;
- and
- outputting the characteristic of the interconnect.
The computer program product for analyzing an interconnect using one or more parameters retrieved from a vector network analyzer coupled to the interconnect and a test board, the computer program product comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with computer-executable program code for using read signatures in replication, the code configured to enable the execution of:
- determining a bias for the test board;
- receiving one or more parameters from the vector network analyzer, wherein the vector network analyzer acquires the one or more parameters from the interconnect, wherein the interconnect is a physical connection;
- analyzing, using the bias, the one or more parameters to determine a characteristic of the interconnect;
- and
- outputting the characteristic of the interconnect.
A system, comprising:
- an interconnect;
- a test board coupled to the interconnect;
- a vector network analyzer coupled to the interconnect and the test board;
- and
- Computer-executable program logic encoded in memory of one or more computers enabled to analyze the interconnect using the vector network analyzer and the test board, wherein the computer-executable program logic is configured for the execution of:
- determining a bias for the test board;
- receiving one or more parameters from the vector network analyzer, wherein the vector network analyzer acquires the one or more parameters from the interconnect, wherein the interconnect is a physical connection;
- analyzing, using the bias, the one or more parameters to determine a characteristic of the interconnect;
- and
- outputting the characteristic of the interconnect.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.