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High-speed lab and manufacturing testing up to 1.6T

Compare our cutting-edge solutions for electrical and optical validation.

High speed transmission solutions comparison

EXFO offers a wide range of testing solutions for high-speed transmissions - from electrical to optical with evolutive technologies, scalable up to 1.6T. Each solution is designed to meet your specific needs.

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BA-1600 – 1.6T bit analyzer 

Description: 

  • Full lifecycle validation for 1.6T, 800G and 400G testing across lab, fab and live environments  
  • Validate FEC and monitor Block Error Ratio (BLER) 

Key features: 

  • Signal integrity and BER testing for validating compliance and performance in next-gen 1.6T designs 
  • FEC generation and analysis testing  
  • BLER monitoring—an industry first, unique to EXFO 
  • Support for 8-channels or 4-channels PAM4 coding at data rates of 106.25 GBd (212.5Gbps), 53.125 GBd (106.25Gbps), and 26.5625 GBd (53.125Gbps) per lane 

BA-1600-OSFP —   1.6T dual-port bit analyzer

Description:
  • Test two 1.6T transceivers or an end-to-end high-speed interconnect using the dual OSFP ports 
  • Delivers up to 3.2T total test capacity with two independent 1.6T OSFP ports for high-speed cable and transceiver validation.
  • Full lifecycle validation for 1.6T, 800G and 400G across lab, fab and live environments
Key features:
  • Superior hardware design: native OSFP interfaces, excellent signal quality, clean eye diagram and low error floor
  • Real-time FEC generation and analysis: testing of pre/post FEC BER, symbol error distribution and FEC margin 
  • BLER: block error ratio statistics and efficient FLR estimation mechanism addresses time constraints of ultra-low BER measurements
  • PAM4 support for validating high-speed signaling performance

 

BA-4000 – Electrical 800G bit error rate tester 

Description: 

  • Electric BER tester supporting NRZ and PAM4 coding, with advanced FEC tools and with testing capabilities up to 800G. 

Key features: 

  • Tests 100G (4x28GBd), 400G (4x56GBd) and 800G (8x56GBd) 
  • Supports NRZ and PAM4 
  • FEC simulation capabilities provide powerful analysis for burst error 
  • Test linear-drive pluggable optics (LPO) with the BA-4000-RCNC model 

BA-4000-L2 – BER tester with real traffic

Description: 

  • Combined L1 BER tester and L2 traffic analyzer for 800G DR4/FR4/LR4 and 800G LPO transceivers 

Key Features: 

  • Native electrical interface, excellent signal quality, clean eye diagram and low error floor.
  • Layer 2 framed testing: delivers a real system view for L1 device under test (DUT) from L2 framed traffic.
  • Layer 1 BERT: excellent signal quality alongside layer 2 testing.
  • Real-time FEC analysis: testing of pre/post FEC BER, symbol error distribution and FEC margin.
  • Supports breakout cables testing scenarios including 8x 100G and 2x 400G.

FTBx-88810 Series Lab-to-field testing from 1G to 800G, 800ZR

Description:

  • Full-rate coverage from 1G to 800G—supporting Ethernet, OTN, Fibre Channel and coherent optics

Key Features:

  • Dual-port from 1G to 800G, including coherent dual 400ZR and Open/ZR+ 
  • Support of the full coherent suit; 800ZR, 400ZR 100ZR and OpenZR ( 400ZR+, 300ZR+, 200ZR+, 100ZR+).
  • Multi-protocol coverage: Ethernet, OTN, Fibre Channel. 
  • Built-in transceiver diagnostics: auto-negotiation, link training, breakout validation.
  • Compact and portable—ideal for both lab and field environments. 

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