This Method of Implementation (MOI) is a guide for Connectors and Cable Assemblies/TxRx Hot TDR Compliance Tests using Keysight’s Vector Network Analyzer. State files test package contain pre-configured setups in accordance with the standard requirements and allows an quick and easy compliance test with pass/fail judgment.

Please download the MOI and state file test package according to your product platform listed below.

  Connectors and Cable Assemblies Tx/Rx Hot TDR
Test Parameters
  • D+/D- Pair Intra-Pair Skew (USB 2.0 Normative)
  • D+/D- Pair Propagation Delay (USB 2.0 Normative)
  • Differential Crosstalk Between D+/D- and Super Speed (Normative)
  • [Mated Connector] Impedance (Infomative)
  • [Raw Cable] Characteristic Impedance (Informative)
  • [Raw Cable] SS Lines Intra-Pair Skew (Informative)
  • D+/D- Pair Attenuation (USB 2.0 Normative)
  • Channel Metrics ( eH, eW, ILfitatNq, IMR and IXT
  • Differential-to-Common-Mode Conversion (Normative)
  • Cable Shielding Effectiveness
  • [Raw Cable] Differential Insertion Loss (Normative)
  • [Mated Cable Assembly] Differential Insertion Loss (Informative)
  • [Mated Cable Assembly] Differential N ear end Crosstalk (NEXT) between SS Signal Pairs (Informative)
  • [Mated Cable Assembly] Differential Near-end and Far-end Crosstalk (NEXT and FEXT) between D+/D- Pair and SS Signal Pairs (Informative)
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