eye pattern

An oscilloscope display of a data signal passed through a transmission line, clocked synchronously to the data symbols; used to analyze the quality of transmission.

Noun

  1. An oscilloscope display of a data signal passed through a transmission line, clocked synchronously to the data symbols; used to analyze the quality of transmission.

Origin

A binary signal passed through an LC lowpass filter looks like a row of eyes.

Forms

eye patterns

Synonyms

eye diagram