Equipment Design News

Agilent intros precision waveform analyzer module

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) has introduced a precision waveform analyzer for engineers involved in design verification and validation of high-speed electrical communications systems and...

Inphi, NeoPhotonics collaborate on 100G modules

Inphi Corp. (NYSE: IPHI ), a provider of high-speed semiconductors, has partnered with NeoPhotonics Corp. (NYSE: NPTN) to develop 100G next-generation optical modules for high-density data center...

Anritsu unveils multi-channel BERT with up to 32 Gbps on four channels

Anritsu Co. has introduced 28G/32G multi-channel modules for its MP1800A Signal Quality Analyzer (SQA) BERT system. The new capabilities will aid equipment designers evaluate interconnect...

Avago demos CEI-25G-LR compliant SerDes in 28-nm

Avago Technologies (Nasdaq: AVGO) says its 25-Gbps Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) core in 28-nm process technology has demonstrated compliance with the Common Electrical Interface (CEI) standard...

Xilinx orders Centellax 32G stressed serial BERT for device characterization

FPGA developer Xilinx has ordered several Centellax SSB32J Stressed Serial BERT test and measurement instruments for device characterization, Centellax reveals. David Ferguson, principal...

Yenista Optics releases ultra-narrow tunable filter

In the development of next-generation 100-Gbps transmission systems, the need has emerged for extremely narrow tunable filters used in the investigation of new modulation formats and their...

Microsemi unveils Synchronous Ethernet chip for OTN

Microsemi Corp. (NASDAQ: MSCC) has announced the availability of what it claims is the world's first single-chip, standards-compliant Synchronous Ethernet (SyncE) timing device to enable the...

PMC-Sierra HyPHY chips support OIF’s OTN-over-packet-fabric agreement

PMC-Sierra Inc., (NASDAQ:PMCS) says that its HyPHY Optical Transport Network (OTN) processors already support the Optical Internetworking Forum’s (OIF’s) recently completed...

LeCroy increases real-time oscilloscope bandwidth to 60 GHz

LeCroy Corp. announced last week that, thanks to the development of a new chipset that supports bandwidth of 36 GHz and a rate of 80 GS/s, its LabMaster 10 Zi oscilloscopes can now provide 60 GHz...

NEC demos 1.15-Tbps superchannel over 10,000 km

NEC Corp. says it has successfully transmitted 1.15-Tbps over 10,000 km via optical superchannel technology. This is the first demonstration of a terabit-per-sec superchannel generated from a...