Equipment Design Products

LeCroy introduces 30-GHz/four-channel real-time oscilloscope approach

FEBRUARY 10, 2010 -- LeCroy Corp. has extended the capabilities of its WaveMaster 830Zi 30-GHz real-time oscilloscope by providing what it describes as a simple and fast method to combine two...

Vitesse releases Jaguar switches and MACs for Carrier Ethernet network equipment

FEBRUARY 9, 2010 -- Having dropped a few hints yesterday about its new product plans, Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. (Pink Sheets: VTSS) provided more concrete information with the release today of...

Phoenix Photonics offers differential group delay line

FEBRUARY 8, 2010 -- Phoenix Photonics says its differential group delay (DGD) line uses a compact high linear birefringence fiber to provide an accurate fixed differential delay. Based on the...

Vitesse unveils product road map

FEBRUARY 8, 2010 -- Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. (Pink Sheets:VTSS) has dropped a few hints regarding its product road map for 2010, particularly for applications designed to ease the transition to...

Kotura modulator demonstration may pave the way to silicon photonics circuits for optical interconnects

FEBRUARY 3, 2010 -- Silicon photonics specialist Kotura Inc. in Monterey Park, Calif., has demonstrated a modulator with 2-volt, peak-to-peak driving voltage that permits the use of inexpensive...

Next-generation WSS module to support advances in optical networks introduced by JDSU

FEBRUARY 3, 2010 -- JDS Uniphase Corp. (JDSU) in Milpitas, Calif., is introducing the Mini 50 GHz wavelength selective switch (WSS) module in a smaller package than its predecessors with support...

MoSys announces Bandwidth Engine ICs and serial chip-to-chip communications interface

FEBRUARY 2, 2010 -- MoSys Inc., a provider of differentiated, high-density memory and high-speed interface (I/O) intellectual property (IP), unveiled a roadmap for its new Bandwidth Engine...

Vitesse extends Crosspoint switch family

FEBRUARY 2, 2010 -- Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. has unveiled its VSC3308, an 8-port asynchronous crosspoint switch with enhanced FlexEQ signal equalization capabilities. The VSC3308 is housed in a...

Fiber Optic Center unveils low-stress, low-outgassing epoxy

JANUARY 29, 2010 -- Fiber Optic Center Inc. (FOC) has introduced AngstromBond AB9320, a two-part, low-stress blue epoxy that the company says will not cause fiber core cracking or pistoning. While...

Opnext delivers first ultra-high speed SMT multiplexer IC for 100G coherent transponders

JANUARY 27, 2010 -- Opnext Inc. has developed an ultra-high speed surface mount technology (SMT) multiplexer integrated circuit (IC) for 100Gbps applications. The SiGe (Silicon Germanium)...