Signal integrity

Alphawave Semi Partners with Keysight to Deliver Industry Leading Expertise and Interoperability for a Complete PCIe 6.0 Subsystem Solution

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Thursday, December 14, 2023

Alphawave Semi, already on the PCI-SIG 5.0 Integrators list, is accelerating next-generation PCIe 6.0 Compliance Testing through this collaboration.

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  • Alphawave Semi, already on the PCI-SIG 5.0 Integrators list, is accelerating next-generation PCIe 6.0 Compliance Testing through this collaboration.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231214947029/en/
    Alphawave Semi and Keysight Collaboration - PCIe 6.0 64GT/s Interoperability (Graphic: Alphawave Semi)
    Alphawave Semi’s leading-edge silicon implementation of the new PCIe 6.0 64 GT/s Flow Control Unit (FLIT)-based protocol enables higher data rates for hyperscale and data infrastructure applications.
  • Keysight and Alphawave Semi achieved another milestone by successfully establishing a CXL 2.0 link setting the stage for future cache coherency in the datacenter.
  • The Alphawave Semi PCIe subsystem is an extremely power-efficient, low-latency, and highly reliable interface IP, having been built off the industry’s most successful PAM4 SerDes IP.

Semtech Releases Inaugural Corporate Sustainability Report

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Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a high-performance semiconductor, IoT systems and Cloud connectivity service provider, today announced it has released its inaugural Corporate Sustainability report .

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  • Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a high-performance semiconductor, IoT systems and Cloud connectivity service provider, today announced it has released its inaugural Corporate Sustainability report .
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230503005387/en/
    Semtech releases inaugural Corporate Sustainability Report (Graphic: Business Wire)
    “I am excited to present Semtech’s first Corporate Sustainability report, which incorporates both companies - Sierra Wireless and Semtech, and reflects our commitment to advancing the global sustainability agenda and aligning with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs),” said Julie McGee, Semtech’s senior vice president, chief marketing officer and chief environmental, social and governance (ESG) officer.
  • “Our vision is to deliver high-quality, innovative solutions that enable a smarter, more connected and sustainable planet,” continued Mrs. McGee.
  • Learn more about Semtech and its sustainability efforts at https://www.semtech.com/company/corporate-citizenship , where the Company's inaugural Corporate Sustainability report is also available to download.

Semtech Unveils New Products for Next-Gen Data Centers, PON and 5G Wireless Networks to Address Increasing Data Demands

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Tuesday, March 7, 2023

The new products provide customers with the low power, low cost and low-latency solutions needed for hyperscale data center applications, wireless infrastructure, and access and enterprise networking.

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  • The new products provide customers with the low power, low cost and low-latency solutions needed for hyperscale data center applications, wireless infrastructure, and access and enterprise networking.
  • The digital revolution—spurred by the rapid adoption of IoT-based technology, Artificial Intelligence (AI), automotive, Cloud services, mobile subscriptions and more—is rapidly increasing worldwide data usage that drives the need for higher data rates in data center, PON and wireless networks.
  • Semtech’s optical networking platform provides the backbone IC technology to support these higher rates and global data usage.
  • By improving networks at the chip level, Semtech is allowing our customers to prepare their networks for the exponential growth in data demands expected in the next few years.

Teledyne Relays Announces New Non-Latching, SPDT RF Relays for Both Through-Hole and Surface Mount Applications up to 18 GHz.

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Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Teledyne Relays today announces new wide temperature range, hermetic relays operating up to 18 GHz.

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  • Teledyne Relays today announces new wide temperature range, hermetic relays operating up to 18 GHz.
  • The new RF131 and GRF131 single-pole double-throw (SPDT) models are non-latching, offering fail-safe functionality.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220208005322/en/
    Teledyne Relays RF131 & GRF131 Fail-Safe SPDT Relays (Photo: Business Wire)
    The RF131 and GRF131 non-latching models complement the widely respected equivalent through-hole RF121 and surface mount GRF121 magnetic latching relays from Teledyne Relays.
  • The RF131 is a through-hole mount version and can switch frequencies up to 12 GHz with 20 Gbps signal integrity.

Spirent and MultiLane Join Forces to Enable 800G Ecosystem

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Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Successful 100G electrical lane design requires novel techniques and robust test procedures, said Kees Propstra, Vice President of Marketing at MultiLane.

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  • Successful 100G electrical lane design requires novel techniques and robust test procedures, said Kees Propstra, Vice President of Marketing at MultiLane.
  • Our joint effort with Spirent to tackle these challenges facilitates the transition to the 800G node, the next frontier in data center interconnects.
  • Spirent offers 800G validation solutions for the entire ecosystem, offering interconnect, network equipment manufacturers (NEMs), and hyperscalers multiple options to help implement their 800G solutions, with support for various speed modes including 1x800G, 2x400G, 4x200G and 8x100G.
  • MultiLane Inc. is a leading provider of High-Speed IO and Data Center Interconnect test solutions from 10G to 800G.

8-Channel ReDriver with Internal Coupling Capacitors from Diodes Incorporated Enhances Signal Quality in High-Speed UPI 2.0 and PCIe 4.0 Interfaces

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Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD) has announced a new addition to its extensive range of linear ReDriver ICs.

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  • Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD) has announced a new addition to its extensive range of linear ReDriver ICs.
  • Supporting speeds of up to 20Gbps, this UPI 2.0 and PCIe 4.0 compliant device has eight differential channels.
  • Its built-in coupling capacitors allow significant board area savings since use of external components can be avoided.
  • The PI3UPI1608 ReDriver compensates for channel losses at the transmitter and improves signal integrity at the receiver; it is optimized for high-performance systems operating at elevated frequencies.

Compact High Bandwidth 2:1 Mux/DeMux Switch from Diodes Incorporated Enables Routing with Superior Signal Integrity

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Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD) has added a new device to its range of passive multiplexer/demultiplexer (mux/demux) switches.

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  • Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD) has added a new device to its range of passive multiplexer/demultiplexer (mux/demux) switches.
  • Thanks to the proprietary design approach employed, Diodes Incorporated has optimized the dynamic electrical characteristics of the PI2DBS16212A in relation to insertion loss, return loss, skew, and crosstalk.
  • In addition to having a small footprint and low-profile, this device exhibits minimal attenuation across its 14GHz bandwidth.
  • The device therefore gives far greater signal integrity tolerances for engineers to integrate into designs.

Keysight Unveils Comprehensive Design and Test Workflow for Next-Generation Memory Designs

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Tuesday, April 27, 2021

View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210427005802/en/\nKeysight's PathWave ADS 2022 simulating DDR5 signals with equalization, designing signal vias, and performing electromagnetic simulation of the DDR signal nets in a PCB design.

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210427005802/en/\nKeysight's PathWave ADS 2022 simulating DDR5 signals with equalization, designing signal vias, and performing electromagnetic simulation of the DDR signal nets in a PCB design.
  • (Graphic: Business Wire)\nFrom cloud computing to autonomous vehicles, the demand for faster memory interfaces is accelerating.
  • Hardware engineers need to minimize the risk of signal integrity issues in memory bus designs, which requires the ability to predict the signal quality after equalization, prototype the design and test for performance.\nKeysight\xe2\x80\x99s PathWave ADS 2022, a design and test workflow for next-generation memory, enables hardware engineers to meet time-to-market requirements and deliver a high-performance, reliable end-product.
  • \xe2\x80\x9cKeysight\xe2\x80\x99s knowledge in both DDR5 simulation and measurement techniques, enables us to help customers through this technology hurdle, and speed them to a first-pass design success.\xe2\x80\x9d\nAdditional information on PathWave ADS Memory Designer is available at:\n"

Keysight’s High-Speed Digital Test Solutions Selected by Allion Labs to Validate SerDes* Devices in Compliance to Interconnect Standards

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Thursday, December 3, 2020

Keysights design simulation and test solutions enable test labs and vendors to quickly adopt the latest high-speed computing interfaces implemented for wireless communications.

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  • Keysights design simulation and test solutions enable test labs and vendors to quickly adopt the latest high-speed computing interfaces implemented for wireless communications.
  • Keysights wide range of high-speed digital solutions including oscilloscopes , bit error rate testers and vector network analyzers enable Allion Labs to validate performance and compliance to standards of transmitters, receivers, cable connections, signal integrity and power integrity.
  • Keysight solutions allow Allion Labs to address a growing demand for verifying hardware and software products comply to evolving high-speed digital standards, said Brian Shih, vice president of certification and hardware validation consulting at Allion Labs.
  • We rely on Keysights solutions to deliver the necessary accuracy, stability, repeatability and flexibility critical in compliance test.

Wild River Technology Sets New Standard for 56G SerDes Characterization

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Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Dubbed ISI-56, the platform upgrades the current ISI-32 loss modeling platform from Wild River Technology with enhanced accuracy and modeling for SerDes channels operating at 56G.

Key Points: 
  • Dubbed ISI-56, the platform upgrades the current ISI-32 loss modeling platform from Wild River Technology with enhanced accuracy and modeling for SerDes channels operating at 56G.
  • Wild River Technology also provides channel operating margin (COM) metrics for all serial link test platforms like the ISI-56.
  • "Wild River Technology is all about supporting signal integrity experts with the best tools and models to optimize high-speed communication channels.
  • The IEEE P370 specification, which I had a hand in developing, sets the bar very high," said Al Neves, founder and chief technologist at Wild River Technology.