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News Release from: Teravicta Technologies | Subject: TT1244
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 01 May 2007
MEMS switch boosts ATE switching
frequencies
SPDT MEMS switch offers a step improvement in bandwidth and linearity over competing solutions, while occupying significantly less area and consuming less power.
Available now from TeraVicta Technologies, the TT1244 is a 26.5GHz SPDT MEMS switch By leveraging the baseline process and design technology of the production released DC to 7GHz switch, the TT1244 offers a step improvement in bandwidth and linearity over competing switch solutions, while occupying significantly less area and consuming less power
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 18 Jul 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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"This switch offers unparalleled RF performance in bandwidth, insertion loss, and linearity and provides the means for us to address signal integrity issues that are inherently very difficult to solve", said Yongquan Fan, Test Engineer at LSI Corporation.
"The bitrate of products we build continues to increase - in some cases, beyond 8Gbit/s".
"We look forward to exploring how TeraVicta's DC to 26.5GHz switches can enable us to extend our test system's capabilities and keep pace with the increased frequency requirements of our new products".
The TT1244 delivers ultra low insertion loss and outstanding linearity (IP3) for improved system performance - all in a standard surface mount micro BGA chip scale package.
Applications for the TT1244 switch include automated test equipment (ATE), instrumentation, radar (automotive and military), and communications infrastructure.
"At 26.5GHz we cover the entire K Band for communications and instrumentation products", added Ray Burgess, TeraVicta's President and CEO.
"In addition, we deliver the bandwidth necessary to accurately test the new wave of high speed interconnect protocols such as SRIO, PCI-Express and 10Gbit/s Ethernet that are being incorporated into many new processors, DSPs, FPGAs and DIMM memory subsystems".
The TT1244 extends TeraVicta's portfolio to address a larger part of the US $1 billion small signal switch market while enabling new applications that have not been possible with existing switch technology solutions.
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