SP Devices and LeCroy collaborate on new products
In this issue we are pleased to announce the collaboration between SP
Devices and well-renowned oscilloscope manufacturer LeCroy on the
introduction of two new oscilloscopes.
The Industry's First 12-bit Oscilloscope with SP Devices’ Technology!
As announced by LeCroy in February 2011, the new high-resolution
WaveRunner HRO™ oscilloscopes offers 12 bits of vertical resolution at 400
MHz and 600 MHz bandwidths. The products contains technology that can also
be found in SP Devices’ high-speed digitizer products. “Through our
collaboration with a design team from SP Devices, LeCroy has become the
first oscilloscope supplier to launch a 12-bit oscilloscope into the very
important mid-range of the market,” said David Graef, CTO of LeCroy. “With
this approach we are able to meet future customer requirements of higher
resolution and accuracy while maintaining our industry-leading
performance.”
The new models will feature 400 MHz and 600 MHz bandwidths with an
unprecedented resolution of 12 bits of vertical resolution. These
WaveRunner HROs provide industry-first high-resolution tools for customers
requiring high dynamic range and precision measurements and will be
available for demonstration and customer shipment in May 2011.
SP Devices' Value Proposition for the Test & Measurement Markets
In test and measurement (T&M) systems performance and signal fidelity is
key and achieving high performance often require the use of very expensive
custom components. By using signal processing technology from SP Devices,
performance degrading artifacts originating from the analog domain is
compensated for in the digital domain and as a result our customers can
stay ahead of competition and achieve state-of-the-art performance based
on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components.
SP Devices' proprietary ADX interleaving IP enables unprecedented sampling
rates and high effective bandwidth with no loss of dynamic range while the
ADL linearization IP improves the linearity of the analog input path and
therefore increase the dynamic range and the total performance of the T&M
system. In summary, the use of ADX and ADL IP from SP Devices will provide
the performance needed for these advanced T&M systems while allowing for
the use of COTS components.
About SP Devices' ADX Interleaving Technology
Time-interleaving of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) is a way to
increase the overall system sampling rate by using several ADCs in
parallel. The challenge is to handle the mismatch between the individual
ADCs, especially at higher frequencies. With its unique self-learning and
high-resolution capabilities, SP Device's ADX technology offers previously
unseen performance. Corrections are made transparently and in real-time
without any need for calibration signals or idle time slots during which
to perform calibration. The mismatch correction algorithm supports a
resolution of up to 16 bits, with a preserved SFDR of up to 95 dB,
depending on the properties of the specific ADC array.
SP Devices Provides Solutions to the Complete Value Chain
We help our customers to improve competitiveness regardless of where they
are positioned in the value chain. The offering from SP Devices covers the
complete range from Silicon Manufacturers to System Integrators. SP
Device's products are available as Silicon IP, FPGA IP, reference designs,
and complete digitizer boards.
The ADX interleaving technology is available as silicon IP for chip
manufacturers and semiconductor companies who need to increase ADC
sampling speed. ADX is also available as FPGA IP, targeting the market of
system suppliers, digitizer companies, and T&M companies.
For customers who do not want to design their own digitizer solution, SP
Devices offers both off-the-shelf digitizer solutions as well as
customized digitizers.
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