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GuideTech launches AMX 270 32-channel ATE Timing Test Solution

GuideTech launches AMX 270 32-channel ATE Timing Test Solution

SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 17, 2001 – GuideTech, the leading innovator in high-performance time interval analyzer (TIA) instruments, today announced the AMX 270, a 32-channel, 2.7GHz bandwidth active front-end multiplexer, for use with the GuideTech Femto family of precision timing test systems. The new AMX 270 quadruples the available channel count of the Femto systems and provides total flexibility to measure both single-ended and differential signals on every measurement channel to address the new wave of high-speed differential signaling increasingly popular in serial I/O, Gigabit Ethernet, SONET and high-speed clock devices.

"GuideTech’s 8-channel precision timing test Femto systems have already proven superiority over other available time measurement instruments, particularly in production ATE applications, offering higher test throughput and the ability to make true differential measurements,” said Tammy Pelissier, Director of Marketing at GuideTech, “The new AMX 270 provides even higher channel count and enables both single-ended and differential measurements programmable at run-time on every channel – a powerful and unique feature that is critical for optimizing ATE configurations for multiple device applications. This capability allows the user to measure and test intra-pair skew, rise and fall time on differential channels and other unique capabilities not available on many ATE platforms to date.”

This latest addition to GuideTech’s growing list of innovative production test solutions confirms that GuideTech is following through with its promise to provide high-performance and costeffective timing test solutions, preferred by customers, and keeping them ahead of the technology wave. (more) GuideTech launches AMX 270 32-channel ATE Timing Test Solution Page 2 About the AMX 270 The AMX 270 boasts 32 channels that are program switchable between differential and singleended measurements at run-time. With fast ECL multiplexing and programmable SE/DF switching “on-the-fly”, the AMX 270, combined with an 8-channel GuideTech Femto system, enables skew on 32 channels, cycle-to-cycle jitter and risetime, intra-channel skew and voh/vol on differential signals. Demonstrations of the new AMX 270 will be given at SEMICON West July 18-20 in booth # 12152 San Jose Convention Center, McEnrey Hall. Visit www.semi.org for SEMICON show details. To schedule a demo, contact Carrie Trujillo at GuideTech 408-733- 6555 x 237.
 

About GuideTech

GuideTech, the leading innovator in high-performance timing measurement instruments, provides semiconductor manufacturers with the solution they need to minimize timing-related component failure and to economize testing in production. Based on patented Time Interval Analyzer (TIA) technology, the company’s Femto family of multi-channel timing test systems accomplishes this by dramatically improving test throughput via fast measurement rates and increased parallelism, adding critical, high-speed timing test capabilities to ATE systems. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, and founded in 1988, the company is the first to deliver costeffective, high-end timing measurement solutions that easily integrate onto any ATE platform. For more information on GuideTech, please visit the company’s Website at http://www.guidetech.com, or call (408) 733-6555 x240.