Press Release - Centellax Announces 32G Stressed Serial BERT

SANTA ROSA, CALIF.----November 1, 2011—

Centellax announces the release of a new 4-32 Gb/s Stressed Serial BERT Solution (model #SSB32) intended for serial data test requirements for 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100GbE) standards. This new solution also offers affordable compliance testing for 4-32G Fibre Channel and InfiniBand EDR/FDR standards, as well as SerDes testing for communication ICs.

The SSB32 system contains a serial BERT controller (SSB16000 or SSB16000J) and full-rate pattern generator (PG32) and error detector (ED32) remote-mountable heads. This modular system allows for flexibility in features and pricing: the SSB16000 provides a single tone of sinusoidal jitter (SJ) and the SSB16000J offers two independent sources of SJ along with broadband true random jitter sources. Additionally, the SSB16000J allows all three clock outputs to be modulated with spread spectrum, with a deviation settable up to 1.0% of the clock frequency (10,000 ppm).

"Finally, there is a solution for higher speed BERTs at an affordable price point," said Steve Sekel, Vice President of Product Management at Centellax, Inc. "We are able to offer a solution for users needing 25G and 28G bit error rate testers at $100,000 less than the competition. Plus, the performance and built-in programmable patterns make our system an excellent choice for R&D characterization and manufacturing test needs."

SSB32 Features include:

• Full data rate Pattern Generation and Error Detection
• Integrated clock source with calibrated stress capability
• Built-in selection of PRBS and common telecom/datacom test patterns
• Fully programmable user-defined patterns
• Remote heads place the signal very close to DUT
• Fully programmable generator output/detector input parameters
• Remote control through USB or GPIB
• Compact size
• Graphical user interface: Centellax Signal Integrity Studio

For more information, visit the SSB32 webpage at http://www.centellax.com/products/testmeas/SSB32.

About Centellax
Established in 2001, Centellax delivers affordable, high-performance test instruments, test accessories, and electrical components for high-speed communications and signal integrity applications worldwide. Corporate headquarters is located in Santa Rosa, CA, just 90 minutes north of San Francisco.

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