Fujitsu Microelectronics has introduced an evaluation kit called Batboard for its fast ADC IP, which is based on its Charge-mode interleaved sampler technology (CHAIS).

The kit allows early silicon characterisation of a two-channel 56GSamples/s 8-bit ADC using the single-chip Robin device (the first customer evaluation silicon for CHAIS technology) fabricated on Fujitsu's standard 65nm CMOS technology.

Two delay matched channels with a greater than 15GHz bandwidth are each sampled at 56GSamples/s by the Robin chip. The captured 8-bit ADC signals are stored on-chip in memory, allowing data access at low speed via USB.

Several trigger options are available enabling the capture of transient events such as data edges and glitches. Low loss material, suitable for lead-free assembly in high-reliability applications, has been used in the multi-layer PCB design, providing superior signal integrity.

"With the kit our customers can gain early access to our leading-edge ADC technology with an easy-to-use demonstrator that helps them solve the difficult problems of high-speed signal acquisition," said Neil Amos, director of the communications business unit at FME.

The evaluation kit allows customers to prototype high-end test systems, optical front-ends with breakthrough performance levels and enables them to do forward looking research.

The kit with a 2-channel 56GSa/s 8-bit ADC in Fujitsu’s CS200 65nm process technology will be available in Q2/2009.
 
More information: http://emea.fujitsu.com/microelectronics