Quantifi Photonics Launches QCR Series Clock Recovery Instrument for High-Speed I/O Testing
San Francisco – 28 January 2025 – Quantifi Photonics, a leader in innovative test and measurement solutions for design verification testing and high-volume manufacturing, is excited to launch the QCR Series Clock Recovery Instrument at the DesignCon trade show this week.
This cutting-edge solution is designed to extract clean, stable clock signals from high-speed data streams to trigger a digital sampling oscilloscope. With its low-jitter architecture and precision phase-lock capabilities, it offers a reliable and scalable platform for validating and characterizing next-generation communication systems when paired with the company’s QCA Series High-Speed Communication Analyzer.
The QCR Series is designed for a wide range of high-speed data communication applications, including characterization of high-speed interconnects, and validation testing of high-speed integrated circuits (ICs). Having an accurate clock recovery instrument that locks to 100 Gbps data signals and tracks the clock PLL is essential for reliable, standards-compliant IEEE 802.3ck measurements.
It has been purposefully designed to support design verification testing (DVT) and high-volume manufacturing (HVM) testing, ensuring optimal performance for critical applications such as transmitter jitter and eye diagram measurements.
Kees Propstra, Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing for Quantifi Photonics says “The launch of the QCR Series represents a significant leap forward in our commitment to driving innovation in high-speed I/O test and measurement. With its exceptional performance in a compact and scalable form factor, the QCR Series enables engineers and manufacturers to reduce costs, accelerate time-to-market, and achieve precise validation for next-generation communication systems."
The QCR Series will be demonstrated live at DesignCon 2025 from 29 – 30 January, booth 1157, at the Santa Clara Convention Center.
Key features of the QCR Series:
· Low Jitter: When used with the QCA sampling oscilloscope, the QCR Series delivers a jitter noise floor as low as 180 fs (rms), comparable with industry-leading performance, ensuring highly accurate clock signal recovery.
· Wide Compatibility: Supports NRZ/PAM4 symbol rates of 25 to 32 GBd and 50 to 58 GBd, making it ideal for modern high-speed communication systems.
· Provides up to 4 recovered output clocks, enabling synchronization with multiple QCA Series instruments.
· Compact Design: The QCR Series' small footprint (60 x 244 x 327 mm) enables high-density setups, making it perfect for high-channel-count applications.
· Ease of Integration: Remote control capabilities and an intuitive API streamline integration into automated testing and assembly equipment.
· VISEYE™ Software Interface: Simplifies control and monitoring of the QCR Series and QCA Analyzer through a unified, user-friendly platform.
For more details on the QCR Series and how it can transform testing and validation processes at scale, visit the Quantifi Photonics' QCR Series webpage.
About Quantifi Photonics
Quantifi Photonics is a leading provider of test solutions designed to help customers unlock scalable and cost-effective high-volume manufacturing of photonic integrated circuits (PICs), co-packaged optics, and pluggable optics. The company’s comprehensive portfolio includes a wide range of mixed-signal test instruments, such as fixed and tunable lasers, optical power meters, optical spectrum analyzers, digital sampling oscilloscopes, etc., and are available in benchtop, rack-mountable, and PXI formats - designed to support testing at all stages of the product life cycle with a focus on design verification testing and high-volume manufacturing. As the premier supplier of photonic PXI instruments, they are the preferred partner for ATE suppliers, foundries, OSATs, contract manufacturers, and developers across the photonics ecosystem. Learn more at https://www.quantifiphotonics.com/.