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Vitesse Unveils Signal Integrity VSC3406 Device
(Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
Vitesse Semiconductor is targeting its latest Clock and Data Recovery
(CDR) transceiver, the VSC3406, at high-definition video broadcast
equipment.
The VSC3406 improves the signal integrity of uncompressed, high
definition (HD), SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television
Engineers), 1080i/1080p signals as the data gets distorted through
cables, connectors and backplanes. The VSC3406 combines its signal
integrity feature set with Vitesse's VScope waveform viewing technology
to enable real-time, economic monitoring functionality for live video
feeds in broadcast video equipment.
Monitoring and correcting faults associated with hundreds of HD streams
taxes the capabilities of test equipment, broadcast systems, as well as
the individual operators. Monitoring of these links in real time for
Quality of Service (QoS) parameters is essential for the efficient
operation of broadcast studios. Vitesse's VScope technology is a
patented solution that offers a more accessible signal analysis tool
that can be remotely monitored through network connections. This
technology leapfrogs current signal integrity methods to scan the input
data eye within the chip itself and produces the industry's first
offering of true in-line imaging of the real-time data stream on a
per-pin basis, according to the company.
Vitesse's VScope and CDR technology is applicable to a range of
equipment from broadcast video systems to networking/telecommunications
devices carrying a mix of both high definition video and data traffic.
The VSC3406 is capable of transmitting and receiving SMPTE compliant
HD-SDI quality video signals at 1.5 Gbps and 3 Gbps while introducing
new architectural options for equipment carrying video and data
traffic. Furthermore, the IC's VScope functionality allows a new level
of visibility for system debug and remote monitoring across a full
video router matrix.
"The VSC3406, with VScope technology, is ideal for video broadcast
production where monitoring and maintaining a high-level of high-speed
signal integrity across hundreds/thousands of live multi-gigabit links
is essential. Vitesse has a decade of successful product developments
that have been the cornerstone of several industry-leading video
routers," said Juan Garza, product marketing manager at Vitesse.
"VScope is a game-changing technology that complements the Vitesse
signal integrity portfolio and is certainly positioned to become a
revolutionary new way to improve quality of service monitoring in video
broadcast."
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