High-performance fully integrated loopback solution updated

Menlo Microsystems, Inc. has created an entirely new category of electronic switching solutions with its Ideal Switch technology and has announced the release of its enhanced MM5622 DC-coupled high-speed loopback relay, designated as the MM5622-01NBX. The upgraded version of the MM5622 delivers improved high-speed performance at 80Gbps, allowing wider application coverage and improved performance margin for testing the latest high-speed digital interfaces.

The SiP solution fully integrates a driver, charge pump, and 12 high-performance switch channels, resulting in a significant reduction of board footprint for production loopback test solutions. The device supports the differential signal switching required for dozens of high-speed SerDes buses, now capable of 80Gbps data rates, with significant improvements in RF return loss, phase matching, insertion loss, and channel balancing. These enhancements allow vastly improved eye-diagram performance, essential for testing the high-speed digital interfaces on dozens of different high-performance SoCs for wafer sort and final test solutions.

“We are thrilled to be exhibiting at SWTest for the first time and to announce this major performance upgrade to our already successful MM5622 loopback relay,” said Menlo Micro co-founder and senior vice president of RF Business Unit Chris Giovanniello. “We remain committed to providing customized solutions to the biggest challenges facing test engineers as they try and validate the performance of some of the world’s most complex SoCs. The MM5622 is a direct result of listening to our lead customers and adapting our products to meet their latest challenges.”

The company has also introduced its latest software tools created to facilitate the design of production load boards using its high-speed loopback relay products. The Ideal Switch HSIO SignalFlow Studio is an interactive web-based tool that helps test engineers connect their DUT and ATE tester pins into one of the many selectable MM56xx high-speed loopback relay products. The tool highlights possible connection paths, performance tradeoffs, and programming instructions, ensuring that test engineers achieve optimal performance from the device and lower the risk of connection errors in the board design.