This company manufactures time interval analyzer instruments used to test semiconductor chips. Their instruments, available in various formats, help clients reduce testing time and improve the quality of timing tests in automated test equipment and other critical environments.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Testing semiconductor chips requires precise timing measurements to ensure performance and reliability, but traditional methods can be time-consuming and may not capture the full complexity of high-speed signals. Existing test equipment may lack the necessary accuracy and speed to adequately characterize jitter, settling time, and other critical timing parameters in advanced integrated circuits.
Solution
GuideTech provides a range of time interval analyzers and frequency counters designed to address the challenges of semiconductor testing and automated test equipment (ATE). Their Continuous Time Interval Analyzer (CTIA) technology enables fast measurement rates, greater accuracy, and increased parallelism, improving test throughput and overall quality. GuideTech's instruments offer capabilities such as jitter analysis, settling time measurement, and modulation analysis, providing comprehensive timing test coverage for high-speed interfaces and complex signals. The GT888 Net-Time-Scope series specifically targets time synchronization performance in data packet-based systems, supporting protocols like PTP and various Ethernet speeds.
Target Audience
GuideTech's products target semiconductor manufacturers, ATE providers, and test engineers who require precise timing measurements for chip characterization, validation, and production testing.
Features
- Continuous Time Interval Analyzer (CTIA) technology for time-correlated measurements
- Time Interval Analyzers (TIA) with high resolution and accuracy, down to sub-picosecond levels
- Frequency counters for precise frequency measurements
- GT888 Net-Time-Scope series for testing time synchronization in data packet systems, supporting PTP and various Ethernet speeds (1Gig to 400Gig, 800Gig in development)
- Support for various network protocols, including Unicast, Multicast, IPv4, and IPv6 (GT888)
- Scalable, multi-channel timing test systems for increased parallelism
- Software support for Windows, Linux, LabVIEW, Python, and Java
- PXI, PXIe, PCI, and PCIe form factors available for integration into ATE systems
- GT9000PC, a 2-channel, zero-dead-time TIA-Time stamper/Frequency Counter based on the GT668PCIe-1 CTIA