About
Guzik Technical Enterprises provides test solutions to the disk drive industry, as well as waveform acquisition tools for demanding ATE and OEM applications in avionics, signal intelligence, military electronics, physics, astronomy, semiconductors, and a variety of other disciplines. The company is based in Mountain View, California.
Company History
Founded in the early 80’s by Dr. Nahum Guzik, Guzik Technical Enterprises develops innovative test solutions aimed at verifying signal and overall magnetic recording integrity for disk drive heads and media. The company was founded to address the challenge of reducing disk drive validation tests from days or weeks to minutes. Our products combine high speed waveform capture and analysis capabilities with advanced mechanics to ensure disk drive read and write signals can be analyzed with accuracy. The products are used in both the research and development of hard disk drives and drive components, as well as on the production floor. The company holds over 70 patents which form the basis for the various electronic, optic and mechanical innovations at the core of the products. In recent years, we have taken some of these core competencies and expanded our product offering outside of data storage to focus on electronic signal capture and analysis applications. Guzik test systems are platform-based products designed to be continually upgraded over the life of the system to stay ahead of the technology evolution in recording head and media technology. A hallmark of the company is the long life of its test system platforms and the cost-effective product option and upgrade path always available to customers.
Products
The primary products are test systems which comprise 3 major components:
A Spinstand which holds the read/write head and media outside of the disk drive enclosure- A Read-Write Analyzer used to both write data to the disk media and read back the resulting signals
- A High Speed Waveform Digitizer for detailed signal analysis
A test environment software product called WITE controls the entire system and provides the advanced analysis and reporting capability to provide the user with results.
The waveform digitizers are also sold separately for demanding system applications across a variety of industries.
Articles and Publications Featuring Guzik Products
- MWJ Frequency Matters, Aug 26, 2019: EuMW Aug issue, news, Integra Tech HV GaN Interview – August 26, 2019
- Samtec Releases New 5G Applications Solutions Guide – February 19, 2019
- Interference Mitigation for 5G Millimeter-Wave Communications – December 24, 2018
- Digital Equalization for mmWave Analog Up-/Down-Converters – December 12, 2018
- NIST’s Antenna Evaluation Method Could Help Boost 5G Network Capacity and Cut Costs – December 10, 2018
- Many T&M challenges to overcome before true 5G rollout – November 27, 2018
- Executive Interview: Lauri Viitas, VP of Product and Business Development – October 15, 2018
- Modular Instruments Market by Platform Type Global Forecast to 2023 – August 31, 2018
- Broadband Microwave Spectroscopy of 2-Furanyloxy Radical: Primary Pyrolysis Product of the Second-Generation Biofuel 2-Methoxyfuran – July 31, 2018
- Youtube The Signal Path #125 – International Microwave Symposium 2018 – Industry Trade Show Overview – July 8, 2018
- V-band Doppler backscattering diagnostic in the TCV Tokamak – July 11, 2018
- 45th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics “Pulse Reflectometer and Doppler back-scattering diagnostics in the TCV Tokamak” – July 6, 2018
- Ecosystem gears up as world awaits 5G rollout – May 24, 2018
- IMS to see innovations spanning 5G to materials science – May 24, 2018
- Digital Equalization of mmWave Analog Frequency Up and Down-converters – April 10, 2018
- Live from OFC 2018: What Tech Trends Affect Optical Fiber Industry – March 14, 2018
- Understanding the New Optical Data Interface – March 1, 2018
- Pursuing innovation from massive MIMO to hybrid beamforming – November 22, 2017
- Digitizers, AXIe see innovation and application – November 22, 2017
- Digitizer-Based Measurement Trade-Offs for Electronic Attack Systems – November 10, 2017
- Guzik Products Embrace New ODI Optical Standard – October 24, 2017
- Samtec FireFly™ Routes Data over PCBs in New Guzik ADP7000 Series Digitizers for 5G NR – October 18, 2017
- Guzik Collaborates with Keysight on Direct RF Sampling – October 13, 2017
- Guzik Technical Enterprises Collaborates with Keysight Technologies on Direct RF Sampling – October 11, 2017
- ADP7000 Series Digitizers support optical data interface (ODI) – October 10, 2017
- Guzik collaborates with Keysight on direct RF sampling – October 9, 2017
- Simultaneous Multiple RF Signals Channeling for Infiniium Oscilloscopes Debut from Guzik Technical Enterprises – October 9, 2017
- AXIe Consortium, multiple vendors support optical communication standard – October 8, 2017
- New optical interface standard aims at 5G – October 3, 2017
- Optical Standard Boosts Data to Instruments, SDR, 5G – October 2, 2017
- AXIe Consortium and Multiple Companies Announce Optical Communication Standard for Instrumentation Systems – October 2, 2017
- AXIe Consortium and Multiple Companies Announce Optical Communication Standard for Instrumentation Systems – October 2, 2017
- 2-D Visualization in Magnetic Recording – September 26, 2017
- Digitizer Squarely Aimed at 5G Applications – September 15, 2017
- Digitizer/DSP analyzes RF and serial signals – September 10, 2017
- New AXIe Modular Digitizers with Signal Processors for the Growing 5G Market – September 5, 2017
- Guzik announces modular digitizer with signal processor for 5G – September 1, 2017
- Digitizer/DSP analyzes RF and serial signals – September 1, 2017
- Guzik Announces New Modular Digitizer with Signal Processor Aimed at 5G Applications – September 1, 2017
- NIST Utilizes AXIe Digitizer for 5G Channel Sounding – June 26, 2017
- Analog-to-Information Converters in the Wideband RF Measurement for Aerospace Applications: Current Situation and Perspectives – February 28, 2017
- The Broadband Rotational Spectrum of Fully Deuterated Acetaldehyde (CD3CDO) in a CW Supersonic Expansion – February 13, 2017
- Samtec FireFly™ Enables Cascading of Guzik DP 7000 Digital Processors – December 19, 2016
- Recent Developments for Instability Monitoring at the LHC – October 06, 2016
- Chirped Pulse Microwave Spectroscopy on Methyl Butanoate – June 14, 2016
- High-Tech-Möglichkeiten zur Rekonstruktion überschriebener Daten von Festplatten – June 10, 2016
- EE Magazine Taking signals to bits, modularly – February 18, 2016
- Samtec Silicon-to-Silicon System Optimization Guide – January, 2016
- EDN Magazine Cobham leaps into AXIe – October 5, 2015
- AXIe Modular Instrument Platform Selected for Electronic Warfare Upgrade – November 17, 2015
- Digitizer Architecture Analysis for Target Diagnostics on the National Ignition Facility – July 20, 2015
- Samtec Silicon Development Interconnect Solutions Guide – June, 2015
- 2015 IEEE Optical Interconnects Conference Paper – April 20, 2015
- OFC 2015 Video Showcase – April 17, 2015
- Requirements Document for Target Diagnostic Digitizers -February 4. 2015
- AXIe Consortium Newsletter: AXIe Data Streaming Drives Mil/Aero and Wireless Applications – December 3, 2014
- Microwave chemical sensing using overmoded T-line designs and impact of real-time digitizer in the system – November 2014
- PICMG: AXIe extends PXI performance – October 30, 2014
- NASA Tech Briefs: Next Generation Spectrometers for Rapid Analysis of Complex Mixtures – October 1, 2014
- AXIe Consortium Newsletter: AXIe Delivers Multi-Vendor Solutions for Advanced Radar and Electronic Warfare Applications – September 30, 2014
- Microwave Journal spots AXIe Multi-Vendor Radar /EW Test System at Autotest 2014 – September 23, 2014
- CERN Multi-band Instability Monitor – September 4, 2014
- Giga-tronics Application Note: AXIe provides multi-vendor solution for advanced Radar and Electronic Warfare applications – August 29, 2014
- Keysight Technologies: High Performance Digitizers for RF Wideband Aerospace/Defense Measurements – August 04, 2014
- Industry Connections Instrumentation: Addressing Applications in Aerospace and Defence – July-August, 2014
- ISMS: A chirped-pulse Fourier transform spectrometer operating from 110 – 170 GHz – June 16, 2014
- CERN 5th Evian Workshop: Status of Tune and Orbit Measurements and – June 2, 2014
- NCF: Next Generation Spectrometers for Rapid Analysis of Complex Mixtures – May 29, 2014
- AdvancedTCA Newsletter: High Performance Digitizers for RF Wideband Aerospace/Defense Measurements – March 19, 2014
- Modular Matters: AXIe Local Bus Speed Achieves Record 80 GB/s – March 18, 2014
- Efficient Data Averaging for Spin Noise Spectroscopy in Semiconductors – January 18, 2014
- EE Times: Modular instrument highlights of 2013 set scene for 2014 – January 2, 2014
- Wootrix: AXIe = Bigger Building Blocks – Generalizing a Modular Standard – September 28, 2013
- Modular Matters: What’s new at Autotestcon 2013 – September 24, 2013
- EDN Europe: PXI joined by VXI and AXIe at Autotestcon USA – September 23, 2013
- CERN: Application Of Metal-Semiconductor-Metal (MSM) Photodetectors For Traverse and Longitudinal Intra-Bunch Beam Diagnostics – September 13, 2013
- EDN Network: Think you need test speed? Ask this astrochemist – June 24, 2013
- A 1.6-Gsps High-Resolution Waveform Digitizer Based on a Time-Interleaved Technique – May 16, 2013
- AXIe Consortium Newsletter: AXIe Local Bus Architecture Delivers Unprecedented Bus Speeds – April 18, 2013
- NCF: Chirped-Pulse Fourier Transform Microwave Spectroscopy with Real-Time Digitizers – April 2, 2013
- Modular Matters: Top 10 Predictions for Modular Instruments in 2012 – December 19, 2012
- AdvancedTCA Newsletter: AXIe Local Bus Speed Achieves Record 80 GB/s – December 12, 2012
- Phil Grace: AXIe Digitizers for Large Scale Scientific Research – November 29, 2012
- Modular Matters: Integrating AXIe and PXI – November 26, 2012
- Keysight Technologies: High Performance Digitizers for Advanced Scientific Research – October 10, 2012
- Modular Matters: Autotestcon 2012 Coverage – September 17, 2012
- MicroWaves & RF Magazine: Making Microwave Measurements Modular – July 12, 2012
- AdvancedTCA Newsletter: AXIe Works with AdvancedTCA in Embedded Mil/Aero Applications – July 2, 2012
- Wall-Current-Monitor based – April 15, 2012
- AdvancedTCA Newsletter: AXIe and Big Physics – January 27, 2012
- Embedded: Guzik’s AXIe digitizer runs to 13 GHz – January 23, 2012
- Microwaves&RF: Making Microwave Measurements Modular – July 9, 2012
- EDN Network: Guzik’s AXIe digitizer runs to 13 GHz – January 23, 2012
- AdvancedTCA Newsletter: First AXIe Digitizers Show Breakthrough Capabilities – December 15, 2011
- Instrumentacionhoy: Módulo digitalizadore – November 17, 2011
- Microwave Journal Industry News / Test and Measurement: Guzik Introduces AXIe-based Digitizer Module – November 16, 2011
- PC’s Electronic Components Blog: Guzik releases ADC 6000 series AXIe-based digitizer module – November 21, 2011
- MeasurementTest: New AXIe Waveform Digitizers from Guzik – November 15, 2011
- Modular Matters: Guzik Technical Enterprises shows what AXIe can do – November 13, 2011
US Patent Collection
- 10,355,706 Equalization of sub-DAC frequency response misalignments in time-interleaved high-speed digital to analog converters – July 16, 2019
- 10,305,707 Digital down converter with baseband equalization – May 18, 2019
- 9,933,467 Group delay measurement apparatus and method – April 3, 2018
- 9,842,981 Hermetically sealed piezoelectric actuator assembly – December 12, 2017
- 9,748,967 Periodic signal averaging with a time interleaving analog to digital converter – August 29, 2017
- 9,641,191 Digital down converter with equalization – May 2, 2017
- 9,627,602 Driving circuit for a piezoelectric actuator – April 18, 2017
- 9,450,598 Two-stage digital down-conversion of RF pulses – Sep 20, 2016
- 9,443,542 Head Gimbal Assembly (HGA) Mounting Apparatus for a Magnetic Head and Disk Tester – Sep 13, 2016
- 9,506,951 Method and apparatus for data acquisition with waveform trigger – Application Published Aug 11, 2016
- 9,344,301 Acquisition device with multistage digital equalization – May 17, 2016
- 9,190,105 Radially-coherent reading and writing system and method for a magnetic disk – November 17, 2015
- 9,172,388 High speed interleaved ADC with compensation for DC offset mismatch – October 27, 2015
- 9,148,162 Digital down converter with equalization – September 29, 2015
- 8,879,675 Synchronization for a wireless receiver – November 4, 2014
- 8,866,659 Data acquisition device with real time digital trigger – October 21, 2014
- 8,767,892 Synchronization for a wireless receiver – July 1, 2014
- 8,749,917 Adjustable disk stabilizer for a spinstand – June 10, 2014
- 8,542,142 Interleaved analog to digital converter with reduced number of multipliers for digital equalization – September 24, 2013
- 8,537,044 Interleaved analog to digital converted with digital equalization – September 17, 2013
- 8,477,445 Write clock synchronization appartus for magnetic recording disk drives with patterned media – July 2, 2013
- 8,169,750 Removable nanopositioning cartridge for magnetic head and disk testers – May 1, 2012
- 8,077,426 Magnetic disk centering method and system – December 13, 2011
- 7,880,463 Automated disk clamping method for spinstand for testing magnetic heads and disks – February 1, 2011
- 7,836,605 Pneumatically controlled coupling assembly – November 23, 2010
- 7,836,603 Headstack locator assembly for testing magnetic heads – November 23, 2010
- 7,830,217 Method and system of vector signal generator with direct FR signal synthesis and parallel signal processing – November 9, 2010
- 7,791,329 Vector/signal analyzer equalization apparatus and method – September 7, 2010
- 7,705,609 Phase frequency distortion measurement system – April 27, 2010
- 7,532,006 Stand-alone quasi-static tester – May 12, 2009
- 7,467,479 Headstack locator assembly for testing magnetic heads – December 23, 2008
- 7,408,495 Digital equalization of multiple interleaved analog-to-digital converters – August 5, 2008
- 7,382,304 Sampling and measurement of periodic signals – June 3, 2008
- 7,295,002 Vacuum chuck spinstand for testing magnetic heads and disks – November 13, 2007
- 7,245,449 Timing analysis of read back signals in magnetic recording devices – July 17, 2007
- 7,240,777 Constrained layer damping assembly – July 10, 2007
- 7,221,220 Method and apparatus for low-frequency bypass in broadband RF circuitry – May 22, 2007
- 7,165,211 Viterbi decoder with direct current restoration – January 16, 2007
- 7,158,324 Self-adjusting PRML receiver – January 2, 2007
- 7,151,393 High-speed write driver – December 19, 2006
- 7,141,969 X-Y spinstand platform with flexure-coupled platen – November 28, 2006
- 7,124,043 Spectrum analyzer with phase noise compensation – October 17, 2006
- 7,061,321 Low impedance read amplifier for magnetoresistive head – June 13, 2006
- 7,061,235 Magnetic head and disk X-Y test assembly with optimized arrangement for skew angle – June 13, 2006
- 6,785,085 Multi-frequency servo bursts in magnetic disc memory system – August 31, 2004
- 6,772,079 Method and apparatus for equalization of a signal acquisition system – August 3, 2004
- 6,760,171 Magnetic medium precompensation method and apparatus – July 6, 2004
- 6,661,607 Method and apparatus for electromagnetic interference reduction in magnetic recording devices – December 9, 2003
- 6,469,862 Method and apparatus for improved servo signal filtering in read channels – October 22, 2002
- 6,242,910 Magnetic head and disk tester with yaw correction – June 5, 2001
- 6,236,201 Magnetic head and disk tester with pitch correction – May 22, 2001
- 6,229,304 Apparatus for air flow stabilization in spinstands with a shroud assembly and a shell assembly – May 8, 2001
- 6,229,303 Spinstand for testing magnetic heads and disks – May 8, 2001
- 6,219,683 Radially distributed transverse filter – April 17, 2001
- 6,219,194 MR head read amplifier with improved write to read recovery time – April 17, 2001
- 6,212,045 Method and apparatus for loading a magnetic head onto a magnetic disk – April 3, 2001
- 6,094,047 Method and apparatus for balancing rotating componenents of a spinstand of a magnetic head and disk tester – July 25, 2000
- 6,064,261 Write amplifier with improved switching performance, output common-mode voltage, and head current control – May 16, 2000
- 6,023,145 Head and disk tester with a thermal drift-compensated closed-loop positioning system – February 8, 2000
- 6,006,614 Apparatus and method for improving dynamic characteristics of a fine-positioning mechanism in a magnetic head-disk tester – December 28, 1999
- 5,932,887 Apparatus for measuring the flying height and orientation of a magnetic head relative to a transparent medium based on frustrated total internal reflection – August 3, 1999
- 5,872,451 System for locating and fixing a headstack assembly on headstack tester – February 16, 1999
- 5,825,180 Magnetic disk test apparatus having heads moveable along substantially parallel axes – October 20, 1998
- 5,796,541 Servo track writing measurement of gapped initial clock track to write full clock track – August 18, 1998
- 5,789,756 Apparatus for measuring the flying height and orientation of a magnetic head relative to transparent medium based on frustrated total internal reflection – August 4, 1998
- 5,760,982 Method and apparatus for testing magnetic heads and disks – June 2, 1998
- 5,677,805 Apparatus for determining the dynamic position and orientation for a transducing head relative to a storage medium – October 14, 1997
- 5,491,413 Positioning device for magnetic head and disk tester with rotating tool support – February 13, 1996
- 5,490,091 Histograms of processed noise samples for measuring error rate of a PRML data detection channel – February 6, 1996
- 5,382,887 Method and apparatus for compensating positioning error in magnetic-head and magnetic-disk tester – January 17, 1995
- 5,355,261 Method and apparatus for measuring error rate of magnetic recording devices having a partial response maximum likelihood data detection channel – October 11, 1994
- 5,254,946 Magnetic head and disk tester with head centrally mounted on radially-moving, rotatable platform that surrounds disk – October 19, 1993
- 5,220,408 Method and apparatus for calibration of optical flying-height testers – June 15, 1993
- 4,958,839 Disc clamp employing resilient cone for spreading balls – September 25, 1990
- 4,902,971 Magnetic head and disc tester employing pivot arm on linearly movable slide – February 20, 1990
- 4,829,545 Method and apparatus for data window centering in a multifrequency data separator – May 9, 1989
- 4,710,686 Method and apparatus for control of current in a motor winding – December 1, 1987
- 4,680,516 Motor speed control system – July 14, 1987
- 4,627,288 Bearing unloading mechanism for disc clamping unit – December 9, 1986
Quality Policy
Guzik Technical Enterprises is dedicated to offering quality products and excellent service. To achieve this result, we will:
- Ensure that all of our products comply with applicable safety and regulatory requirements.
- Ensure our products meet or exceed their published specifications.
- Establish and maintain an environment which encourages all employees to pursue continuous improvement in the quality and productivity of products and services.
- Continuously monitor and improve processes and procedures to ensure quality is built into our products.
- Ensure that the quality policy is reviewed annually and is communicated within the organization. Quality objectives will also be reviewed and are part of the management weekly review.
- Establish quality requirements for suppliers, partners, and contractors and hold them accountable to comply.
- The VP of Operations of Guzik Technical Enterprises is responsible for the quality of its products and services.
Contact Information
Guzik Technical Enterprises
2443 Wyandotte Street
Mountain View, CA 94043
(650) 625-8000 Main
(650) 625-9325 FAX
www.guzik.com