SerDes Solution with VScope Waveform Viewing Technology
Portable Design News, Wednesday August 13, 2008
Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation has announced the VSC3441, a 6.375 Gigabit per second (Gbps) multi-rate Serialization/De-serialization (SerDes) transceiver device. As the most advanced, high-speed SerDes solution available today, Vitesse’s VSC3441 device operates at selected data rates from 125 Mbps to 6.375 Gbps and incorporates advanced equalization to compensate for various impairments and losses encountered in copper cables and backplane traces and connectors.
Further adding to the robust feature set of this transceiver is the unique combination of integrated technologies: SerDes, Clock and Data Recovery (CDR) and advanced signal equalization. The VSC3441 is also the first high-speed SerDes to incorporate Vitesse’s breakthrough VScope waveform viewing technology which enables a real-time oscilloscope view of the received data, thus providing telemetry of high-speed signals.
The VSC3441 provides OEMs a significant new tool that allows them to serialize data to higher rates for simplified transmission through legacy backplanes or cable interconnects. This is achieved by compensating for the signal path degradation which, in turn, improves the signal integrity performance of the transmission. The integrated VScope waveform viewing technology is then used by OEMs for real-time system diagnostics and remote monitoring functions in these applications. The result: a state-of-the-art signal integrity solution that extends the use of existing ASICs and FPGAs with slower speed interfaces.
General samples of VSC3441 devices will be available in the fourth quarter of 2008. The VSC3441 is priced at $32 USD in volume quantities and is available in a 196-pin, 15 mm x 15 mm flip chip ball grid array (FCBGA) package.
Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation, Camarillo, CA (805) 388-3700 [www.vitesse.com]
