PHY1068
Fibre Channel Active Equaliser and Retimer
The PHY1068 is an active equalizer and retiming driver with programmable pre-emphasis designed for greatly extended reach in 8.5Gbps backplane and copper cable applications.
The PHY1068 integrates an input AGC stage, making it sensitive enough for noise limited links, whilst its powerful equalizer means it can extract data from signals degraded by dispersion or reflections typical of backplane environments.
The high level of integration reduces the required board area and complexity of firmware development, minimising cost and time to market.
The provision of programmable pre-emphasis on the device output driver enables the PHY1068 to be used in a wide variety of applications.
Manufactured in an advanced CMOS process, the PHY1068 is packaged in a RoHS compliant package.
Key features
- Optimized for 8.5G Fibre Channel
- Fully integrated equalizer and phase algorithms, minimising firmware development
- Low power dissipation (0.68W)
- Low latency (15ns)
- User programmable pre emphasis driver
- Integrated PRBS & BERT for system test and design verification
- Loss of Signal & Loss of Lock alarms
- Auto detect 2-wire or SPI microcontroller interface
- Small footprint 36 pin BGA, 5mm x 5mm package with 0.8mm ball pitch
- Minimal external component requirement
Applications
- 8.5G Copper Backplanes
- 8.5G Active Copper Cables
