ReDriver from Diodes Incorporated Boosts Signal Quality of High-Speed PCIe 4.0 Interfaces
April 18 2019 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD), a leading global
manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific
standard products within the broad discrete, logic, analog and
mixed-signal semiconductor markets, today introduced a ReDriver for
the server, storage, and networking market segment. The
PI3EQX16904GL is a PCIe 4.0 compliant, 2.5Gbps to 16Gbps,
four-differential channel, linear ReDriver. The device provides
programmable linear equalization, output swing, and flat gain to
optimize performance over a variety of physical media by reducing
inter-symbol interference. It is the industry’s first available
ReDriver to support PCIe 4.0 while being backward-compatible with
PCIe 3.0/2.0/1.0. Target applications for the device include
storage and AI servers, workstations, 5G networking, CPU-to-network
(PCIe NIC card) and CPU-to-storage (NVME) interconnects, and
CPU-to-CPU interconnects within high-performance compute
clusters.
The ReDriver, also known as a repeater IC, regenerates signals
to boost the signal quality of high-speed interfaces. Faster signal
frequencies leave designers with less signal margin with which to
design reliable, high-performance systems. Using equalization,
pre-emphasis, and other technologies, a single ReDriver can adjust
and correct for known channel losses at the transmitter and restore
signal integrity at the receiver. This enables reliable
communications with low bit error rates (BER).
The PI3EQX16904GL supports four 100Ω differential current mode
logic (CML) data I/Os and extends the signals across other distant
data pathways on the user’s platform. Linear ReDrivers are commonly
used to achieve PCB trace extension while minimizing cost and power
consumption. They can also deliver lower latency.
Requiring a supply voltage of 3.3V ±0.3V, the device is able to
operate over an industrial temperature range of -40˚C to +85˚C.
The PI3EQX16904GL ReDriver is offered in a 42-contact TQFN (9mm
x 3.5mm) package. Further information is available at
www.diodes.com.
About Diodes Incorporated
Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD), a Standard and Poor’s
SmallCap 600 and Russell 3000 Index company, is a leading global
manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific
standard products within the broad discrete, logic, analog, and
mixed-signal semiconductor markets. Diodes serves the consumer
electronics, computing, communications, industrial, and automotive
markets. Diodes’ products include diodes, rectifiers, transistors,
MOSFETs, protection devices, function-specific arrays, single gate
logic, amplifiers and comparators, Hall-effect and temperature
sensors, power management devices, including LED drivers, AC-DC
converters and controllers, DC-DC switching and linear voltage
regulators, and voltage references along with special function
devices, such as USB power switches, load switches, voltage
supervisors, and motor controllers. Diodes also has timing,
connectivity, switching, and signal integrity solutions for
high-speed signals. Diodes’ corporate headquarters and Americas’
sales office are located in Plano, Texas and Milpitas, California.
Design, marketing, and engineering centers are located in Plano;
Milpitas; Taipei, Taiwan; Taoyuan City, Taiwan; Zhubei City,
Taiwan; Manchester, England; and Neuhaus, Germany. Diodes’ wafer
fabrication facilities are located in Manchester, Shanghai, China
and Greenock, Scotland. Diodes has assembly and test facilities
located in Shanghai, Jinan, Chengdu, and Yangzhou, China, as well
as in Hong Kong, Neuhaus, and Taipei. Additional engineering,
sales, warehouse, and logistics offices are located in Taipei; Hong
Kong; Manchester; Shanghai; Shenzhen, China; Seongnam-si, South
Korea; Munich, Germany; and Tokyo, Japan, with support offices
throughout the world.
Recent news releases, annual reports and SEC filings are
available at the Company’s website: http://www.diodes.com. Written
requests may be sent directly to the Company, or they may be
e-mailed to: diodes-fin@diodes.com.
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