PMC-Sierra Introduces Industry’s Highest Density Dual Channel 6Gb/s SERDES with Low-Noise Clock Synthesizer for Next Genera...
November 29 2010 - 5:00AM
Business Wire
PMC-Sierra, Inc. (Nasdaq:PMCS), the premier Internet
infrastructure semiconductor solution provider, today announced
availability of its SynthePHY™ family of integrated dual channel
6Gb/s SERDES and programmable clock synthesizer solutions optimized
for wireless infrastructure radio designs. The SynthePHY products
offer 30 clock outputs that can be programmed over a wide frequency
band, ranging from 3MHz to 1.6GHz and meet the phase noise
performance required by multi-carrier GSM, WCDMA and LTE
systems.
“Wireless infrastructure OEMs are under tremendous pressure to
lower their development costs by reducing the number of RF product
variants,” said Tom Sun, vice president and general manager for
PMC-Sierra’s Broadband Wireless Division. “Our SynthePHY family is
highly programmable and designed to meet the rigorous phase noise
performance and wideband support required for next generation
multi-standard radio platform designs.”
With each new generation of equipment, base station radios are
required to provide more functionality, with lower power, in the
same form-factor. PMC-Sierra’s SynthePHY replaces up to four
components by integrating dual 6Gb/s SERDES, jitter cleaner,
on-chip voltage controlled oscillator, clock synthesizer and 30
programmable clock drivers (Fig. 1). It requires only 2200mW to
operate all functions at their maximum rates. The high integration
and low power of SynthePHY make it suitable for rack-mounted
radios, as well as remote radio units where size and power are
highly constrained.
SynthePHY integrates PMC-Sierra’s robust SERDES technology to
support CPRI, OBSAI, and IR remote radio unit (RRU) designs. The
SERDES rates are programmable from 614.4Mbps to 6.144Gbps data
rates and are suitable for driving cable, backplane or optical
modules making it possible to share a common radio design for
rack-mount and remote radios. SynthePHY includes the accurate delay
calibration circuitry needed for measuring delays to satisfy CPRI
and OBSAI synchronization requirements. This feature reduces the
effort required to develop calibration circuits and provides the
accuracy needed for multi-hop remote radio systems.
SynthePHY has 18 differential low voltage 50ohm drivers with
programmable output levels and phase control, and supports clock
rates up to 1.6GHz. In addition, each device has 12 single-ended
LVCMOS drivers with programmable divider and phase control, and
supports clock rates up to 307.2MHz. Integrated jitter of less than
200fs and phase noise floor below -160dBc/Hz on 1GHz differential
output clocks and 250MHz LVCMOS output clocks can be achieved using
a low-cost VCXO reference. The high number of flexible outputs and
low-noise characteristic of SynthePHY enables scaling from
single-sector designs to multi-sector, multi-standard, and MIMO
designs.
The SynthePHY family includes the following devices:
Device
Features PM7501 SynthePHY 6G
- Dual 6Gb/s SERDES
- 18 differential and 12 LVCMOS outputs
- 13x13 mm body, 225 lead, 0.8 mm pitch Flip Chip CSP
(fcCSP)
PM7520 SyntheCLK
- 18 differential and 12 LVCMOS outputs
- 12x12 mm body, 196 lead, 0.8 mm pitch Flip Chip CSP
(fcCSP)
Availability, Packaging, and Customer Support
PMC-Sierra’s SynthePHY family is available now. The devices are
rated for industrial temperature operation (-40 to +85 degrees
Celsius). A comprehensive support package, including datasheets,
application notes and reference design material is available at
http://www.pmc-sierra.com/myPMC/, or contact PMC-Sierra at
sales@pmc-sierra.com.
About PMC-Sierra
PMC-Sierra®, the premier Internet infrastructure semiconductor
solution provider, offers its customers technical and sales support
worldwide through a network of offices in North America, Europe,
Israel and Asia. PMC-Sierra provides semiconductor solutions for
Enterprise and Channel Storage, Wide Area Network Infrastructure,
Fiber To The Home, and Laser Printer/Enterprise market segments.
The Company is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the
PMCS symbol. For more information, visit www.pmc-sierra.com.
Attachments:
Figure 1: PM7501 SynthePHY 6G Block DiagramFigure 2: PM7501
SynthePHY 6G Application Diagram
For figures visit:
http://www.pmc-sierra.com/news_room/pdf/SynthePHY_figures.pdfFor
photos visit:
http://www.pmc-sierra.com/news_room/images/SynthePHY.jpg
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