Inphi 1385DX Demultiplexer
The 1385DX, from Inphi® Corporation, is a 12.5 Gbps 1:8 Demultiplexer with Latched Comparator Input operating at bit rates from DC to 12.5 Gbps. The 1385DX, with its high sensitivity latched comparator input and auto-synchronizing demultiplexer, enables test and measurement, defense, and aerospace designers to develop high speed data acquisition front ends and to deserialize high speed signals. The 1385DX features a high-speed sampling clock and high-bandwidth latched comparator input that can be used to sample high-bandwidth analog signals and demultiplex them to a lower data rate for post-processing via a low speed FPGA or ASIC. Additionally, the high bandwidth input supports digital signals up to 12.5 Gbps, which are latched and deserialized to an eight bit parallel output bus. The 1:8 deserialization, coupled with an on-chip synchronization circuit and adjustable output levels, allow the use of multiple demultiplexers in parallel, with automatic alignment of the parallel output buses of the demultiplexers.
Key Features and Benefits
| Feature | Benefit |
| Supports clock rates up to 12.5 GHz | Maximizes system bandwidth |
| Low Deterministic (10 ps pp) and Random Jitter (2 ps RMS), and Fast rise and fall times: 75 ps | Clean clocks and wide-open data eyes alleviate layout design constraints |
| Automatic synchronization of multiple 1385DX demultiplexers | No additional external components to align phases of multiple 1385DX parallel data buses |
| Differential CML outputs with common mode adjust and 500 mVpp differential amplitude | Make direct connections (no external components) to low-power FPGAs |
| High-sensitivity latched comparator input with front-end bandwidth of 14 GHz | Sample multi-GigaHertz signals with greater accuracy |
The 1385DX accepts a single external clock at up to 12.5 GHz that samples the input signal from the high-bandwidth comparator. Internally generated clocks are used for demultiplexing the latched input signal to an eight-bit parallel data bus. The device outputs a full-rate clock (1/s of the input clock) or half-rate clock (1/16 of the input clock) as determined by the CLKSEL input.
The DEMUX’s built-in synchronization circuit allows two or more 1385DXs to be automatically synchronized using a master/slave mode, in which the slave DEMUX synchronizes to a signal (CK16) from the master, or a slave/slave mode, in which both 1385DX’s are synchronized to an external master clock (1/16 of the input clock frequency). Synchronization occurs within at most 152 periods of the input clock.
The 12.5 Gbps 1:8 Demultiplexer with Latched Comparator Input operates from a standard +3.3 V power supply. It is currently shipping in pre-production quantities in an 8×8 mm QFN package or on an evaluation board with SMA connectors, and full production is expected to begin in Q1 2008.
More info: Inphi Corporation
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