Texas Instruments Introduces SuperSpeed USB-Compliant Transceiver Test Chip

(Product News, 25 May 2009)

Texas Instruments Inc., an active member of the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 promoters group, introduced a 5Gbps transceiver test chip designed to the USB 3.0 specification version 1.0. The transceiver is capable of driving and receiving signals over 4m USB 3.0 cables to ensure data integrity.

The SuperSpeed USB transceiver and Synopsys’ intellectual property (IP) digital controller tested successfully at the USB-IF SuperSpeed Peripheral Interoperability Lab. “Demonstrating interoperability between Synopsys’ DesignWare SuperSpeed USB digital controller and TI’s USB transceiver gives designers confidence that the IP functions successfully in a real-world system environment,” said John Koeter, vice president of marketing for the Solutions Group at Synopsys. “Synopsys and TI are working together to help advance new technology into the market quickly, while minimizing risk and speeding time-to-market.”

Key Features
• Integrated spread spectrum PLL
• Supports multiple input reference frequencies: 20MHz, 25MHz, 30MHz and 40MHz
• PIPE3 and ULPI compliant interfaces
• Tested successfully at the USB-IF PIL
• Programmable transmitter pre-emphasis
• Best-in-class adaptive receiver equalizer