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Munich,
Germany,
April
27, 2009:
Silicon Line GmbH, a provider of ultra-low power analog ICs, today
announced that it extends its ultra-low power technology to the
serializer / de-serializer ICs (SerDes) markets with the release of
its new programmable ultra-low power SerDes chip - the SL83000.
The device can either be used to convert a 27-bit wide parallel input
interface into
a single, high-speed differential output data stream or it can be
programmed to
de-serialize high-speed serial input data to a 27-bit wide parallel
output signal.
Besides any arbitrary parallel input data, the SL83000 was optimized
to handle the conventional and widely used 24-bit wide data bus for
RGB video data, plus horizontal synchronization (HS) and vertical
synchronization (VS) signals as well as a data enable (DE) signal.
The SL83000 consumes less than 5 mW if operated as serializer or even
less than
3 mW if set to the deserializer mode.
The serial data link speed of the SL83000 may range to far beyond 2.3
Gbps allowing for pixel clocks in excess of 72 MHz or screen
resolutions up to the HD1080i format.
The device was optimized for optical video data transport applications
in power sensitive system environments, such as battery operated
portable electronic systems. However, it may also be connected to a
single differential line with a characteristic impedance of 100 Ohm.
"With the SL83000 Silicon Line introduces a new IC, which seamlessly
integrates in existing mobile phone or laptop computer system
architectures", said Holger Hoeltke, Managing Director at Silicon
Line.
“The SL83000 allows customers to decide whether they’d like to
transport their video data between the graphic processor and the
display over one thin plastic optical waveguide or over one single
twisted pair. Both alternatives remove the bulky bundle of tens of
exiting data lines within the tight hinge, making room for new cables,
new applications", Hoeltke added.
 The
device comes in an extremely small 3 mm x 3
mm x 1
mm µBGA-42 package,
which currently presents the world-wide smallest package with this pin
count.
For less area sensitive applications, the SL83000 is offered in
a standard VQFN-48 package, as well.
SL83000 in µBGA-package
About Silicon Line GmbH
Silicon Line is a Germany based fabless analog IC company, specialized
in providing innovative, ultra-low power IC solutions in standard
CMOS-technology. Silicon Line is located at Elsenheimerstrasse 50,
D-80687 Munich, Germany.
Additional information is available at
www.silicon-line.com.
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