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Munich, Germany, January 27, 2012:
Silicon
Line GmbH, a leading provider of ultra-low power analog ICs, today
announced that it has brought to market the SL82728 and SL82718 ICs
targeted at notebooks, ultrabooks and tablets using the latest VESA
based Embedded DisplayPort standard. The ICs are used to optically
connect the graphics processor to the display and enable the
replacement of traditional electrical connectors with optical
connectors.
Strong consumer demand for high resolution retina type displays and 3D
technology is driving the data rates inside mobile devices ever
higher. These extremely high data rates not only generate significant
EMI when traditional electrical cables are used to transport the data
but also are reaching the limits of the practical capabilities of
electrical cables.
Silicon Line already has a broad portfolio of ultra-low power high
speed optical link interface ICs including products for MIPI D-PHY and
MIPI M-PHY based smart phones. The SL82728 and SL82718 are the latest
additions to the portfolio and are the first products compliant with
the Embedded DisplayPort specification. These world’s first optical
Embedded DisplayPort ICs enable Silicon Line to support the latest
trends for high performance displays in notebooks, ultrabooks and
tablets.
“The latest generation of retina type displays demand extremely high
data rates”, says Ian Jackson, Senior Manager Sales and Marketing at
Silicon Line. “As an example, a 10 inch tablet display with 500 pixels
per inch can require up to 23 Gbps and when used in 3D mode would
require twice that bandwidth. Optical transport of these signals
solves the EMI challenges which these data rates create as well as
enabling the small and thin form factor designs specified for
Ultrabooks”, he added.
The SL82728 quad channel vertical cavity surface emitting laser
(VCSEL) driver and the SL82718 quad channel transimpedance amplifier
(TIA) together with appropriate photonics are used to implement an
optical link for transporting high speed Embedded DisplayPort signals
from the graphics processor to the display.
The devices support up to four data lanes at up to 6 Gbps per lane.
They therefore can be used to implement the Embedded DisplayPort
Version 1.3 standard which specifies a maximum of 5.4 Gbps per data
lane. Their ultra-low power consumption of less than 13 mW per channel
at 6 Gbps makes them ideal for mobile battery operated consumer
devices such as notebooks, ultrabooks and tablets. Extremely small
optical links based on these ICs eliminate EMI issues and enable slim
form factor designs.
Single and dual channel versions of these products are also available
for applications which require less than four data lanes.
The SL82728 and SL82718 are available as bare die and are sampling
now.
About Silicon Line GmbH
Silicon Line is a fabless analog IC company designing and providing
physical layer technologies that enable ultra-low power, low cost
optical links at multi-gigabit rates for mobile and consumer
platforms.
Silicon Line is located at Elsenheimerstrasse 48, D-80687 Munich,
Germany.
Additional information is available at
www.silicon-line.com
Media Contact : Ian Jackson, Silicon Line GmbH, Phone: +49 89 23549061
or press@silicon-line.com
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