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Munich, Germany,
July
30, 2010:
Silicon Line GmbH, a provider of ultra-low power analog ICs, today
announced that it has brought to market an IC chip set for the optical
HDMI® market.
The chip set consists of a pair of ICs, a transmitter and a receiver.
The SL82828 is a 4-channel VCSEL driver with
each channel supporting up to 3.4 Gbps. The SL82818 is the
corresponding TIA / LA. In keeping with Silicon Line’s design
philosophy of ultra-low power, the devices can be powered using only
the energy provided by the
HDMI® interfaces
and so need no additional external power supply.
The ICs can be directly connected to the TMDS I/O signals on the HDMI®
/ DVI connectors and are compatible up to
the HDMI® version 1.4 as used for AV transmission.
They are fabricated using standard CMOS technology and require no
external components, so enabling cost effective optical cable
implementations. Due to their extremely small form factor, they can
easily be integrated into the cable.
"HDMI® is the AV connection method of choice in the
consumer market. Blu-ray players providing Full HD are widespread. The
trends for 3D, higher TV screen resolution (Quad HD) and increased
color bit depth are all driving the need for the high speed AV
transmission which HDMI® enables", said Holger Hoeltke,
Managing Director at Silicon Line. “However, due to the high
transmission speeds required, electrical HDMI® cables are
restricted in their length to a relatively short distance. For those
applications which require longer distances an optical cable is the
preferred solution. Compared to copper cables, optical cables can
extend for 100m or more without needing amplifiers or repeaters. The
SL82828 and SL82818 provide a simple and cost effective way for
manufacturers to implement optical HDMI® cables", Hoeltke
added.
Applications include home theater systems, digital FPDs, PDPs and
projectors in conference rooms and auditoriums, digital display
systems and kiosks with FPDs.
The chip set can also be used for optical DVI applications.
The SL82828 as well as the SL82818 are sampling now and are available
in bare die form.
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 48,
D-80687 Munich, Germany.
Additional information is available at
www.silicon-line.com.
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