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Semtech, a supplier of high-performance analog & mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, has announced volume shipments of its industry-leading ClearEdge CDR platform for 5G wireless market. The company continues to make great inroads with the 5G wireless business as it enables its customers’ next-generation 5G wireless optical module designs.
Volume shipments of Semtech’s complete front haul chipset platform starting in the fourth calendar quarter of 2019 will enable millions of ports in the coming year. In addition, Semtech is already leading the way to enable analog PAM4-based solutions in the data center market and creating a complete analog PAM4 ecosystem with the Open Eye MSA. The company will leverage this PAM4 leadership and enable a complete 5G wireless Tri-Edge CDR portfolio.
Most countries including China, Korea and the United States are now deploying 5G wireless services and many other countries have announced clear plans to deploy 5G wireless systems. Semtech expects the 5G wireless opportunity to be significantly larger than 4G wireless, led by a higher number of 5G wireless base stations, as well as additional IC content per base station, since optical modules for 5G wireless utilize CDRs to ensure signal integrity, whereas 4G wireless does not.
Current 5G wireless deployments (Phase 1) utilize 25 Gbps optical links in front haul supported by the complete ClearEdge CDR platform. Future deployments of 5G wireless will enable new applications such as virtual reality gaming, virtual medical applications and autonomous driving cars. These systems will require lower latency and much higher bandwidth, and will utilize 50 Gbps PAM4 optical links starting in late 2020 enabled by Semtech’s Tri-Edge CDR portfolio. Semtech’s industry-leading PAM4 Tri-Edge analog-based IC solutions puts it in a unique position to lead the 5G wireless market and enable the wireless ecosystem.
Semtech’s 5G Wireless ClearEdge CDR Platform Includes:
- GN2139C: Bi-directional 24-26G ClearEdge CDR
- GN2142: Bi-directional 24-28G ClearEdge CDR with Integrated DML driver
- GN2146: Bi-directional 24-28G ClearEdge CDR with Integrated EML / MZM driver
- GN2148: Single 24-28G ClearEdge CDR with Integrated VCSEL Driver
- GN2149: Single 24-28G ClearEdge CDR with Integrated TIA
- GN1081: 24-28G FiberEdge™ TIA
- GN1086: Next-generation 24-28G FiberEdge TIA
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