Product category: Standard Logic Devices
News Release from: National Semiconductor | Subject: LVDS-based products
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 30 January 2003
LVDS technology improves system-level
designs
Three new LVDS-based products aim to provide complete, system-level solutions for a wide variety of applications ranging from high-speed interface and integrated circuit testing to medical imaging.
Three new LVDS-based products aim to provide complete, system-level solutions for a wide variety of applications ranging from high-speed interface and integrated circuit testing to medical imaging National's latest innovations include an LVDS physical interface device, an analogue-to-digital (A/D) convertor with serial LVDS interface and a system test access device
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 5 Jan 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
Related stories
Dual-port Gigabit Ethernet transceiver
National Semiconductor has announced the DP83862, a low-cost, highly integrated dual-port 10/100/1000 physical layer transceiver.
World's smallest multifunction supervisory ICs
National Semiconductor has announced a family of supervisory ICs with a variety of factory-programmable features that can be configured in hundreds of possible combinations.
National Semiconductor designed these devices to speed up reliable data transmission, to reduce board size as well as costs, and to test and debug complex circuit board designs and backplanes, respectively.
"National Semiconductor was instrumental in creating the LVDS technology and continues to drive the market with technological innovations to address today's design challenges", said Stephen Kempainen, Marketing Director of the LVDS product line, National Semiconductor.
"Customers designing with National's industry-leading LVDS products are able to enjoy an unmatched level of integration, performance, power consumption and reliability".
Further reading
Leadless leadframe package shrinks LDO
National Semiconductor has introduced a full-featured 500mA LDO regulator for medium-current applications in computing devices and portable products.
Boomer shrinks stereo headphone amplification
New from National Semiconductor, the LM4811 Boomer audio amplifier is a 105mW stereo headphone amplifier for use in 3 and 5V systems requiring a headphone output and volume control.
Frugal dual-channel A/D conversion
National Semiconductor has introduced a dual-channel 8bit A/D convertor with record low-power dissipation levels.
Targeting the PC printer market, National's new DS90LV049 dual LVDS PHY transceiver provides the performance and reliability necessary for next generation inkjet and laser printers.
With a unique dual driver and dual receiver configuration, the LVDS PHY delivers up to 400Mbit/s switching rates without consuming the power.
In addition, the DS90LV049 provides complete set of benefits that include low voltage power supply compatibility, low noise generation, high noise rejection, and robust transmission.
The DS90LV049 is available now at $1.99 each in 1000 units.
National Semiconductor has also released the industry's first A/D convertor with serialised LVDS outputs.
The device gives customers greater flexibility in system partitioning and hence product design in various communications infrastructure and consumer applications.
National designed the device for lower noise generation and dynamic performance, providing serial data through two pins only to enable transmitting digitised data over cables or backplanes.
In applications such as ultrasound imaging, the serialised LVDS outputs of the device eliminate 1024 traces on the board, providing huge cost savings and facilitating s smaller form factor.
It is also ideal for copier manufacturers as the device's lower output voltage swings reduce electromagnetic interference.
The new A/D convertor is available for sampling through National's Data Conversion Systems group.
The SCANSTA112 is a direct answer to customers' request for easy testing and debugging of their newest complex circuit board designs and backplanes cost-effectively.
This device is a critical component for any system-level JTAG implementation.
The IEEE1149.1 standard for boundary scan test has become the standard test approach and use of JTAG features at the system-level is getting more popular among PLD and FPGA vendors.
National's SCANSTA112 provides the richest feature set for the most flexible architectures of any JTAG support device on the market.
It enables extending JTAG test and programming features throughout the entire backplane for a comprehensive system-level approach to a standard test, programming and bus configuration.
It is also an addressable JTAG multiplexer with seven local scan ports, allowing the use of JTAG from design debug and manufacturing test to field repair and upgrades.
The SCANSTA112 provides complete support for distributed architectures including those that use National Semiconductor's LVDS serialiser/deserialiser (serdes) interfaces between cards.
The STA112 enables access to the JTAG enabled at-speed BIST (built-in-self-test) features of the LVDS serdes devices, such as the SCAN921025 10bit serialiser and the SCAN921226 10bit deserialiser.
The SCANSTA112 is sampling today at $9.50 each in 1000 units.
• National Semiconductor: contact details and other news
• Email this article to a colleague
• Register for the free Electronicstalk email newsletter
• Electronicstalk Home Page
Search the Pro-Talk network of sites
