For Reversible Active Cables and DP/eDP Signal Conditioning

SAN JOSE, Calif.: Parade Technologies, Ltd. (Taiwan OTC: 4966.TWO), a leading high-speed interface, video display, and touch controller IC supplier, announces the availability of the PS8353 DP 2.1a 20Gbps linear redriver, facilitating DP 2.1a reversible or bidirectional active cables and DP/eDP signal conditioning for notebook, desktop PC and tablet designs.

PS8353 supports DP 2.1a/eDP up to 4 lanes and UHBR20 20Gbps link rate. It features low power consumption and power management including Modern Standby (approx. 0.5mW) and DP 2.1a Advanced Link Power Management (ALPM). Its low power design minimizes power use in DP 2.1a active cables and greatly extends the battery life of mobile devices. It comes in a very small package, ideal for space constrained designs.

PS8353 can greatly extend the cable length for DP 2.1a beyond the typical 1.2m / 3.9ft limit for a passive cable, without degrading the full performance. A 2m or longer cable is commonly used to connect a monitor to the desktop system. Parade proprietary signal and orientation detection enables reversible DP active cable and bidirectional system I/O implementations.

“PS8353 supports full DP 2.1 20Gbps performance at low power and is available in a very small package. Its unique signal and orientation detection capability opens new applications such as reversible DP cables,” says Jimmy Chiu, Executive VP of Marketing at Parade Technologies. “PS8353 also compensates for DP/eDP designs that have long, lossy PCB traces, cables and connectors.”

Availability

The PS8353 is sampling. It comes in a 2.8mm x 4.4mm 28-pin QFN Halogen free RoHS package.

About Parade Technologies

Parade Technologies, Ltd. is a leading supplier of mixed-signal ICs for a variety of increasingly used high-speed and display interface standards used in network and storage systems, computers, automotive, consumer electronics, and display panels. Parade is a fabless semiconductor company founded in 2005 and publicly listed on Taipei Exchange (TPEx) in 2011 (stock code: 4966). Parade’s portfolio of signal conditioning IC products serves the growing demand for high-speed data integrity solutions for HDMI™, DisplayPort™, USB, and PCI Express interface applications.

Parade leverages its close relationships with market leading Tier-1 OEMs to develop ICs that enable competitive system capabilities. Parade is also a key contributor to industry standards development organizations. The company’s devices integrate proprietary technologies that offer superior signal integrity as well as improved system integration and power efficiency. As a result of the company’s “standards-plus” design philosophy, Parade ICs have been designed into products offered by nearly every leading computer and display vendor worldwide.

Fonte: Business Wire