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The VSC7108 and VSC7104 are Signal

Conditioners designed to carry broadband

data streams, enabling next generation

backplane designs and extending the life

of existing backplanes. The function of

these devices is simple yet powerful,

creating multiple applications just about anywhere high-

speed signals are present.

The integrated equalization capabilities at both the input and

output effectively absorb the effects of signal loss through

copper interconnect, either printed circuit board traces or

cable. A high degree of signal integrity is maintained

throughout the chip by fully differential signal paths. The

signal path is unregistered and fully asynchronous so that

there are no restrictions on the phase, frequency, or signal

pattern on any input. Each high-speed output is a fully

differential switched current driver with on-die terminations

for maximum signal integrity.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

VSC7104 – Quad Signal Conditioner, VSC7108 – Octal Signal Conditioner

VSC7104,VSC7108

Lossy Backplane

Cable

7108

7108

ASIC

ASIC

Serial Repeater as a Multiple Rate/Multiple Protocol Serializer with Signal Clean-Up

Copper Cable

VSC7104

VSC7104

Copper Cable

4x1.0 - 4.25Gb/s

.

VSC7104

VSC7104

4x1.0 - 4.25Gb/s

.

4x1.0 - 4.25Gb/s

.

4x1.0 - 4.25Gb/s

.

1.25Gbps

2.5Gbps

3.125Gbps

4.25Gbps

VSC7104

VSC7104

1.25Gbps

2.5Gbps

3.125Gbps

4.25Gbps

VSC7104

ASIC FPGA

with Integrated

SerDes

/

Signal Conditioning Application

For more information on Vitesse Products visit the Vitesse web site

at www.vitesse.com or contact Vitesse Sales at (800) VITESSE

or sales@vitesse.com

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