Micrel Announces New Ultra-Low Voltage Family Of Interface Devices

Micrel Inc., added an Ultra-Low Voltage CML product family to its portfolio of interface products. The initial seven products of the family, SY54011R, SY54016R/AR, SY54017R/AR, and SY54023R/AR are 1.2/1.8V Ultra-Low Voltage CML output products with a core power supply of 2.5V that can interface directly to devices powered by 1.2/1.8V supply.

These seven products include a 1:2 Fanout Buffer, Differential Line Driver/Receiver, 2:1 Multiplexer, and a 2 x 2 Crosspoint Switch and operate up to 3.2GHz In addition, the SY54016R, SY54017R, and SY54023R offer Micrel’s Fail Safe Input (FSI) circuitry. Targeted applications include clock and data distribution, hot swap applications, rack-based equipment and Automatic Test Equipment.

"This new family of products is the only Ultra-Low Voltage CML output family in the market featuring 1.2V outputs while offering excellent jitter performance. This makes it ideal for today’s high speed demands, which include low-noise and a need to interface and drive low voltage FPGAs and ASICs," said Thomas S. Wong, Vice President High Bandwidth Products. "In addition, the 1.2V operation takes low power to new heights by featuring a power reduction of up to 50 percent."

All devices are currently in volume production with pricing for 1K quantities starting at US$1.54.