Mircel (Quote) said it has brought online a new, high-speed Silicon Germanium (SiGe) fabrication process that will help it to move into the 10 gigabits-per-second communication space.
San Jose, Calif.-based Mircel, which designs and manufactures integrated circuits for the analog, power management and high speed communications markets, said its new GigaPro product line will address high-speed applications with data rates in excess of 10Gbps. The new process will yield products offering a three-to-four-fold improvement in bandwidth over the company's current bipolar process.
The SY58016 is available in a 16-pin (3x3mm) MLF package or die form. Operation is guaranteed from a 3.3V +10% power supply over the -40degC to +85degC industrial temperature range. Pricing is approximately $17.26 for a 10,000-unit quantity.
Micrel's current communications products address SONET OC-3/OC-12/OC-48, Gigabit Ethernet, Fiber Channel, and digital video requirements with solutions including AnyRate clock and data recovery devices, fiber optic post amplifiers and laser drivers, SuperLite and ECL Pro families of precision CML, clock and logic ICs.
Images
