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DS125BR401A

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12-Gbps 4-lane redriver with equalization

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DS125BR401A

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Type Redriver Protocols General purpose, PCIe1, PCIe2, PCIe3, SAS1, SAS2, SAS3, SATA1, SATA2, SATA3 Applications PCIe, SAS, SATA Number of channels 8 Speed (max) (Gbpp) 12.5 Supply voltage (V) 2.5, 3.3 Rating Catalog Operating temperature range (°C) -40 to 85
Type Redriver Protocols General purpose, PCIe1, PCIe2, PCIe3, SAS1, SAS2, SAS3, SATA1, SATA2, SATA3 Applications PCIe, SAS, SATA Number of channels 8 Speed (max) (Gbpp) 12.5 Supply voltage (V) 2.5, 3.3 Rating Catalog Operating temperature range (°C) -40 to 85
WQFN (NJY) 54 55 mm² 10 x 5.5
  • Low 65-mW/Channel (Typ) Power Consumption, With Option
    to Power Down Unused Channels
  • Linear Equalization allows for Link Training in PCIe and SAS
  • Supports Out-of-Band (OOB) Signaling
  • Advanced Signal Conditioning B-Side I/O
    • Receive CTLE up to 24 dB at 6 GHz
    • Transmit (Tx) DE > 10 dB
    • Tx Output Voltage: 700 mV to 1400 mV
  • Advanced Signal Conditioning A-Side I/O
    • Receive CTLE up to 10 dB at 6 GHz
    • Linear output drive
    • Output voltage range over 1200mV
  • Programmable via Terminal Selection, EEPROM, or
    SMBus Interface
  • Single Supply Voltage: 2.5 V or 3.3 V
  • −40°C to 85°C Operating Temperature Range
  • 4 kV HBM ESD Rating
  • Flow-Thru Layout in 10mmx5.5mm 54-Terminal Leadless
    WQFN Package
  • Low 65-mW/Channel (Typ) Power Consumption, With Option
    to Power Down Unused Channels
  • Linear Equalization allows for Link Training in PCIe and SAS
  • Supports Out-of-Band (OOB) Signaling
  • Advanced Signal Conditioning B-Side I/O
    • Receive CTLE up to 24 dB at 6 GHz
    • Transmit (Tx) DE > 10 dB
    • Tx Output Voltage: 700 mV to 1400 mV
  • Advanced Signal Conditioning A-Side I/O
    • Receive CTLE up to 10 dB at 6 GHz
    • Linear output drive
    • Output voltage range over 1200mV
  • Programmable via Terminal Selection, EEPROM, or
    SMBus Interface
  • Single Supply Voltage: 2.5 V or 3.3 V
  • −40°C to 85°C Operating Temperature Range
  • 4 kV HBM ESD Rating
  • Flow-Thru Layout in 10mmx5.5mm 54-Terminal Leadless
    WQFN Package

The DS125BR401A is an extremely low-power high-performance repeater/redriver designed to support four lanes carrying high speed interface up to 12 Gbps. The B-Side receiver’s continuous time linear equalizers (CTLE) provide high frequency boost of up to +24 dB at 6 GHz (12 Gbps) and are capable of opening an input eye that is completely closed due to inter symbol interference (ISI) induced by interconnect medium such as backplane traces or twinaxial copper cables. The programmable equalization allows maximum flexibility in the physical placement within the interconnect channel. The A-Side channel has a 10 dB linear equalizer and linear output driver.

The A-Side channel has a settable 3-10 dB linear equalizer coupled to a linear output driver. When operating in SAS-3 and PCIe Gen-3 applications the DS125BR401A preserves transmit signal characteristics allowing the host controller and the end point to negotiate transmit equalizer coefficients. This transparency to the link training protocol aides system level interoperability and minimum latency.

The programmable settings can be applied easily via Terminals, software (SMBus or I2C), or loaded via an external EEPROM. In EEPROM mode, the configuration information is automatically loaded on power up, which eliminates the need for an external microprocessor or software driver.

The DS125BR401A is an extremely low-power high-performance repeater/redriver designed to support four lanes carrying high speed interface up to 12 Gbps. The B-Side receiver’s continuous time linear equalizers (CTLE) provide high frequency boost of up to +24 dB at 6 GHz (12 Gbps) and are capable of opening an input eye that is completely closed due to inter symbol interference (ISI) induced by interconnect medium such as backplane traces or twinaxial copper cables. The programmable equalization allows maximum flexibility in the physical placement within the interconnect channel. The A-Side channel has a 10 dB linear equalizer and linear output driver.

The A-Side channel has a settable 3-10 dB linear equalizer coupled to a linear output driver. When operating in SAS-3 and PCIe Gen-3 applications the DS125BR401A preserves transmit signal characteristics allowing the host controller and the end point to negotiate transmit equalizer coefficients. This transparency to the link training protocol aides system level interoperability and minimum latency.

The programmable settings can be applied easily via Terminals, software (SMBus or I2C), or loaded via an external EEPROM. In EEPROM mode, the configuration information is automatically loaded on power up, which eliminates the need for an external microprocessor or software driver.
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* Data sheet DS125BR401A Low-Power 12 Gbps 4-Lane Linear Repeater With Equalization datasheet (Rev. A) PDF | HTML 31 Mar 2014
Application note Linear Repeaters Used in SAS/SATA Applications PDF | HTML 21 Sep 2015
Application note Channel Tuning Made Easy Using Linear Repeaters for 10G and 12G Applications 20 Jan 2015
Application note Understanding EEPROM Programming for High Speed Repeaters and Mux Buffers 09 Oct 2014
EVM User's guide DS125BR401AEVM User's Guide (Rev. A) 31 Mar 2014

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Evaluation board

DS125BR401AEVM — DS125BR401AEVM: 12-Gbps 4-Lane Repeater With Equalization Evaluation Module

The DS125BR401AEVM – SMA evaluation kit provides a complete high band-width platform to evaluate the signal integrity and signal conditioning features of the Texas Instruments DS125BR401A Redriver/Repeater with Equalization and De-emphasis. SMA edge launch connectors are used as the input and the (...)

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Supported products & hardware

Supported products & hardware

Products
PCIe, SAS & SATA ICs
DS125BR111 — 12.5-Gbps 2-channel redrivers with input equalization DS125BR401 — 2.5/5.0/8.0-Gbps 4-lane PCI Express redriver with equalization & De-Emp DS125BR401A — 12-Gbps 4-lane redriver with equalization DS125BR800A — 12.5-Gbps 8-channel redriver with input CTLE and output De-Emphasis DS125BR820 — 12-Gbps 8-channel linear redriver with equalization DS160PR412 — PCIe® 4.0, 16-Gbps, 4-channel linear redrivers with integrated 1:2 demux DS160PR421 — PCIe® 4.0 16-Gbps 4-channel linear redrivers with integrated 2:1 mux DS160PR810 — PCIe® 4.0, 16 Gbps, 8-channel linear redriver DS160PR822 — PCIe® 4.0 16-Gbps 8-channel linear redriver with four 2x2 crosspoint mux DS160PT801 — PCIe® 4.0 16-Gbps 8-Lane (16-Channel) retimer DS160UP822 — UPI 2.0 16-Gbps 8-channel linear redriver with four 2x2 crosspoint mux DS320PR810 — PCIe® 5.0, 32-Gbps, 8-channel linear redriver DS320PR822 — PCIe® 5.0, 32-Gbps, 8-channel linear redriver with four 2x2 crosspoint multiplexers DS80PCI102 — 2.5/5.0/8.0-Gbps 1-lane PCI Express redriver with equalization and De-Emphasis DS80PCI800 — 2.5/5.0/8.0-Gbps 8-channel PCI Express redriver with equalization & De-Emphasis DS80PCI810 — 2.5/5.0/8.0-Gbps 8-channel linear redriver with equalization SN75LVPE3410 — PCIe® 3.0 8-Gbps 4-Channel Linear Redriver TMUXHS4412 — 4-Channel 20-Gbps differential 2:1/1:2 mux/demux
Ethernet retimers, redrivers & mux-buffers
DS100BR111 — 10.3-Gbps ultra low power 2-ch redriver with input equalization and output de-emphasis DS100BR111A — 10.3-Gbps ultra low power 2-channel redriver with input equalization DS100BR210 — 10.3-Gbps low power 2-ch redriver w/ input equalization and output de-emphasis DS100KR800 — 10.3-Gbps 8 channel (uni-directional) redriver with EQ and DE DS125BR800 — 2.5/5.0/8.0-Gbps 8-ch PCIe redriver with de-emphasis DS125MB203 — 12.5-Gbps dual port mux and fanout buffer DS64BR111 — 6.4-Gbps ultra low power 2-channel redriver with input equalization and output de-emphasis
Serial digital interface (SDI) ICs
LMH0318 — 3G HD/SD SDI reclocker with integrated cable driver LMH1218 — 12G SDI cable driver with integrated reclocker
Hardware development
GUI for evaluation module (EVM)
SIGCONARCHITECT — SigCon Architect utility tool
Evaluation board
DS100BR111EVK — DS100BR111EVK Evaluation Module DS100BR210EVK — DS100BR210EVK Evaluation Module DS100DF410EVK — DS100DF410EVK evaluation board DS100KR800EVK — DS100KR800EVK evaluation board DS110DF111EVM — DS110DF111EVM: 8.5-11.3 Gbps Retimer Evaluation Module DS110DF410EVM — DS110DF410EVM: 8.5 to 11.3 Gbps Quad Channel Retimer with Adaptive EQ, CDR and DFE Evaluation Module DS125BR111EVM — DS125BR111EVM 12 Gbps 2-Channel Repeater with Equalization Evaluation Module DS125BR401AEVM — DS125BR401AEVM: 12-Gbps 4-Lane Repeater With Equalization Evaluation Module DS125BR820EVM — DS125BR820EVM: 12.5 Gbps 8-Channel Repeater with Equalization Evaluation Module DS125DF111EVM — DS125DF111EVM: 9.8-12.5 Gbps Retimer Evaluation Module DS125DF410EVM — DS125DF410EVM: 9.8 to 12.5 Gbps Quad Channel Retimer with Adaptive EQ, CDR and DFE Evaluation Module DS80PCI102EVK — DS80PCI102 SMA Evaluation Kit DS80PCI800EVK — DS80PCI800EVK Evaluation Module DS80PCI810EVM — DS80PCI810 Evaluation Module LMH1218EVM — LMH1218 Evaluation Module USB2ANY — USB2ANY interface adapter
Interface adapter
DPS-DONGLE-EVM — Interface adapter board for repeaters, retimers & SDI products evaluation module
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SIGCONARCHITECT-WRTE — SigCon Architect With RTE v2.0.0.8

Supported products & hardware

Supported products & hardware

Products
PCIe, SAS & SATA ICs
DS125BR111 — 12.5-Gbps 2-channel redrivers with input equalization DS125BR401 — 2.5/5.0/8.0-Gbps 4-lane PCI Express redriver with equalization & De-Emp DS125BR401A — 12-Gbps 4-lane redriver with equalization DS125BR800A — 12.5-Gbps 8-channel redriver with input CTLE and output De-Emphasis DS125BR820 — 12-Gbps 8-channel linear redriver with equalization DS160PR412 — PCIe® 4.0, 16-Gbps, 4-channel linear redrivers with integrated 1:2 demux DS160PR421 — PCIe® 4.0 16-Gbps 4-channel linear redrivers with integrated 2:1 mux DS160PR810 — PCIe® 4.0, 16 Gbps, 8-channel linear redriver DS160PR822 — PCIe® 4.0 16-Gbps 8-channel linear redriver with four 2x2 crosspoint mux DS160PT801 — PCIe® 4.0 16-Gbps 8-Lane (16-Channel) retimer DS160UP822 — UPI 2.0 16-Gbps 8-channel linear redriver with four 2x2 crosspoint mux DS320PR810 — PCIe® 5.0, 32-Gbps, 8-channel linear redriver DS320PR822 — PCIe® 5.0, 32-Gbps, 8-channel linear redriver with four 2x2 crosspoint multiplexers DS80PCI102 — 2.5/5.0/8.0-Gbps 1-lane PCI Express redriver with equalization and De-Emphasis DS80PCI800 — 2.5/5.0/8.0-Gbps 8-channel PCI Express redriver with equalization & De-Emphasis DS80PCI810 — 2.5/5.0/8.0-Gbps 8-channel linear redriver with equalization SN75LVPE3410 — PCIe® 3.0 8-Gbps 4-Channel Linear Redriver TMUXHS4412 — 4-Channel 20-Gbps differential 2:1/1:2 mux/demux
Ethernet retimers, redrivers & mux-buffers
DS100BR111 — 10.3-Gbps ultra low power 2-ch redriver with input equalization and output de-emphasis DS100BR111A — 10.3-Gbps ultra low power 2-channel redriver with input equalization DS100BR210 — 10.3-Gbps low power 2-ch redriver w/ input equalization and output de-emphasis DS100KR800 — 10.3-Gbps 8 channel (uni-directional) redriver with EQ and DE DS125BR800 — 2.5/5.0/8.0-Gbps 8-ch PCIe redriver with de-emphasis DS125MB203 — 12.5-Gbps dual port mux and fanout buffer DS64BR111 — 6.4-Gbps ultra low power 2-channel redriver with input equalization and output de-emphasis
Serial digital interface (SDI) ICs
LMH0318 — 3G HD/SD SDI reclocker with integrated cable driver LMH1218 — 12G SDI cable driver with integrated reclocker
Hardware development
GUI for evaluation module (EVM)
SIGCONARCHITECT — SigCon Architect utility tool
Evaluation board
DS100BR111EVK — DS100BR111EVK Evaluation Module DS100BR210EVK — DS100BR210EVK Evaluation Module DS100DF410EVK — DS100DF410EVK evaluation board DS100KR800EVK — DS100KR800EVK evaluation board DS110DF410EVM — DS110DF410EVM: 8.5 to 11.3 Gbps Quad Channel Retimer with Adaptive EQ, CDR and DFE Evaluation Module DS125BR111EVM — DS125BR111EVM 12 Gbps 2-Channel Repeater with Equalization Evaluation Module DS125BR401AEVM — DS125BR401AEVM: 12-Gbps 4-Lane Repeater With Equalization Evaluation Module DS125BR820EVM — DS125BR820EVM: 12.5 Gbps 8-Channel Repeater with Equalization Evaluation Module DS125DF410EVM — DS125DF410EVM: 9.8 to 12.5 Gbps Quad Channel Retimer with Adaptive EQ, CDR and DFE Evaluation Module DS250DF810EVM — 25 Gbps multi-rate 8-channel retimer evaluation module DS280BR820EVM — DS280BR820 28 Gbps 8-channel linear repeater evaluation module DS280MB810EVM — DS280MB810 28 Gbps 8-Channel Linear Repeater With Crosspoint Evaluation Module DS80PCI102EVK — DS80PCI102 SMA Evaluation Kit DS80PCI800EVK — DS80PCI800EVK Evaluation Module DS80PCI810EVM — DS80PCI810 Evaluation Module LMH1218EVM — LMH1218 Evaluation Module
Interface adapter
DPS-DONGLE-EVM — Interface adapter board for repeaters, retimers & SDI products evaluation module
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Simulation model

DS125BR401A IBIS-AMI Model

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Reference designs

TIDA-00425 — 12 Gbps SAS-3 Link Extender Reference Design

This reference design extends the link distance and loss budget of high speed SAS-3 data paths, using configurable equalization, de-emphasis, and output voltage. It supports SAS and SATA interfaces from 1.5 Gbps to 12 Gbps using a miniSAS-HD interface.
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