GS9008A

The GENLINX™ GS9008A is a bipolar integrated circuit designed to drive two 75 co-axial cables at data rates exceeding 400Mb/s. It directly interfaces with other GENLINX™ devices and can also be used as a general purpose high speed cable driver.

While there are no plans to discontinue the GS9008A,Gennum has developed a successor product with improved features and performance called the GS9028. The GS9028 is recommended for new designs.

The differential inputs are AC-coupled and internally DCrestored which allows correct passage of pathological check codes associated with the serial digital standards. Even though the inputs are AC coupled, static protection diodes at each input restrict the DC differential so that if the driving source uses the opposite polarity power supply,external DC blocking capacitors must be used.

Correctly terminated output signal levels are adjustable from as low as 0mV to as high as 1100mV with little change in other performance parameters. Performance is guaranteed for output levels between 600mV and 1000mV. The gain of the output stages is varied by adjusting the VSET voltage with respect to an internal band gap reference voltage VREF.

The GS9008A is packaged in an 8 pin SOIC, and operates from a single +5 or -5 volt supply consuming typically only 170mW of power.