Switch/
Root
Complex
PCIe
Endpoint
ASIC
GN1406 (one channel)
GN1406 (one channel)
GN1406 (one channel)
GN1406 (one channel)
HOST SYSTEMENDPOINT CARD
CDR
EQ
EQ
CDR
CDR
EQ
EQ
CDR
Cable,
Backplane,
Connectors
Cable,
Backplane,
Connectors
HOST SYSTEMENDPOINT CARD
GN1407
(one channel)
EQ
GN1407
(one channel)
EQ
Switch/
Root
Complex
PCIe
Endpoint
ASIC
GN1406 Quad Multi-rate Retiming Redriver
GN1407 Quad Channel Redriver
Features: GN1406
• Multi-rateoperation(retimerenabled):
2.5Gb/s,3.125Gb/s,5Gb/s,or6.25Gb/s
• Multi-rateoperation(retimerbypassed):
1.25Gb/sto8Gb/s
• Lowpowerdissipation-100mWperchannel
• Highinputjittertolerance
• Lowoutputjitter
• Programmablehighgaininputequalization
• Programmableoutputde-emphasis
• Independentchanneloperation
• Lowlatency(<3bitperiod)
• On-chipchanneldiagnostics
• Independentchanneloperation
• I
2
Ccontrolinterface
GeNeral DescriptioN
eGN1406isaquadretimingredriverdesignedfor2.5Gb/sand5.0Gb/sor3.125Gb/sand6.25Gb/s
high-speeddata.eGN1406extendsthereachandrobustnessofhigh-speedseriallinksby
compensatingforlossesinthetransmissionmediumandresettingthejitterbudget.
eGN1407isaquadchannelredriverdesignedfor1.25Gb/sto8Gb/shigh-speeddata.Itextendsthe
reachandrobustnessofhigh-speedseriallinksbycompensatingforlossinthetransmissionmedium.
BoththeGN1406andGN1407supportindependentchannelcongurationenablinghostdesignexibility
andchannelcustomization.eGN1406andGN1407arepincompatible.
applicatioNs
• PCIExpressGen1,Gen2,Gen3copper
andopticalinterconnect
• InnibandSDR/DDR
• IEEE10GBASE-CX4,10GBASE-LX4,
10GBASE-KX4
le a r N M o re aB out th e G e NN u M G N14 0 6 & G N14 07 at WWW.GENNUM.COM
exteND the reach oF
pci express
®
• GN1406:Multiprotocol
quadretimingredriver
• GN1407:Multiprotocol
quadredriver
• Supportfor:
-Gen1,Gen2and
Gen3applications
-InnibandSDR/DDR
-10GbE
-High-speedlinecard
andbackplane
communication
• GN1406consumesonly
100mWperchannel
• GN1407consumesonly
70mWperchannel
• 8mmx8mm56pinQFN
(pincompatible)
• Protocoltransparent
GN1407
•Multi-rateoperationfrom1.25Gb/sto8Gb/s
•Lowpowerdissipation-70mWperchannel
•Programmablehighgaininputequalization
•On-chipchanneldiagnostics
•Independentchanneloperation
•I
2
Ccontrolinterface
•Lowlatency(<1bitperiod)
Figure A: Typical application GN1406 Figure B: Typical application GN1407
•High-speedlinecardandbackplane
communication
•Paralleloptics(QSFP,SNAP-12,POP-4)
•SAS/SATA
•RapidIO