PHYs

Broad portfolio of PHY devices have flexible data transmission rates and are used across a broad range of applications

Infineon has a large portfolio of backplane physical layer (PHY) devices in the industry. This portfolio includes:

• HOTLINK™
• HOTLINK™ DX
• HOTLINK™ II

These transceiver families cover data transmission rates of 50 Mbps up to 1.5 Gbps. These flexible devices are ideal for proprietary serial backplane applications.

PHYs categories

• Multi-Protocol PHYs
• SONET & SDH PHYs

Key features

• Gigabit Ethernet
• Fibre channel
• Enterprise System Connection (ESCON)
• Digital Video Broadcast – Asynchronous Serial Interface (DVB – ASI)
• Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE), SMPTE 292M, SMPTE 259M, SMPTE 344

PHYs subcategories

Video (SMPTE) PHYs

Video SMPTE PHY devices are designed for video encoding and digital video broadcasting standards

Infineon supplies a chipset for the transmission of digital video signals. This chipset is based on our popular HOTLINK™ family and complies with the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE) video-encoding, SMPTE-259M, and Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) standards. It is widely used in professional digital video applications such as:

• Editing (titles, overlays, real-time special effects)
• Routing (e.g., within a broadcast studio)
• Recording
• Storage

Multi-Protocol PHYs

Multi-protocol PHY devices have flexible data rates for serial backplane applications

Infineon provides a broad and portfolio of backplane physical layer (PHY) devices. This portfolio includes:

• HOTLINK™
• HOTLINK DX™
• HOTLINK II™

These transceiver families cover data transmission rates of 50 Mbps up to 1.5 Gbps. These flexible devices are ideal for proprietary serial backplane applications.

SONET & SDH PHYs

Low-power, high-performance, Bellcore compliant SONET PHYs have best-in-class jitter performance

Infineon offers a family of high-performance, SONET/SDH physical layer (PHY) and framing devices that operate at the following speeds:

• OC-1 (51.85 Mbps)
• OC-3 (155.52 Mbps)
• OC-48 (2.488 Gbps

Key features

• Industry-leading jitter specs
• Low power consumption
• Integrated transmitter, receiver and post-amp
• On-chip phase-locked loops (PLLs)
• Bellcore compliance