Mobile phones need high speed serial links, but many of these links will not work without the help of a redriver. That is because at multi-gigabit speeds, transmission line effects become important and signals degrade, often to the point of no longer meeting electrical specifications. As Pericom explain, there are a number of signal loss effects that impact the serial link in small footprint mobile platforms.

Pericom Semiconductor today introduced a new product family of Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillators, many with added Voltage Controlled option and all designed to bring excellent performance, small size, low power, and value to mobility platforms such as smart phones, GPS, wireless modules, and portable industrial and medical equipment, as well as more traditional telecommunications and automotive applications.

Pericom Semiconductor today announced the expansion of its USB 3.0 5Gb ReDriver Signal Conditioning product family. The new additions offer the industry’s smallest footprint at 2mmx2mm, and lowest power in both operating and all important slumber mode (3.63mW), making them ideal for battery powered mobile devices, such as tablets, smart phones, and notebooks.

Pericom Semiconductor Corporation has introduced a new family of HiFlex Clock Generators offering multiple frequency outputs with very low jitter, high integration, and high flexibility - perfect for use in networking, cloud computing, and other high performance platforms that require multiple frequencies and outputs.

Pericom Semiconductor Corporation has announced that their latest generation of USB 3.0, DP (Display Port) 1.2, and PCI Express® (PCIe®) 3.0 product families are enabling the serial connectivity of the latest CPU chipsets incorporating the higher speed serial protocols.