AUSTIN, Texas, Sep 13, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Silicon
Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ: SLAB), a leader in high-performance,
analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, today announced support for a range
of Xilinx development platforms that increase flexibility and
performance in applications such as digital broadcast video. Xilinx, a
leader in complete programmable logic solutions, leverages Silicon Labs' frequency-flexible
timing IC solutions in a number of its latest development platforms,
including the new Spartan-6 FPGA Broadcast Connectivity Kit, where
Silicon Labs' low jitter technology maximizes link integrity.
Xilinx's Virtex-6 FPGA and Spartan-6 FPGA Broadcast Connectivity Kits
use Silicon Labs' Si5324
clock IC to address the increasing complexity of clock synthesis in
broadcast video applications. These applications require a frequency
flexible solution for clock synchronization and generation in
high-definition serial digital interface (HD-SDI) and 3G SDI designs.
The Si5324 generates a wide range of video clock rates synchronized to
an HYSNC signal or reference clock input while eliminating the need for
external VCXO and loop filter components. In addition, the Si5324
delivers programmable sub-10 Hz jitter attenuation bandwidth and
industry-leading jitter performance of 5 picoseconds peak to peak,
providing significant margin to 3G SDI standards. By meeting these
standards with considerable margin, the jitter budget that would
otherwise be allocated to clock generation can be applied to other
system components, simplifying component selection and design.
"Xilinx focuses on enabling customers to get to market faster by
providing an FPGA development platform that gives them the flexibility
and performance needed to reduce design cycles," said Raj Seelam, senior
marketing manager, Platform Solutions at Xilinx. "The programmability of
Silicon Labs' timing solutions offers an innovative way to evaluate
different frequency plans without changing hardware or increasing the
bill of materials, enabling a single IC design to address
multi-frequency applications."
Silicon Labs' complementary crystal
oscillators (XOs) and voltage-controlled crystal oscillators (VCXOs)
are also ideal for broadcast video applications, providing low jitter
clock generation and support for any frequency from 10 to 1.4 GHz, any
format (CMOS, LVDS, LVPECL, CML) and any supply voltage (1.8, 2.5, or
3.3 V) with guaranteed jitter as low as 0.5 ps rms (max). The
Si53x/Si55x/Si59x/Si57x family includes single, dual, quad and
any-frequency I2C programmable XO/VCXOs capable of supporting any video
or audio frequency using a single XO/VCXO. These devices can
dramatically simplify clock generation and reduce BOM cost in multi-rate
HD and 3G SDI applications.
Pricing and Availability
For more information about the Spartan-6 FPGA or Virtex-6 FPGA Broadcast
Connectivity Kit or to purchase these kits, please contact Xilinx or
visit www.xilinx.com/broadcast.
For more information about Silicon Labs timing reference designs, please
visit www.silabs.com/pr/timingreferencedesigns.
For more information or to purchase Silicon Labs' timing ICs, including
programmable XO/VCXOs, CMOS-based silicon oscillators, high-performance
clock generators, low-jitter clock multipliers, buffers and physical
layer timing devices, visit www.silabs.com/pr/clocksoscillators.
Silicon Laboratories Inc.
Silicon Laboratories is an industry leader in the innovation of
high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs. Developed by a
world-class engineering team with unsurpassed expertise in mixed-signal
design, Silicon Labs' diverse portfolio of highly integrated,
easy-to-use products offers customers significant advantages in
performance, size and power consumption. These patented solutions serve
a broad set of markets and applications including consumer,
communications, computing, industrial and automotive.
Headquartered in Austin, TX, Silicon Labs is a global enterprise with
operations, sales and design activities worldwide. The company is
committed to contributing to our customers' success by recruiting the
highest quality talent to create industry-changing innovations. For more
information about Silicon Labs, please visit www.silabs.com.
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Silicon Laboratories Inc.
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