�Using Tyco Electronics� interconnect solutions with our ORT82G5 FPSC to actually demonstrate signals driving over 34.5 inches of FR-4 backplane or up to 8 meters of cable at speeds up to 3.7Gbit/s has been the best way to prove to customers the quality and reliability of our total system solutions�, commented Mr Stan Kopec, vice-president of marketing for Lattice. �The fact that we can demonstrate robust signal integrity, extended drive length, and unparalleled speeds allows system architects to focus their efforts on adding value-added system features in the line cards and switch fabrics that use our proven technology�, added Mr Kopec. Tyco Electronics circuit and design engineers have characterised the pairing of high-speed HM-Zd connectors with Lattice�s ORSO82G5 SONET-based backplane FPSC as an active interconnect. The correlation between measured eye-pattern and simulated eye pattern is almost perfect. As such, both companies have demonstrated the capability to predict signal integrity obstacles with greater than 95% accuracy and rectify them before a system is built in order to achieve robust system interconnect performance at 3.125Gbit/s and beyond.

Lattice Semiconductor has developed the industry's broadest and fastest programmable device family for high-speed serial backplane data transmission. The ORT82G5 integrates eight backplane transceiver channels, each operating over a range from 600Mbit/s to 3.7Gbit/s with a full duplex synchronous interface with built-in Clock and Data Recovery (CDR). The ORSO82G5 includes eight backplane transceiver channels, each operating at up to 2.7Gbit/s data rate, providing a full-duplex synchronous interface with built-in Clock/Data Recovery (CDR). It also contains an embedded core for SONET data scrambling and descrambling, streamlined SONET framing, transport overhead handling, cell insertion and extraction, idle cell insertion/deletion, plus the programmable logic to terminate the network into proprietary systems. All SONET functionality is hidden from the user and no prior networking knowledge is required.