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Wilson, Public Affairs, +1-973-562-2232, . New PHY to meet emerging IEEE802.3av standard developed by 10GEPON task force,enabling symmetrical operation at 10.3125 Gbps data for downstream andupstream linksSAN JOSE, Calif., May 11 /PRNewswire/ — K-micro (Kawasaki MicroelectronicsAmerica, Inc.), a leader in advanced ASICs, announced a unique OLT SerDes PHYfor 10 Gbps Ethernet Passive Optical Network (10GEPON) applications. Targetedto meet the emerging IEEE802.3av standard developed by the 10GEPON task force,the new PHY enables symmetrical operation at 10.3125 Gbps data for thedownstream and upstream links.”We are proud to be bringing a robust product for the 10GEPON market thatmeets the sub 50 ns lock time challenge, enabling development of OLT solutionswithout putting excessive demands on PMD devices,” said Vijay Pathak, CTO atK-micro. “Co-existence compatibility is retained by providing a by-passconnection to an external 1.25 Gbps SerDes PHY for ONU applications. SerDes IPwill be available for ASIC integration in mid 2010 in 65 nm technology.”Using its comprehensive built-in burst-mode BIST, the CDR for this new PHY isshown to recover data bursts in less than 50 ns even in the presence of highjitter specified in draft standard (0.76 UI BER= 1E-3).

The serial input portof this device employs a multi-voltage compatible CML interface, allowing itto be directly coupled to the PMD device supporting any CML interface rangingbetween 0.5V to 3.3V. This eliminates the need for an AC coupling capacitorwhose long settling time would have added overhead to the system. Parallelports of this PHY employ 17 bit transmit and receive interface designed aroundOIF’s SFI-4.1 specifications and operate at 644 Mbps.In general, when data input jitter is high, faster clock recovery isassociated with higher jitter in the recovered clock thus degrading the BERand making it difficult to implement FEC function. This conflict is resolvedby careful control of burst mode period and CDR design optimization.Registration with a new ONU can be achieved within 400 ns without complexcontrols from MAC layer. “These features make the PHY ‘user friendly’ andfacilitate easier system integration,” added Pathak.About K-micro (Kawasaki Microelectronics America, Inc.)K-micro’s innovative ASIC technologies and world-class design support are usedin the consumer electronics, computer, office-automation, networking andstorage markets. The company is an active participant in industry standardsorganizations, including InterNational Committee for Information TechnologyStandards (INCITS) Technical Committee T10 for SCSI Storage Interfaces, PCISpecial Interest Group (PCI-SIG), USB Implementers Forum, Universal Plug andPlay Forum (UPnP), the Digital Display Working Group (DDWG), Home PhonelineNetworking Alliance (HomePNA), International Telecommunication Union (ITU) andOCP International Partnership (OCP-IP) K-micro has design centers in SanJose, Taipei, and Tokyo.