Cable drivers complete professional video package

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Apr 26, 2006

Multiformat video cable drivers suit video distribution amplifiers, production routers and switchers, A/D and D/A convertors and other professional broadcast equipment.

Cypress Semiconductor has introduced two HD/SD multiformat video cable drivers for video distribution amplifiers, production routers and switchers, A/D and D/A convertors, and other professional broadcast equipment.

The cable drivers partner with Cypress's Hotlink-On-Demand video serdes, equaliser, and YLink protection switch devices to offer a complete serial digital port solution to professional video equipment designers.

Both cable drivers can be used as drop-in replacements for existing devices.

The new CYV15G0101CD Cypress cable driver offers the market's largest output voltage swing between 500 and 1900mV, allowing customers greater flexibility to fit within the margins of SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) and DVB-ASI specifications.

The CYV15G0102CD HD/SD cable driver is available with dual noninverting outputs, which allow customers to easily use both available cable driver outputs for noninverting DVB-ASI signals without adding external devices.

"By adding our new HD/SD multiformat video cable driver to our Hotlink-On-Demand family of video serdes, our video equalisers, and our YLink protection switch, Cypress can now offer professional video equipment designers a complete physical layer portfolio along with the excellent customer support that has been our hallmark", said Erin Kettwig, Product Manager for Cypress Physical Layer Devices.

"All of Cypress's video interface products simplify the design process for our customers, resulting in significant savings on overall BOM costs and design cycle time".

Both the CYV15G0101CD and CYV15G0102CD are offered in 8-pin SOIC and 16-pin QFN packages.

Pricing in 1000-unit quantities is $10 per unit for the CYV15G0101CD.

Samples of the new devices will be available in June 2006, with full production availability slated for October 2006.