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News Release from: SMSC | Subject: USB3450
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 29 August 2005
USB transceiver passes High-Speed test
SMSC has introduced its USB3450 UTMI+ stand-alone device/host transceiver that has passed High-Speed USB compliance testing with the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF).
Offering the industry's broadest family of High-Speed USB stand-alone physical layer transceivers (PHYs) covering the range of SIE/PHY interface standards, SMSC has introduced its USB3450 UTMI+ stand-alone device/host transceiver that has passed High-Speed USB compliance testing with the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) The USB3450 provides a flexible, stand-alone High-Speed PHY solution that provides the highest level of UTMI+ support (Level 3)
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 18 Aug 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Interoperability has been proven through extensive testing with industry leading High-Speed USB host IP providers.
Many consumer electronics developers are now adding host support to their portable products, such as MP3 players, personal media players (PMPs), PDAs and cellphones.
The USB3450 is designed to the UTMI+ interface standard to support existing ASIC or SoC solutions with the industry's smallest footprint for a UTMI+ device/host PHY (6 x 6mm 40QFN package).
Designers can now add low-power host support to their handheld product design without sacrificing valuable board space.
"Many of our customers have been asking for a High-Speed USB PHY that adds the required host signals to a baseline 8bit UTMI device PHY", said Steve Nelson, Vice President of Marketing - Connectivity Solutions at SMSC.
"SMSC now provides a solution with the industry's smallest footprint UTMI+ device/host PHY.
Our customers can also count on low power consumption and the industry's best High-Speed eye diagrams, which they've come to expect from SMSC's family of High-Speed USB PHYs".
The USB3450 is available in a 6 x 6 x 0.9mm 40-pin QFN package.
Qualification samples and production quantities of the SMSC USB3450 are available today.
Pricing is $2.00 per unit (US list price) in 10,000-unit quantities.
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