GS12081
12G UHD-SDI Cable Driver
Key Features
Applications
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Dual non-inverted 75Ω cable interface with on-chip
termination
Next Generation 12G UHD-SDI infrastructures designed to
support UHDTV1, UHDTV2, 4K D-Cinema and 3D HFR and
HDR production image formats. Typical applications:
Cameras, Switchers, Distribution Amplifiers and Routers.
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SMPTE ST 2082-1, ST 2081-1, ST 424, ST 292-1 and ST
259 compliant input/output
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Multi-standard operation from 1Mb/s to 11.88Gb/s
Cable driver features:
Description
The GS12081 is a low-power, multi-rate, cable driver
supporting rates up to 12G UHD-SDI. It is designed to
receive 100Ω differential input signals, and transmit the
signal over 75Ω coaxial cables. The 100Ω trace input
supports up to 17dB of insertion loss.
Wide swing control
Pre-emphasis to compensate for significant
insertion loss between device output and BNC
Manual output slew rate control
The two cable drivers have highly configurable
pre-emphasis and swing controls to compensate for long
trace and connector losses. Additionally, user selectable
output slew rate control is provided for each cable driver
output.
Manual or automatic Mute or disable on LOS
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Trace equalizer features:
Integrated 100Ω, differential input termination
Automatic power down on loss of signal
Adjustable carrier detect threshold
The GS12081 is pin compatible with the GS12181 and
GS12281 single input, and the GS12182 dual input 12G
UHD-SDI Multi-rate Re-timing Cable Drivers, as well as the
GS3281 3G SDI Multi-rate Re-timing Cable Driver.
DC-coupling from 1.2V to 2.5V CML logic
Trace equalization to compensate for up to 15” FR4
at 11.88Gb/s
Note: For the GS12081 to be pin compatible with the
GS12182, careful design considerations are required.
Contact for your local Semtech FAE for details.
Input offset compensation
Additional Features
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Single 1.8V power supply for analog and digital core
2.5V or 3.3V for cable driver output supply
GSPI serial control and monitoring interface
Four configurable GPIO pins for control or status
monitoring
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Wide operating temperature range: -40ºC to +85ºC
Small 6mm x 4mm 40-pin QFN
Pb-free/Halogen-free/RoHS and WEEE compliant
package
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Pin compatible with the GS12181, GS12182, GS12281,
and GS3281
GS12081
Final Data Sheet
PDS-061305
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Semtech
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Rev.6
January 2019