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interface. The product can support
10G-Base-T cable distances of
100 meters on CAT6A cable, or 30
meters on the same cable in low
power mode.
A power supply, two dual-channel
10G-Base-T toXAUI PHYs, Ethernet
transformers, clocking, and an
MDIO interface is contained within
the connector unit itself. There is no
MDIO communication necessary
to utilize the converter connector,
but access over this channel to the
PHY units enables users to change
configuration or optimize the given
links, in addition to retrieving data
for built-in-test requirements. Power
and ground inputs attach to the unit
via a small connector and cable
assembly.
The sub-system interface is a
dual-bank Samtec HQDP ribbon
and connector that includes four
channels of XAUI and the MDIO
interface. Other configurations are
available including different shell
rotations, alternate plating, power
cable lengths, signal cable lengths,
and others. In addition to supporting
10G-Base-T on the physical system
side, the product also supports
interoperability with IEEE standard
devices operating at 10Base-T,
100- Base-Tx, and 1000Base-T.
On the sub-system side, an SGMII
MAC interface is also supported in
addition to XAUI. Jared Sibrava,
Amphenol Aerospace High Speed
Solutions Business Unit Director,
says, “This product is a great and
welcome addition to our products
that support 10GbE. In addition
to supporting various 10GbE and
40GbE products in high and low
density over fiber optic protocols,
we can now support system
integrators who wish to utilize the
10GbE protocol, but do so over
copper cables.
IEEE 10GBase-T is growing in
use and becoming more accepted
by aerospace manufacturers. By
providing this rugged product to the
market, communication between
system components and internal
MACs and switches becomes much
more trivial.” The product is stocked
for prototype quantities by Mouser
Electronics and is accompanied
with test cables and test boards.
This enables rapid integration into
sub-systems.
Panasonic Develops
Single Cable and Connector
Solution for Transmission of
Full-spec 8K Video Signals*1
Panasonic
Corporation
today
announced that it has developed
single cable and connector solution
that enable the transmission of
uncompressed full-spec 8K video
signals*1.
Currently, to transmit video signal
via connector-equipped cables from
an 8K signal source or other devices
to an 8K display, 4K-equivalent
images are transmitted using four
HDMI cables, and then they are
combined to show in 8K resolution
by using image processing.
Panasonic’s
newly-developed
connector-equipped cable, which
uses plastic optical fiber technology,
can achieve the transmission of
full-spec 8K video via a single
cable, with improved bandwidth and
length.
High-speed transmission over
optical fiber connector can be
achieved when the optical axes
are completely aligned. However,
when the equipment and the cable’s
connection portions are detachable,
it is difficult to precisely align optical
axes at the connection, leading to
poor connectivity and other defects.
That has hampered the deployment
of optical fiber cables in video
transmission cables with detachable
connectors.
Working with KAI Photonics Co.,
Ltd., a venture from Japan’s Keio
University, Panasonic developed
connector-equipped cables that
adopt “plastic optical fiber and
its connection technology using
ballpoint-pen type interconnect*2.”
Further, by applying Panasonic’s
technology for the multi-level
modulation of broadband signals, a
transmission bandwidth exceeding
100 Gbps was achieved with a
single cable.
Professor Yasuhiro Koike of the
Faculty of Science and Technology,
Keio
University,
commented:
“I am delighted that Panasonic
successfully developed a prototype
cable for transmitting 8K images
based on ‘plastic optical fiber and
its connection technology using
ballpoint-pen type interconnect,’
which was developed by Keio
University. We would like to further
cooperate with Panasonic to
respond to the variety of needs for