This Product Selection Guide contains information to help select products in the Signal Buffers, Repeaters, Splitters category on DigiKey.com
Products within the signal buffer, repeater, and splitter family are used in context of transmitting digital information over electrically long interconnects or cable systems. Primarily used to address the analog considerations imposed on this task by the non-ideal nature of all real-world interconnect systems, they may also provide functions such as translation between different physical interface styles and multiplexing.
SelectionCharacteristics
Type: Indicates the style and configuration of the device.
Applications: Application is the type of equipment or environment the device will be used in, typically they are tested and rated by a third party to ensure certain minimum standards for the application they are intended for.
Input: Enumerates the supported formats for clock/timing signals input to a device.
Output: Indicates the signal format or formats the device is capable of providing on its output points.
Data Rate (Max): Characterizes the maximum rate at which information can be transmitted or received by a device. Does not necessarily refer to throughput rate for user data, see device datasheets for further information.
Number of Channels: Indicates the number of different, separated output points the device provides.
Delay Time: Characterizes the delay in signal propagation introduced by a device.
Signal Conditioning: Enumerates device features capable of manipulating a signal for the purpose of preserving the information contained therein.
Capacitance - Input: Characterizes the amount of capacitance that exists between a given signal input pin and ground pin on the device.
Voltage - Supply: Typically represented by a range, this indicates the low and high voltage limits which one can expect standard operation. Voltages outside this range may damage the device and other system components.
Current - Supply: This represents the maximum current to which a device will meet its given specifications. Exceeding this current may damage the device and/or other system components.
Operating Temperature: Recommended operating temperature, typically given in a range or as a maximum. Exceeding these temperatures may affect performance or damage the device and other system components.
Mounting Type: Indicates how the device is mounted.
Package / Case: Indicates the type of protective case used on an electronic component to allow easy handling, installation, and protection. This selection was determined to be the closest industry standard applicable to the supplier device packaging. Typically it is best to check the actual dimensions from the datasheet rather than depend on this terminology when designing your circuit.
Supplier Device Package: This is what the manufacturer calls the package of this device. They are manufacturer specific. It is typically best to use the actual dimensions from the datasheets rather than to go by this terminology when designing your circuit.
ProductExamples
| MFR PART # | LTC4311CSC6#TRPBF |
|---|---|
| DIGIKEY PART # | LTC4311CSC6#TRPBFTR-ND - Tape & Reel (TR) |
| MANUFACTURER | Analog Devices Inc. |
| DESCRIPTION | Accelerator 1 Channel 400kHz SC-70-6 |
| DATASHEET | Click Here |
| MFR PART # | PI3EQX16904GLZHEX |
|---|---|
| DIGIKEY PART # | PI3EQX16904GLZHEXDITR-ND - Tape & Reel (TR) |
| MANUFACTURER | Diodes Incorporated |
| DESCRIPTION | Buffer, ReDriver 4 Channel 16Gbps 42-TQFN (9x3.5) |
| DATASHEET | Click Here |
| MFR PART # | P82B715P |
|---|---|
| DIGIKEY PART # | 296-23469-5-ND |
| MANUFACTURER | Texas Instruments |
| DESCRIPTION | Buffer, ReDriver 1 Channel 8-PDIP |
| DATASHEET | Click Here |
| MFR PART # | PI6ULS5V9617AUEX |
|---|---|
| DIGIKEY PART # | PI6ULS5V9617AUEXDITR-ND - Tape & Reel (TR) |
| MANUFACTURER | Diodes Incorporated |
| DESCRIPTION | Buffer, ReDriver 2 Channel 8-MSOP |
| DATASHEET | Click Here |