BCM8071 - XAUI™ to Serial 10GBASE-KR Backplane Transceiver

XAUI™ to Serial 10GBASE-KR Backplane Transceiver

The BCM8071 is a 10-GbE Serial Transceiver targeting the new IEEE 10G BASE-KR standard for running 10G serial data over backplane systems. The device incorporates a sophisticated receive equalizer that extends the life of legacy systems today running 1G or XAUI data rates by providing a 4x or 10x bandwidth improvement on each channel.

An on-chip microcontroller provides users with flexibility and ease of use by automatically adjusting the equalizer parameters based on the performance of each backplane channel. On-chip clock synthesis is performed by the high-frequency low-jitter phase-locked loops for the PMD and XAUI output retimers.

  • Targeted to meet the draft IEEE 802.3ap standard
  • High performance DFE/FFE receive equalizer with full adaptation on-chip
  • Integrated microcontroller with no external memory required
  • Simplifies manufacturability with integrated built-in self test (BIST) and loopback modes on the 10G serial and XAUI interfaces.