Drivers, Interfaces, and PCIe Switches

PCI Express® (PCIe)

Microsemi Switchtec PCIe Switches are the industry’s highest density, lowest power, high-reliability PCIe Gen3 switches for data center, storage, communications, defense and industrial applications.

In addition to our storage and fanout switches, Microsemi's industry-leading PCIe solutions include  NVMe controllers, NVRAM drives, redrivers, and timing solutions, as well as flash-based FPGAs and SoCs.

Download Microsemi's PCIe Gen3 Solutions Overview.

• Switchtec PFX, PFX-I & PFX-L Fanout PCI Express® Switches
• Switchtec PSX Storage PCI Express® Switches
• Switchtec PAX Gen3 Advanced Fabric PCIe Switches
• Signal Redriver for PCI Express® Gen3
• Clock Synthesis for PCI Express® Gen 3

Position Sensors

Microsemi’s sensor interface ICs provide the ideal interface between high-reliability and safety-critical automotive position sensor applications. Our unique magnetic field sensors provide accurate position measurements, are immune to stray magnetic fields, and don’t require an external magnetic device.

• Inductive Sensors for mechanical motion
• Linear, angular, rotation, proximity
• 2Ksps, 12-bit

Applications

The LX3301A/LX3302A are ideal solutions for measuring mechanical movement (linear, angular/rotation and proximity) in a wide variety of applications in automotive, industrial, aero-space and commercial applications including:

• Rotor position sensing
• Fluid level sensing
• Proximity detection
• Gear position/travel (automotive)
• Robotic arm positioning

Features

• Linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) principle
• Very low temperature drift
• Dynamic signal compensation
• Active rejection of stray magnetic fields
• No magnet needed
• Interfaces directly with ECU/Host
• Rated for ASIL C applications
• Certified to AEC-Q100 grade 0/1

The LX3301A and LX3302A improve angular measurement accuracy, lower noise sensitivity, and reduce system costs. These inductive sensors use a primary coil to generate an AC magnetic field; the magnetic field then couples onto two secondary coils to generate voltages. The metal target disturbs the magnetic field generated by the primary coil, hence, the voltages received by the secondary coils would vary based on different metal target positions, we then use the unique ratio of the secondary coil voltages to determine the position of the metal target. By using the inductive position sensor approach, it allows us to make the biggest improvement in high-temperature and safety-critical applications such as automobile throttle body, transmission gear sensing, electronic power steering, and accelerator pedals, with no magnet needed. Both models are by principle absolute measuring sensors.

Line Drivers

Microsemi provides innovative line drivers for communications, aerospace, defense and security, and industrial applications. Discover Microsemi's variety of low power line drivers below.

• G.Fast Line Drivers
• Optical Modulator Drivers
• PLC Line Drivers
• xDSL Line Drivers

Signal Conditioners

Enhance the performance and accuracy of your high-speed data transmission with Microsemi's broad family of EQNOX™ signal conditioner ICs. Microsemi offers a wide range of signal conditioning ICs across port speeds, channel counts, and practical feature sets for standard and proprietary signals in carrier, enterprise, and data center applications. Microsemi signal conditioning ICs deliver industry-leading equalization and jitter reduction performance, including autonomous operation for demanding backplane, module host card, and high port count Layer-1 switching applications.

• Multi-protocol redrivers and retimers up to 16 Gbps
• Per input autonomous CTLE/DFE Equalization/Gain
• Per output Pre-Emphasis/Drive level adjustment

Digital Crosspoint Switches

Route your ultra high-speed broadband signals with Microsemi's world-class crosspoint switch IC family. Ultra high-speed connectivity has become a virtual requirement in all kinds of networks, driven largely by business and consumer demand for video, high-speed data and cloud-based services.

• Multi-protocol up to 11.5 Gbps
• Non-blocking switch core
• Per input Equalization/Gain
• Per output Pre-Emphasis/Drive level adjustment

Darlington Transistor Arrays

• 8 or 7 Darlington Transistors per Array
• Up to 500mA Collector Current
• Up to 95V Output Voltage
• Available in MIL-STD-883 and Space level