IDT ( http://ko.idt.com/ , Country Manager Lee Sang-yup), an analog-digital company providing core mixed-signal semiconductor solutions, announced today the launch of a family of 1.8V LVDS clock fan-out buffers that offers outstanding AC performance comparable to 3.3V products. IDT’s new low-voltage fan-out buffer family enables users to reduce power consumption and heat generation by up to 60% without sacrificing accuracy, bit error rate, or functionality.

The IDT 8P34S belongs to the clock fan-out buffer family and duplicates (fans out) input clock or data signals to provide high-quality clock or data signals to multiple devices within the system. Due to its low supply voltage of 1.8V, designers can reduce power consumption without sacrificing performance, enabling higher board density as well as saving energy and cooling costs. The 8P34S family supports up to 12 outputs and is pin-to-pin compatible with higher-voltage products, making it suitable for complex low-noise, high-speed clock designs used in wired and wireless communications, modern computing, and networking applications.

Christian Kermarrec, Vice President and General Manager of Timing and Synchronization at IDT, stated, “Power consumption and the resulting heat generation are serious issues in high-performance systems. In the past, high performance meant high power consumption, and it was common practice to unwillingly sacrifice performance to reduce power consumption. As a leader in the timing sector, IDT’s goal is to meet customers’ power requirements without sacrificing performance. IDT’s latest fan-out buffer product family is a prime example of this realization and will be an ideal clock signal distribution product for customers in 4G wireless infrastructure and high-performance networking.”

The IDT 8P34S family consists of products providing 2 to 12 differential outputs, characterized by additional RMS phase noise reduced to 39 femtoseconds and support for frequencies up to 1.2 GHz. This latest buffer product is fully compatible with standard LVDS devices, allowing for easy installation in a minimal board footprint. With the addition of this fan-out buffer family, IDT's leading lineup of clock signal distribution, clock signal generation, and serial switching products has been further diversified. This family includes IDT's RF-PLLs, Universal Frequency Translator™, FemtoClock®, VersaClock®, differential MEMS oscillators, and Serial RapidIO® switches and bridges.