The Importance of Timing in IoT Communications

Jan. 4, 2023

An important aspect of cloud communications and IoT data transfer is the timing. Clock timing and data transmission are inextricably linked, and without synchronization nothing can be sent.

Alix Paultre

Related To: Electronic Design

This video is part of TechXchange Talks.

An important aspect of cloud communications and IoT data transfer is the timing. Clock timing and data transmission are inextricably linked, and without synchronization nothing can be sent. Semtech’s Tri-Edge PAM4 clock and data recovery (CDR) technology is presented as the first low-power solution available for optical communication links from 100 m to 10 km.Tri-Edge builds on the company's ClearEdge non-return-to-zero (NRZ)-based CDR platform—it's an analog-based PAM4 CDR platform optimized for optical interconnect.

The quad PAM4 Tri-Edge GN2555 CDR with integrated directly modulated laser (DML) drivers is designed for 53.125-Gb/s signal conditioning within pluggable optical modules. It includes proprietary DML compensation to enable a wide range of low-cost DML options with fully adaptive input equalization. We talk with Semtech's Raza Khan about data timing and the company's solutions.

For more TechXchange Talks, CLICK HERE.

About the Author

Alix Paultre | Editor-at-Large, Electronic Design

An Army veteran, Alix Paultre was a signals intelligence soldier on the East/West German border in the early ‘80s, and eventually wound up helping launch and run a publication on consumer electronics for the US military stationed in Europe. Alix first began in this industry in 1998 at Electronic Products magazine, and since then has worked for a variety of publications in the embedded electronic engineering space. Alix currently lives in Wiesbaden, Germany.

Also check out his YouTube watch-collecting channel, Talking Timepieces.