April 14, 2021
Semtech Expands Industry’s Most Comprehensive 5G Wireless Front Haul Portfolio With its Latest 50Gbps Tri-Edge™ CDR IC Solution
GN2256 is a bidirectional Tri-Edge CDR with integrated differential EML driver for 50Gbps SFP56 PAM4 5G wireless optical modules
CAMARILLO, Calif., Apr. 7, 2021 – Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading supplier of high performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, today announced sampling of the newest member of its Tri-Edge™ CDR portfolio, the GN2256. Integrating Semtech’s proven Tri-Edge CDR platform with a differential EML (Externally Modulated Laser) driver, the GN2256 is the industry’s first such IC solution to enable 50Gbps PAM4 Fixed-WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing), Tunable WDM and Silicon Photonics optical modules. As with all Tri-Edge ICs, the GN2256 offers ultra-low latency, low power and use of low cost 25Gbps bandwidth optics to operate at 50Gbps PAM4.