C h a p t e r 1
Almost everything is relative when it comes to
electronics, including voltage, current, power,
frequency, and efficiency. For example, the term
"high-power" could mean absolutely anything as
engineers developing silicon devices may define
this as products exceeding 100W, while engineers
working with silicon carbide may define this as
devices exceeding 1,000W.
Using the classification of "high-speed" depends
on the application. For example, fly-by-wire in
automotive applications may operate in the range
of a few gigabits per second, while Peripheral
Component Interconnect (PCI) Express 6.0 devices
DEFINING "HIGH-
SPEED" VERSUS
HIGH-SPEED
High-speed is really defined by the
application. For example, a data center may
be looking at PCI Express
®
data rates that
are 64 GT/s PAM4 or bleeding-edge high-
speed signals that may be 112 Gbps to
224 Gbps PAM4, while automotive
engineers may be designing fly-by-wire
single-pair Ethernet systems that operate
in the 5 Gbps range."
Matthew Burns
Technical Marketing Manager, Samtec
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