Key Features and Product Types
- Supports IEEE and OIF 10, 25, 40 and 100G standards
- Retimers are protocol independent and support a PLL per lane for mixed port speeds
- Self-adapting Rx equalizers for ease of connection
- Optional 100G 802.3bj Clause 91 RS-FEC for IEEE 100GE and optical module MSA support (SR4, CWDM4, PSM4)
- Package and power options for line card, daughter card and module applications
- Evaluation and reference board schematics and layouts
Enables Modules and Adaptors to Support
- 10x10GE SR/LR (Multi-Link Gearbox)
- SR10 (Gearbox)
- Integrated FEC (Gearbox/Retimer)
Product Options
100G Gearbox
The Gearbox function translates the formatting of 100G data streams by multiplexing and demultiplexing 10x10G (100G) to 4x25G (100G) for Ethernet and OTN applications. The gearbox function is defined in IEEE 802.3ba.
Multi-Link Gearbox (MLG)
The MLG function supports 10 independent 10GE links into a single 4x25G (100G) link in both the receive and transmit direction. The device supports all lane marking and idle insertion functions defined by OIF MLG 1.0 standard.
Protocol Independent Retimer
The Family supports devices with 8 lanes (up to 100G full duplex) and 20 lanes, where each lane is a Rx/Tx pair. Each lane is protocol independent and also has independent PLL per lane.
100GE RS-FEC
RS-FEC is supported on the 4x25G lanes on the 100G Gearbox and Retimer devices. The 100GE KR4 RS-FEC is encoded on the 4x25G transmit and decoded and corrected if needed on the 4x25G receive. The RS-FEC implementation follows IEEE 802.3bj Clause 91 specification for interoperability. RS-FEC is specified in 100G MSAs including SR4, CWDM4 and PSM4.
LineSpeed Flex Product Options
Retimers
| Product Description | Package | Functions/Options | Rates | ||||||||
| Part Number | Description | Tx/Rx | Pkg Size | Gearbox | MLG | Retimer | RSFEC | Mux/Demux | Redundant Link Mode | 10-14G | 25-28G |
| MSH221SF | 100G Octal Retimer with FEC | 8 | 12x12mm | X | X | X | X | ||||
| MSH222S | 100G Full Duplex Retimer | 8 | 13x13mm | X | X | X | |||||
| MSH222SF | 100G Full Duplex Retimer with FEC | 8 | 13x13mm | X | X | X | X | ||||
| MSH225S | 10 Lane Full Duplex Retimer | 20 | 17x17mm | X | X | X | |||||
| MSH225SF | 10 Lane Full Duplex with FEC | 20 | 17x17mm | X | X | X | X | ||||
Gearbox
| Product Description | Package | Functions/Options | Rates | ||||||||
| Part Number | Description | Tx/Rx | Pkg Size | Gearbox | MLG | Retimer | RSFEC | Mux/Demux | Redundant Link Mode | 10-14G | 25-28G |
| MSH320S | 100G Gearbox | 20 | 17x17mm | X | X | X | X | ||||
| MSH320SF | 100G Gearbox with FEC | 20 | 17x17mm | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| MSH321S | 100G MLG Gearbox | 14 | 12x12mm | X | X | X | X | ||||
| MSH322S | 100G MLG Gearbox | 20 | 17x17mm | X | X | X | X | ||||
| MSH323S | 100G Gearbox | 14 | 12x12mm | X | X | X | X | ||||
| MSH323SF | 100G Gearbox with FEC | 14 | 12x12mm | X | X | X | X | X | |||
Specialty
| Product Description | Package | Functions/Options | Rates | ||||||||
| Part Number | Description | Tx/Rx | Pkg Size | Gearbox | MLG | Retimer | RSFEC | Mux/Demux | Redundant Link Mode | 10-14G | 25-28G |
| MSH420S | 10:5 Mux/Demux | 20 | 17x17mm | X | X | X | X | ||||
| MSH422S | 4:2 Mux/Demux | 14 | 13x13mm | X | X | X | X | ||||