With growing access to high-definition content throughout increasingly sophisticated home multimedia networks, equipment such as Blu-ray players, set-top boxes, PVRs, game terminals, PCs, network storage and TVs are now integrating high-speed interfaces such as HDMI, DisplayPort and DiiVA (Digital interactive interface for Video and Audio). These interconnects combine several multi-gigabit data channels to achieve total data rates in excess of 10 Gbit/s in the case of HDMI 1.4 and up to 13.5 Gbit/s for DiiVA.
STMicroelectronics has simplified design and reduced the real-estate needed to protect the electronics behind the latest high-speed multimedia connections with an all-in-one device featuring what the company claims is the smallest package dimensions currently on the market.
ST’s HSP061-8M16 ESD provides eight channels of 15kV ESD protection allowing designers to use only one device per connector, simplifying PCB design. With low capacitance per line and close matching between capacitance values, the HSP061-8M16 also minimizes slowing of data edges and prevents signal skew between adjacent lines. This prevents communication errors that ultimately can produce glitches in played-back HD images or audio.
The HSP061-8M16 is sampling now to lead customers, and will be available in a 16-pad uDFN package priced at $0.40 in quantities of 3000.