USB high-speed signal conditioner enables risk-free system design

Texas Instruments TUSB211 USB 2.0 High-Speed Signal Conditioner is a USB High-Speed (HS) signal conditioner, designed to compensate for ISI signal loss in a transmission channel. The device has a patent-pending design which is agnostic to USB Low Speed (LS) and Full Speed (FS) signals, says the company. The LS and FS signal characteristics are unaffected by the TUSB211. HS signals are compensated. Programmable signal gain permits fine tuning device performance to optimize High Speed signals at the connector. This helps to pass USB High Speed electrical compliance tests. The footprint of TUSB211 does not break the continuity of the DP/DM signal path. This permits risk-free system design of a complete USB channel. The device is also compatible with the USB On-The-Go (OTG) and Battery Charging (BC) protocols. Applications include notebooks, desktops, docking stations, cell phones, active cable, cable extenders, backplanes, televisions and tablets.