Omnetics High-Speed Protocol Guide

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Omnetics has released a High-Speed Protocol Guide showing how the company's connectors can be used with high-speed application standards such as Camera Link, HDMI, Ethernet (CAT5/5e/6/6e) and USB 3.0.

The relationship between digital and analog signals must be understood in order to interpret many of the latest high-speed connector specifications. Since there is no standard method for specifying connector high-speed performance, some connectors are specified as analog frequencies (MHz/GHz), while other connectors are specified as digital data rates (Mbps/Gbps). This often leads to much confusion among those who are trying to procure the proper connector for their application.

Omnetics has tested some of its standard products, such as Micro-Ds and Nano-Ds, and found that they can be used with many high-speed application standards such as Camera Link, HDMI and Ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet. Measurements taken to compare Omnetics connectors to HDMI and USB 3.0 connectors show that Nano-Ds outperform HDMI and Micro-Ss outperform USB3.0.

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