Video cable equaliser

Mindspeed Technologies has released a 3 Gbps (2xHD), high-definition and standard definition, dual-output video cable equaliser.

The cable is claimed to be the only co-axial dual-output equaliser capable of supporting 2.5 V low power operation in addition to legacy 3.3 V, and is fully SMPTE standard compliant.

It increases the maximum low jitter transmission distance of SDI video signals and DVB-ASI across bandwidth-limiting 75 coaxial cable.

The device automatically optimises its transfer function based on the bit rate and cable length to minimise the inter-symbol interference jitter caused by the cable as well as remove the DC offset components introduced with the pathological test pattern and AC coupling in systems.

It is designed to support data rates between 143 and 2970 Mbps, including SMPTE 292M, 259M, 344M and 424M.