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USERS MANUAL EBL4600CL-EVALZ AN1514 Rev 0.00 QLx4600-SL30 Evaluation Board January 18, 2010 Table of Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 2 Operation of Evaluation Board............................................................................................................. 2 QLx4600-SL30 Evaluation Board ......................................................................................................... 2 Power Supply ................................................................................................................................... 2 Providing Power from External 5V Power Supply ................................................................................ 3 High Speed Data I/O Interface Connectors........................................................................................... 3 Detection Threshold (DT) ................................................................................................................... 4 Loss of Signal (LOS) .......................................................................................................................... 5 Boost Setting Control Pins .................................................................................................................. 5 Evaluation Board Schematic ................................................................................................................ 7 QLx4600-SL30 Bill of Materials............................................................................................................ 8 About Q:ACTIVE ................................................................................................................................9 AN1514 Rev 0.00 Page 1 of 10 January 18, 2010EBL4600CL-EVALZ Introduction Operation of Evaluation Board The QLx4600-SL30 Lane Extender Evaluation Board is a After a brief description of the board design and layout, versatile stand-alone card developed to evaluate the the different features and options to operate the board performance of Intersil QLx4600-SL30 Series Quad are highlighted. Equalizer. Providing power to the board through an external Evaluation Kit Includes: supply The eight high speed differential I/O EBL4600CL-EVALZ evaluation board The Loss of Signal (LOS) function Power cable The variable Detection Threshold Key Features Controling the equalizer boost via Control Pins QLx4600-SL30 series IC QLx4600-SL30 Evaluation Board Single 5V external power supply The QLx4600-SL30 Evaluation Board is a 4-layer, On-board regulators provide all voltages required for 4(w)x5.6(h)x0.059(t) in dimension, and fabricated MCU and IC operation with (Allied-Signal) FR-408 dielectric material. 100 differential signal traces are laid out with 0.0062 width On-board DC/DC converter that provides the 1.2V and 0.0058 spacing. 50 single-ended traces are 0.009 supply to the IC wide. Figure 1 shows the top view of the board. Optional on-board boost selection for each channel via two sets of headers Adjustable Detection Threshold for quiescent modes 8 sets of SMA connectors for high speed signals input and output FIGURE 1. QLx4600-SL30 EVALUATION BOARD PCB Power Supply Power can be supplied to the board by using an external power supply. On board voltage regulators supply the appropriate 1.2V to the QLx4600-SL30 IC. AN1514 Rev 0.00 Page 2 of 10 January 18, 2010