1FEATURES

• Single Lane PCIe Equalizer/Redriver

• Support for Both PCIe Gen I (2.5Gbps) and

Gen II (5.0 Gbps) Speed

• Selectable Equalization, De-emphasis and

Output Swing Control

• Integrated Termination

• Hot-Plug Capable

• Receiver Detect

• Low Power:

– 330mW(TYP), VCC = 3.3V

• Auto Low Power Modes:

– 5mW (TYP) When no Connection Detected

– 70mW (TYP) When in Auto-Low Power

Mode

• Excellent Jitter and Loss Compensation

Capability:

– 30 of 6 mil Stripline on FR4

• Small Foot Print – 24 Pin 4 × 4 QFN Package

• High Protection Against ESD Transient

– HBM: 3,000 V

– CDM: 1,500 V

– MM: 200 V

APPLICATIONS

• PC MB, Docking Stations, Backplane and

Cabled Application

DESCRIPTION

The SN65LVPE501 is a dual channel, single lane PCIe redriver and signal conditioner supporting data rates of

up to 5.0Gbps. The device complies with PCIe spec revision 2.1.

Programmable EQ, De-Emphasis and Amplitude Swing

The SN65LVPE501 is designed to minimize the signal degradation effects such as crosstalk and inter-symbol

interference (ISI) that limits the interconnect distance between two devices. The input stage of each channel

offers selectable equalization settings that can be programmed to match loss in the channel. The differential

outputs provide selectable de-emphasis to compensate for the anticipated distortion PCIe signal will experience.

Level of de-emphasis will depend on the length of interconnect and its characteristics. Both equalization and deemphasis

levels are controlled by the setting of signal control pins EQ1, EQ2 and DE1, DE2.

To provide additional control of signal integrity in extended backplane applications LVPE501 provides

independent output amplitude control for each channel. See Table 2 for setting details.

Device PowerOn

Device initiates internal power-on reset after VCC has stabilized. External reset can also be applied at anytime by

toggling RST pin. External reset is recommended after every device power-up. When RST is driven high, the

device samples the state of EN_RXD, if it is set H device enters Rx.Detect state where each channel will perform

Rx.Detect function (as described in PCIe spec). If EN_RXD is set L, automatic RX detect function is disabled and

both channels are enabled with their termination set to ZDC_RX.

Receiver Detection

While EN_RXD pin is H and device is not in sleep mode (RST is H), SN65LVPE501 performs RX.Detect on both

channels indefinitely until remote termination is detected on both channels. Automatic Rx detection feature can

be forced off by driving EN_RXD low. In this state both channels input termination are set to ZDC_RX.