Skyworks Unveils Ultra-Low Jitter Clock Buffers for High-Speed Connectivity

Skyworks Solutions has introduced its SKY53510/80/40 family of clock buffers for high-speed connectivity solutions. The new products are designed for data centers, wireless networks, and PCIe Gen 7 applications, offering superior jitter performance and universal format translation. The buffers are suitable for a range of high-speed applications, including 5G/6G mMIMO radio systems, SyncE, broadcast video, and medical imaging. Samples and production quantities are available.

Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: SWKS) has introduced its SKY53510/80/40 family of clock buffers designed to meet the stringent timing demands of next-generation high-speed infrastructure. These buffers are purpose-built for data centers, wireless networks, and PCIe Gen 7 applications, offering superior jitter performance and universal format translation.

The SKY53510/80/40 family features a 3:1 input multiplexer, including crystal input, and supports up to 10 differential outputs. Offered in compact thermally enhanced QFN packages, these devices are pin-compatible with industry-standard layouts, facilitating easy integration and multi-sourcing.

The buffers are well-suited for a range of high-speed applications, including 5G/6G mMIMO radio systems, SyncE, broadcast video, and medical imaging. They support input clock slew rates down to 0.75V/ns and output levels of 1.8V, 2.5V, and 3.3V, enabling robust PCB designs with minimal signal integrity challenges such as reflection, crosstalk, and ground bounce.

Key features of the SKY53510/80/40 family include ultra-low additive RMS phase jitter (35 fs at 156.25 MHz, 3 fs at 100 MHz for PCIe Gen 7), universal format translation, low power operation, integrated LDOs, a wide temperature range, and a low noise floor. These devices are ideally suited for pairing with Skyworks’ Si551x Network Synchronizers, SKY63104/5/6 family of Jitter Attenuating Clocks, and SKY62101 Ultra-low Jitter Clock Generators to deliver complete clock tree solutions for next-generation 6G wireless infrastructure, 800G/1600G networking infrastructure, and AI data center applications.

Samples and production quantities of the SKY53510/80/40 clock buffers are available now, and evaluation is supported via the SKY53510-EVB development kit. For more information, please visit Skyworks’ Any Format Clock Buffers page or contact your Skyworks sales representative.

References:
[1] https://investors.skyworksinc.com/news-releases/news-release-details/skyworks-sets-new-benchmark-ultra-low-jitter-clock-buffers-high
[2] https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/skyworks-sets-new-benchmark-ultra-low-jitter-clock-buffers-high-speed-connectivity