Parade Technologies’ PS8830 USB4 retimer for commercial and consumer PCs, host systems and peripherals features full capabilities of USB4, DisplayPort 2.0 and Thunderbolt 3.0. This allows OEMs to offer a wide range of product offerings with future-proof platform longevity.
The PS8830 is fully compliant with USB-IF’s USB4 specification supporting up to Gen 3×2 (2x 20Gbps) or 40Gbps. It supports USB4 tunneling of DP 1.4a and USB 3.2 as well as alternate modes including DP 2.0 up to UHBR20 and TBT 3.0 up to 41.25Gbps (2x 20.625Gbps).
PS8830 will fall back to USB 3.2 mode when USB4 mode is not supported. The PS8830 features very low power consumption during standby or in low power states, greatly extending the battery life of mobile devices.
OEMs can offer multiple product tiers while standardizing on a full-feature retimer solution like the PS8830. This saves development time and costs to upgrade, for example to DP 2.0 if using a retimer solution capable of only DP 1.4a today.
Parade also enables common PCB design for OEMs to provide USB4 and USB 3.2 differentiated product offerings through co-layout support of the PS8830 USB4 retimer and PS8828 USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 USB-C® retimer which is currently available. It is available in a 6mm x 6mm 105-ball BGA package.
