Texas Instruments Inc. introduced 10 signal conditioners designed to drive high-speed interface standards such as 10G/40G/100G Ethernet, 10G-KR (802.3ap), InfiniBand, Fibre Channel and CPRI. The new integrated circuits (ICs) join a comprehensive family of repeaters and retimers that combat signal impairments caused by insertion loss, jitter, reflections and crosstalk in high-speed enterprise servers, routers and switches. Manufactured using TI's high-performance BiCMOS SiGe process technology, these new signal conditioners deliver the industry's highest signal reach performance at less than 6-mW per gigabit. Key features and benefits of the DS1xxDF410, DS1xxRT410 and DS100KRxxx families: Extend reach to exceed 50+ inches of FR-4 backplane or 20 meters of 26-AWG copper cable, 36-dB input EQ and 12-dB output de-emphasis (DE). Multi-tap decision feedback equalizer (DFE). Clock and data recovery (CDR) with internal clock synthesis. Repeaters consume 65-mW per channel; retimers with CDR consume 150-mW per channel. Reduce bill of materials (BOM) cost and simplify system design. Fully adaptive EQ simplifies link tuning. Internal clock synthesis avoids the need for an external reference clock. Built-in eye monitor and PRBS generator simplifies system debug. Single power supply without the need for external RF chokes. These signal conditioners are used to drive optical and direct-attach passive copper cables in latency-sensitive, front-port line cards, while meeting SFF8431 (SFP+) specifications. They also can be used to compensate for loss and crosstalk in backplanes, and reduce gauge thickness in active copper cable assemblies.