What is Retimer?

A circuit that receives a high-speed serial signal, decides the bits and retransmits a clean signal. Inserted mid-channel to extend reach.

Field: I/O Interfaces & Buses

Related terms

128b/130b encoding 8b/10b encoding AXI Bit error rate (BER) Characteristic impedance Clock and data recovery (CDR) Compute Express Link (CXL) Credit-based flow control Differential signaling Eye diagram

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