SLLA642 July 2024 TUSB564-Q1
To simulate a long cable USB system, two 4.5-meter USB-C cables are used in the signal path. One cable is placed before the TUSB564-Q1, and the second cable is placed after the TUSB564-Q1. The bench board adds additional loss with it's short pre and post-channel FR4 trace. A USB-C host is connected upstream, and measurements are taken at the end of the downstream USB cable.
For this test, the equalization setting used on the TUSB564-Q1 is setting #9. This adds 7.0dB of gain on the downstream facing port. Figure 3-2 shows the results of a 5G far end USB compliance test taken at the downstream end of this system.
Once again, the 5G USB compliance test is able to pass in this configuration with no issues. The equalization from the TUSB564-Q1 is countering the added insertion loss from two 4.5-meter cables. This allows the eye to keep a defined shape as shown in the diagrams above. One thing to note is that there is a decrease in the differential output voltage between this test and the 4-meter system test. This is expected, as the TUSB564-Q1 is a linear re-driver which cannot alter the output swing of a signal. Tuning the output swing of the host can help to counter this if the application is expected to be long channel.