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Optical Transceivers, Transponders and Repeaters
News Release from: Avago Technologies | Subject: HFCT-5760xx and HFCT-5750xx
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 25 October 2002
Small form factor for pluggable
transceivers
Agilent Technologies has developed a new series of small form factor pluggable (SFP) fibre-optic transceivers for Sonet/SDH networks.
Agilent Technologies has developed a new series of small form factor pluggable (SFP) fibre-optic transceivers for Sonet/SDH networks The new products are part of Agilent's Metrak family of fibre-optic transceivers and ICs aimed at providing economical, high-performance solutions for metropolitan area networking, and underscore Agilent's strong commitment to the fibre-optic transceiver market
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"This announcement demonstrates that we continue to invest research and development and manufacturing resources to fibre-optic transceivers", said Colin Chin, Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing for Agilent's Semiconductor Products Group.
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Agilent's new HFCT-5760xx OC-3 transceivers include long-reach and intermediate reach devices.
They are available with the convenient bail delatch mechanism that eases the process of removing the transceivers in space-constrained systems and high-density applications where transceivers are packed closely together on both sides of a circuit board.
The HFCT-5750xx-OC-12 transceivers are aimed at intermediate reach applications and also offer the bail delatch.
The new transceivers offer a multirate capability that allows the devices to communicate with slower transceivers.
They also have an extended operating temperature range of -10 to +85C.
As with other Agilent transceivers, the new Sonet/SDH devices also offer superior EMI and jitter specifications, giving designers increased flexibility in meeting performance and regulatory requirements.
The HFCT-5760xx and HFCT-5750xx devices are sampling now, with general availability expected by the end of 2002.
Agilent expects to begin sampling its OC-48 SFP transceivers by the end of this year, as well.
The OC-48 devices are also expected to offer digital diagnostic monitoring capability, a feature that helps service providers and network managers avoid and respond more quickly to network maintenance problems. Request a free brochure from Avago Technologies ...
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