Transceiver platform brings fibre to the home

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Mar 23, 2007

Triplexer transceiver platform for FTTH (fibre to the home) ONT applications supports BPON and GPON optical transceiver modules for the PON market.

ColorChip has launched the Meteor III triplexer transceiver platform for FTTH (fibre to the home) ONT applications.

This platform supports BPON and GPON optical transceiver modules for the PON market.

The Meteor III platform is configurable to support FSAN (Full Service Access Network) compliance, and meets the requirements in ITU G983.1 and G.983.3 for BPON applications or FSAN compliance, and G.894.2 and G.893.3 for GPON applications..

"Our triplexer transceiver platform was designed to meet the market needs for highly flexible ONU modules and low cost solutions based on PLC technology".

"The Meteor III platform is based on ColorChip's proprietary SOG (SystemOnGlass), which enables reduced packaging costs, fully automated production and high yielding modules, therefore reducing costs", says Moshe Price, CEO of ColorChip.

The technology leverages similar automated systems used for surface mount technology.

ColorChip's triplexer transceiver platform is a single-fibre trichannel full duplex module combining WDM optics for the 1310 and 1490nm wavelengths used for voice and data for upstream and downstream datacommunications, along with a 1550nm wavelength for RF CATV, on the PLC chip.

The burst mode data transmitter, characterised by a very high optical efficiency, allows for high CW optical output power levels and low drive current, resulting in high reliability and end of life (EOL) characteristics.

Control circuitry is used to stabilise both the average optical power output and transmitter extinction ratio to insure stable performance of the module.

The GPON module is fully MSA-8472 compliant.

The Meteor III transceiver platform will be on display on Booth 1624 at the OFC conference in Anaheim, California, USA, from 27th to 29th March 2007.