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News Release from: Finisar Corp | Subject: FTR-1631
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 11 June 2002
Transceiver cuts DWDM cost, size and
power budgets
The Finisar FTR-1631 transceiver offers DWDM transport with dramatically lower power and cost in a standard pluggable GBIC package.
The Finisar FTR-1631 transceiver offers DWDM transport with dramatically lower power and cost in a standard pluggable GBIC package Using Finisar's advanced optical technology, the FTR-1631 is designed expressly for service providers deploying DWDM networking equipment in metropolitan access and core networks
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 13 Nov 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Also, the new transceiver opens up a new possibility for LAN equipment makers with GBIC ports to use DWDM transport for optical networking applications.
Finisar advanced the state-of-the art in optical transceiver design by miniaturising the optics and control circuitry required to launch a DWDM light source to within 0.1nm wavelength over a 0 to 70C temperature range.
With this breakthrough innovation the transceiver will have a lower cost, require 30% of the power of current designs and fit within the size of a standard GBIC footprint.
Along with these extraordinary features the transceiver operates at rates from 125Mbit/s to 2.7Gbit/s with a power link budget of 28dB.
As a result of its lower power and cost, the FTR-1631 will be the perfect choice for new designs in metro core and long haul equipment.
For the same reasons, the transceiver has become the solution for Metro DWDM equipment makers to move DWDM transport from long haul network equipment down to metro access equipment.
Ethernet LAN switch and router makers will be able to use their current GBIC ports with the FTR-1631 to create DWDM networks.
With the FTR-1631's 28dB link budget and 100GHz ITU grid wavelengths the device is ideal for building metro access rings with existing DWDM mux/demuxs and OADMs.
As in all other Finisar optical GBIC modules, "smart" digital diagnostic functions are provided.
These digital diagnostic functions provide calibrated real time measurements of the laser bias current, the transmitted optical power, the received optical power, and the internal transceiver temperature.
They allow communications companies to implement reliable performance monitoring of the optical link in a very accurate and cost-effective way.
Samples will be available in July, with full production scheduled for December 2002.
(This was Electronicstalk's Top Story on 10 June 2002).
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