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News Release from: JDSU | Subject: JDSU APD chip
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 30 January 2008
Photodetector chip keeps transmission
costs down
In order to make APD chips affordable for the GPON market, JDSU usedits manufacturing expertise to create a new low-cost chip
JDSU is now shipping an avalanche photodetector (APD) chip designed for Gigabit passive optical networks (GPONs) that enable data transmissions for fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) offerings The new APD chip provides high functionality at a low cost, making it suitable for FTTH deployments
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 24 Oct 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Network equipment manufacturers (NEMs) and their service provider customers are implementing GPON networks and offering FTTH solutions to consumers as a high-performance option to hybrid fibre coax (HFC) and digital subscriber line (DSL) solutions for high-speed voice, video and data transmissions.
In order to maintain reasonable costs for these services, the optical components that make up the GPON infrastructure must also be low in cost and perform at very high levels to ensure quality of service to consumers.
"The GPON market is starting to take off and is expected to grow at a CAGR of greater than 150% over the next several years, as service providers increase FTTH rollouts to consumers", said Lynn Hutcheson, Vice President of Communication Components at Ovum RHK.
"It makes sense that JDSU would offer an APD chip for GPON, leveraging its expertise at photonic integration and its strength at developing receiver products to deliver a low-cost solution to the market".
In order to make APD chips affordable for the GPON market, JDSU usedits manufacturing expertise to create a new low-cost chip.
Legacy designs have been updated to reduce manufacturing complexity, while retaining the same high reliability and performance of legacy APD chips.
The chip is based on a planar platform, known for higher reliability and easier fabrication.
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