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News Release from: Molex UK | Subject: ParaLink
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 30 May 2001
High-performance parallel optical links
High-performance ParaLink parallel optical links from Molex Fibre Optics help to increase voice and data transfer speeds.
High-performance ParaLink parallel optical links from Molex Fibre Optics help to increase voice and data transfer speeds Providing an ideal, cost effective solution, Molex's ParaLink creates datalinks in high-end telecomms and datacomms equipment requiring high density and high throughput
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 15 Aug 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Applications include board-to-board, rack-to-rack, and bay-to-bay links in optical cross connect switches, terabit routers, VSR equipment and high-speed computers.
The ParaLink family is based on a 12-channel parallel fibre transmitter and receiver pair.
The transmitter uses an 850nm VCSEL array and the receiver uses a PIN photodiode array.
There are two standard device classes in the family, one operating at 1.6Gbit/s per channel with the other operating at 2.5Gbit/s.
The 2.5Gbit/s product allows a total data throughput of 30Gbit/s.
The optical interface is an MT ferrule based SMC connector.
The link is completed by connecting a multimode 12-fibre ribbon cable.
Molex offers a complete solution with its SMC cable assemblies as well as the FlexPlaneTM optical flex circuit.
ParaLink devices operate on a 3.3V power supply, supporting both LVDS and CML electrical interfaces.
They feature a 72-pin SMD footprint in a compact 58 x 17.9mm package.
An integral heatsink is included on standard ParaLink modules.
ParaLink technology was acquired by Molex through a licensing agreement with Infineon Technologies AG.
This arrangement provides the rapidly growing parallel fibre market with a complete drop-in interoperateable second source to the industry leading Infineon PAROLI parallel optical link devices.
Molex has just opened a new facility, solely dedicated to manufacturing ParaLink modules.
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