Compact subsystem boosts optical bandwidth

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Jan 31, 2003

New from Cenix, the Tetrapak-40 is a transceiver subsystem that provides systems designers with 40Gbit/s aggregate bandwidth.

New from Cenix, the Tetrapak-40 is a transceiver subsystem that provides systems designers with 40Gbit/s aggregate bandwidth.

The subsystem offers the highest integration, density and capacity in the industry with greater than 5Gbit.km/cm3.

Tetrapak-40 features four parallel 10Gbit/s channels using 1310nm uncooled lasers and PIN photodiodes for applications up to 20km.

The Tetrapak-40 offers an I2C external interface, built-in reference clock jitter filter, diagnostic and optical loop backs, and supports Sonet and FEC rates.

Cenix is currently delivering devices to customers in a compact package size of 6.50 x 3.30 x 0.53in.

This is less than half the size of solutions offered in the market today.

The subsystem is EMI compliant to FCC Class B.

Applications are in TDM Sonet/SDH-based transmission systems, ATM over Sonet/SDH, add/drop multiplexer (ADM) systems, terabit router/switch, optical cross-connect systems and 10 Gigabit Ethernet (XSB).